Monday, August 13, 2012

Danish Kiss
george dinhaupt, 1999
With this great story from Erwin Olaf in Amsterdam 
I want to show everybody how we KISS in Denmark, EVERYDAY!

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Erwin Olaf

Last night around half past eleven, after very well and have dinner on the terrace of restaurant Razmataz, at the Hugo de Groot Square in Amsterdam center / west, stood my friend, Kevin Ray Edwards and I to kiss each other in addition to our bicycles on the edge of the terrace. We obstructed the passage and nobody fell bother anyone. From behind the counter of a nearby takeaway restaurant / snack bar, a man shouted to us that we had to stop and thus out of sight had to be kissing. When we did this a step closer, because we thought not good to hear, he was angry and forbade us to kiss his terrace. Something we did not listen to the contrary, we gave each other a kiss and told him loudly that we can marry, so we should kiss each other everywhere. Now that appeared one of his delivery couriers, and exhorted us to go away. We refused because we were not on his terrace and argued that if we stood well, it was still in this city and this country to another, wherever they are kissing. The tone on both sides was now very bright and all the bystanders could hear us. Some began to get involved. Similarly, the wife of the snack holder. They argued that their duty was to remove us from the terrace. The owner tried to convince us to challenge him a first blow it, or him and his delivery to insult, by virtue of their appearance.
Fortunately, we found that total control and irrelevant. Now began more people get involved and I yelled at one of the bystanders, too hard, but very sincerely, that nobody knows how it is to repeatedly encounter unfamiliar people in public, which negatively interfere with our loves and / or sex life. Something me for years to great outbursts of anger drives.  Kevin and I took another bite and this started again very extensive and intense to kiss each other. There was now loud applause from the terrace of Razmataz!
We now made our bikes apart and then drove away, leaving behind a group of quarreling bystanders.
Now I have a question: Would it be an idea to Wednesday 15 August at 20.30 as of this snack bar at the Hugo de Groot Plein 5 INN to keep a KISS? Many people, gay, straight, bisexual, transgender, no matter what, which together stand lovingly kissing. So to show that after the opening of civil marriage for same sex everywhere, absolutely everywhere in the Netherlands our affection for each other may show.
If you find this a good idea and can join or leave a message! With sufficient interest seems to me very sensible to carry out this plan.
Although located Canal Pride and Festival Milkshake just behind us.

By Erwin Olaf & translated from Dutch using Google Translate

Saturday, August 11, 2012

With images in the show, "Life Is Short & So Am I", I am so pleased and honored to help with XVY Gallery in LA and my friend Tetsuji over these last few months.  It is another lesson on the virtues of working with friends toward a common goal . . .
Everyday