Skip to content

Lifestyle

Newspaper Article about Me

The following is taken partially from an article published in the Los Angeles City College newspaper several months ago by my friend Ben Simpson, a classmate whom took a photography journalism class with me, and now resides in San Francisco. Text is rephrased below:

Young, Loud, and Angry , the anarchist is commonly stereotyped with a colorful mohawk and matching eye liner.? However, Photo Larry is not your average “mohawk”.? He is quiet and soft spoken with soft and serious eyes.? He stood out in the class room not only because of the hair but because he was already profiting from his photography.? He started out with this little travel camera and had no idea what he was doing.? He went to a costume party in silverlake and took pictures of his friends.? The club owner asked if he was a photographer.? He said not yet but trying to break into it.? He was asked to come monthly and photo document at the club.? Eventually he was paid for his efforts.? When browsing his website, Larry has found a niche, primarily the leather and gay communities.? Another specialization is men dressed in drag, as women.? Interestingly enough, the term DRAG was created by William Shakespeare and written into his play scripts in the edges to denote? Dressed As Girl. Fun fact I bet most do not know.? Larry grew up in Saint Louis Missouri, has a sister and two nieces whom still live there.? He has a computer science bachelor’s degree which he used for employment for about 15 years mostly at various companies in Chicago Illinois.? The lack of technology jobs in California after 9/11 pushed Larry into a creative life path.? It was really quite unintentional.? He did not realize it at the time, but he was tired of being corporate and boring.? So he down sized, a lot, by getting rid of cars, fancy apartments, and other material possessions.? Most inhabitants of Los Angeles do not realize that the Metro mass transit here is sufficient, most of the time.? Most just do not care about being green and energy wise as he does.? Despite first impression upon sight of larry, you might be surprised to know he actually is a reserved and intelligent person , with a college education, and not the stereotypical punker in the least.

Eight Wiccan Sabbats

The Sabbats

SamhainOct. 31Halloween, All Hallow’s Eve, Samana, Strega
Samhain is a time of remembrance of those who have passed into the next life.
It is a time when the veil that separates the seen from the unseen is at it’s thinnest.
During Samhain it is very easy to communicate with those “other” realms.
Divination comes easy at this time of year.
YuleApprox. Dec. 21Winter Solstice
Yule is the celebration of the rebirth of the God who died at Lammas.
Yule is a dark time. During this time of the year we await the return of light.
ImbolcFeb. 1 or 2Imbolg, Candlemas, Oimbolc, Brigantia, Imbolic
Imbolc is a happy time. It is the return of light to world as we leave the dark
winter. It is also a time to honour the goddess Brigid (pronounced breed)
OstaraApprox. Mar. 20Spring Equinox
Ostara marks the first true day of spring. The Goddess blankets the Earth with fertility,
bursting forth from her sleep, as the God stretches and grows to maturity. He walks
the greening fields and delights in the abundance of Nature.
BeltaneMay. 1May Day, May Eve
Beltane is celebrating the union of the Goddess and God, and thus is also a
fertility festival. Also celebrates the returning sun (or Sun God).
LithaApprox. June. 20Summer Solstice, Midsummer
Litha is when the time for play starts to wane and the time for study starts to wax.
At this time of year the Goddess enters her mother aspect.
LughnasadhAug 1Lammas, Lughnasa
Lugnasadh Is a time of mourning because of the passing of the God.
It is a time of remembrance of all that the God has given you that year,
and it is the time of the first harvest.
MabonApprox. Sept. 22Fall Equinox, Autumn Equinox
Mabon is the time of the final harvest of crops. It is a time of rest and a time
of balance, because day and night are of equal length.

Berdache and Shamanism

Two-Spirit People, or one called a ‘Berdache’,? are individuals sometimes categorized as either gay or lesbian, transvestite or bisexual. Those who, in many Native American Cultures, who are respected and looked upon as people who are both male and female in spirit, making them more complete, more balanced than simply a man or a woman. Before those from Europe came from across the waters, and took over their land, these people were part of the ‘norm’, connected with the very heartbeat of the life force we are all part of. Even today, Berdaches are accepted in many American Indian societies and in other settings.
Some native cultures described people who have some degree of homosexuality as “Two-Spirit People.” People who have both the spirit of a male and female combined in one body. In these cultures the two-spirited person was very important and very honored. They are looked at as a messenger from Spirit, the wise ones, the seers of things unseen. Their gift of having two spirits allowed them to see, feel and understand things that others could not. They were healers, the medicine men/women, the keepers of wisdom and of spiritual understandings.
Unlike European Americans, gender or sexual divergence did not threaten the Indians. Berdache males in particular often became healers, surgeons, counselors, therapists, high religious priests, shamans, witch doctors and medicine men. They were regarded as a kind of holy men.
In pre-contact times, native American people had a great reverence for these Two-Spirit people. Quite naturally they viewed Two-Spirits as extraordinary sources of information about human nature. Two-Spirits were healers, artists, prophets — whatever their personal vision impelled them to be. The native world had great respect for personal vision. If you were born a male, but came back from your first vision quest at 13 years and said your vision told you to live as a woman, your choice was honored. You even got a new name celebrating your choice! Likewise the woman who said she wanted to live as a man, love as a man, even fight as a man, was able to do that freely.

The preceeding are exerpts from various books on the subject of the Berdache Man.

Found some older photos


Mugshot from when Jacko was arrested in Santa Barbara

Halloween dressed as robin hood in evanston, about 8 or 9 years ago

Margaret Cho during a show few years ago

Me at Bar Sinister 2003

My current mood

My Grandfather and mother

Me

Sister Erotica on the cover of LA Weekly

Me at a photo event, taken by another colleague

Yellow

Can you say bad hair day?

Cool mustache