Friday, September 13, 2013

Flash 55 - τρεισκαίδεκα

"13" sketch mechanical pencil on printer paper ~ vanessa v kilmer (c) 20130913

It’s hard to find shoes that fit when you have thirteen toes: six on the left, seven on the right. Cinderella’s stepsisters had it good compared to me. They cut off their heels and toes to get a prince; to move up in the world. I had to cut off three toes to comfortably move.




18 comments:

  1. Vanessa...?
    You are a Foot Fondlers Dream Girl!!
    I'm sorry about your difficulty in ambulating, but from an admirers point of view it was quite fascinating.
    And I LOVED your artwork!
    Loved your 13/55
    Thanks for playing, You know how I love this theme don't you?
    Have a Kick Ass Week-End

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    1. I am glad my toes could tickle and titillate you. I live to tease. :)

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  2. And a Yahtzee to boot?

    Happy Day!!!!

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  3. That does seem to me like an over abundance of toes. Then again, if you'd had a cobbler, maybe it would have been the right number.

    - Alice

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  4. It would come in handy when trying to pick something off the floor without bending over.

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  5. I am wondering what the genetic or economic benefit of this would be? Assuming a tendency toward this condition . . .

    (30% greater sales of toenail polish?)

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    1. I'm thinking they are for added stability and balance to counteract increasing bulk.

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  6. Great sketch! I have what I consider average-sized feet but women's shoes are so narrow that I only know one woman that doesn't have trouble with shoes and that woman is 5'2 83 lbs with an extremely petite frame, I am not even sure that women's shoes are designed to fit women's feet. Even men's shoes my husband is composed of rectangles/squares (from the back he is a geometrically perfect rectangle lol) his feet are also square and he has a lot of trouble with shoes. I sympathize because if shoe shopping was any harder I'd be barefoot lol Let's not talk about jeans and the pin leg requirement.

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  7. wow that is some kinda toes...def the stability and keeping toe ring kiosks in business as well...smiles...happy friday to you ....

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  8. You made them so symmetrical I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't said. maybe cutting off one toe would give the need balance :)

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  9. Ah - lucky thirteen? Maybe not so much. Isn't in amazing the things women (me included) will do to their feet for the sake of fashion?

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  10. I'm thinking of all the dazzling on the beach you could do with toe-rings.

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  11. Tip toeing through the garden must be amazing! :) Love your sketch and love your 55, Vanessa!

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  12. LOL! you got me counting toes! Fun! Me - not cutting a single toe even for a prince :D

    Hazel

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  13. Very intriguing! That if it is to have fingers!

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