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The Polyp's Priceby `ursulav

Traditional Art / Paintings / Surreal

There are two kinds of polyps. One is a type of squishy little sea creature--coral is made by polyps, and a coupla species have polyp forms--which anchors itself to something and then has a head on the other end (for a very low value of "head") with tentacles and sense organs and a mouth. (Think sea anenome.)

The other kind of polyp looks a lot like that, but is a rogue lump of flesh that grows in your colon, up your nose, etc.

Some sort of story is going on there, but as usual, I'm only witness to a brief scene. I couldn't tell you what price the polyp is demanding, or why. I just know that's the title. Nor do I know what the little white creature is--I don't think it's a rogue sperm, much as it may look like one, I think it's more like a relative of the anxiety beast. But even that, I dunno.

At the end of the day, what sort of polyp that squishy thing is really depends on whether this is taking place in some odd little cavernous underground, or inside somebody's intestines. And that, dear viewer, I'm gonna leave up to you, and how weird, after all these paintings, you think I am.

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Original is 10 x 15, mixed media, still fooling around with simple shapes and more complex textures. Original for sale, prints available, send a note or visit [link] for details

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~PinstripedFanny Dec 2, 2011 Professional Writer

Every time I come back to this series, I keep thinking they're hungry for a writer to collaborate and make this into a children's book (or a picture book for adults, given the phallic nature of the polyp . . . parents are hypersensitive). The question is, would you want to collaborate with a writer on such a project?

~FroggysHop Mar 1, 2011

Can't. Handle. The cute!

~Jocee-C Feb 26, 2010

RUN A HUNTER GATHERER SOCIETY!
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~Jocee-C Feb 26, 2010

Its Squishy the neurotransmitter! I LOVE squishy!
poor squishy probably prefers the coral-type polyp.
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