Crystal Singing Bowl

Crystal Bowl Sound Healing is based on the Tibetan belief that everything in the world is made of energy. Our bodies contain energy in the form of vibrating atoms. These vibrations can be disrupted by injury, disease, poor diet and other nasty things. Sounds made by a crystal bowl restore natural healthy vibrations. Different sized bowls are intended to vibrate at frequencies appropriate to each of the seven chakras. This group meets at a time observed around the world simultaneously. Music is created by rubbing the bowl with a rubber mallet. The leader of the group also played the flute. I captured their ceremony on an afternoon in Menil Park, just a few yards away from the famous Rothko Chapel. The temperature was around 90F/32C, but it was comfortable in the shade with a light breeze blowing. My headache cleared as the music began.

: Getting Ready

: Playing the Flute

: Getting Going

: A Healing Music Group

: Crystal Singing Bowl

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Crystal Singing Bowl Healing

Petrified Ducks

This is the final installment of the Houston Art Car Parade photos for this year. More girls in costumes for your enjoyment.

: Wonder Woman

: Burlesque Performer Kiki

: Girls Who Play Horns

: Pinhole Camera Girl

: Petrified Ducks

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Houston Art Car Parade 2013 Part 3

Grannie’s Pickup

Costumes have become a big part of the art car parade so here are a few more people in costume. The man with the flags keeps them outside his home in the nearby Houston Heights. It seems like I get hazed by those who hate the USA every time I publish a shot of his house.

: Animal Bike Girl

: Eve on Skates

: Busy Bee Girl

: Smoking Hot Girl

: Five Roller Derby Girls

: Grannie’s Pickup

: A Patriot

: Sacrament of the Bananas

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Houston Art Car Parade 2013 Part 2

Allen Parkway

Somehow Houston lucked out and had no rain this afternoon so the parade could go on as planned. As usual there were scores of unconventional people, hundreds of decorated cars, and thousands of spectators. I wanted to post some right away so here are the first 5. More to come.

: Tiger Girls

: Flower Girls

: Purple Lady

: Skulls and Snails

: Allen Parkway

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Houston Art Car Parade 2013 Part 1

Girl Bartender in Blue

Coyote Ugly is a chain of bars featuring scantily clad female bartenders who strut around on the solidly constructed bar. They offer body shots where one girl pours tequila into the other’s naval for a customer to drink. The first girl also spits a lime into the customer’s mouth. Some of what went on there was too over the top to show here.

: Girl Bartender, Beer Mishap

: Body Shot

: Three Girl Bartenders

: The Crowd Outside

: Girl Bartender in Blue

: Blond with Tattoos Out Front

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Coyote Ugly Austin

Three Girls in Tutu’s

As if Friday night’s insanity wasn’t enough, on Saturday 6th Street was closed off for a street festival and paint covered participants from a color run that morning were wandering around. The bars were open and people were selling beer out of ice filled barrels on the street. [NB, the dizzy rooster girls were asked if it was OK before I started shooting.]