Along the Line, and Prophet Jones' mink coat - from Svenja Wahl

[Marie Wintzer]

Sometimes you can take it or leave it, says Svenja's envelope. In this case no hesitation, of course, take it and open eagerly :-))
Inside, a fantastic Kunststuck, an inchie to be filled out and an interesting newspaper article.

For the Kunststuck I believe Svenja has used an authentic print of an old family photo. Maybe grandma and granddad with their grandchildren. The printed text is from a book that is probably from the same period. She made great use of the transparency of the last layer. Circles flirting with lines, random numbers that are never completely random. Just enough to give a blur to the picture, just enough to keep the mystery of it.

Now the article. I don't know where she found it, but she did a great job doing so. Just hilariously spot on. So that Prophet, Prophet Jones, has a little bit of a taste for luxury items and happily walks around with diamond bracelets worth 17.000$. His female followers are very eager to show their gratitude to the Prophet with "tiny little" presents. Their latest idea was... a mink coat. A "full length let-out white mink coat with a raglan flare-back, shawl collar, scarlet silk lining and deep flap pockets lined with velvet". The girls worked very hard on it, under the supervision of a New York furrier. Hands were washed every half an hour to keep the white immaculate! And doesn't he look dashing!! While they presented him with the coat, kneeling down, tears came to his eyes. God's will was done, he said.
I am allowed an OMG?? O.M.G! :-)) Svenja you really made me laugh. Great story, and all true! I can see MinXus has a LOT to learn from Prophet Jones. I'll put Dw to work right now!

And the inchie... I'll be sending you a few of those, Svenja. Thank you for this great and fun envelope, I really enjoyed all of it.

[Marie Wintzer]

Ok, so he is real for real.... still OMG...

[De Villo Sloan]

And this is obviously the James F. Jones Svenja found sans mink but some other nice shots:

http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=182

[De Villo Sloan]

Only Svenja could come up with this amazing commentary/satire on MinXus. I am fascinated with these fake evangelists. First, I found Rev. Hakeem Abdul Rasheed (aka Clifford Jones) who was shut down in California in 1980. He also liked mink coats and I at first mistook him for Rev. Jame F. Jones pictured in Svenja's art. There is a nice mink coat shot and a quote something like: "A Rolls Royce is today what an ass was in Jesus's day."

http://books.google.com/books?id=-rYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42&lpg=P...

[Marie Wintzer]

Thanks genki girls. And he's living in a "French Castle" :-)) I'm sure someone wipes the floor before every step he takes. And cleans his soles. Nancy, the Kunststuck is rather small, I would say. It is 10X7cm. Svenja, come to think of it, maybe this is no job for Dw. I can't imagine him concentrating on the same task for so long and washing his paws every 30min. Naaah.....

[Svenja Wahl]

Thanks girls!!  Glad you like it! Laughing is good Nancy XOXO Thank you for the great blog, Marie, I immediately imagined you in a white mink coat, when I read this ... Will you post a picture when DW is ready? ;-)

[Nancy Bell Scott]

The kunststuck is really great--the play between the elements. I can't stop looking at it. Marie, about how big is it? At first it seemed small but then there's that photo. Also love the add + pass-back. It made me laugh, I hope that's ok, Svenja !

[cheryl penn]

I'll have to google him - he's for real??? Making everyone go in circles? Diamond ones of course... I guess someone always wiped the seat before he sat down too? Man! I almost fear saying anything else!  Great blog and work :-) X