Freaks Always Welcome Here

From Brazil they came, and they're welcome on my blog.

Would they be welcome in your house?

Would you feel comfortable having these human beings -- these fellow human beings --  to dinner?

Personally, I'd welcome them, and I'd like nothing more than to listen to Mr. Music strumming away while his forehead drips down his face.

As I'm in the midst of writing a film (my next) based around folks of this persuasion, I'm even more partial to 'freaks' right now than usual.

Last Stand of the Freaks?

"Last Freak Show" is a painstakingly perfect, spiral-bound hymn to freaks, circus performers, misfits, the deformed, and the extraordinary. Given to me as a gift by Tomoaki Hosoyama, a great Japanese filmmaker, and a truly great friend,
it moved me to tears of joy the moment I flipped it open.


The brilliant, evocative art, culled from the 19th and 20th centuries, depicts its subjects with passion and empathy.

I strongly urge anyone who appreciates these amazing human anomalies to track down and embrace this book. To engage with art that speaks to every fiber of your being is a rare and intoxicating experience.

To enter a fantastique world that fills one with with such wonder and emotion as this did me is rare.