That's Just Naughty

The fourth and last entry (so far) in our Inappropriate Carvings series, this scene blew my mind, destroyed my brain, fried my synapses, and, in one word, left my jaw unhinged in disbelief. I mean, look at what that demon is doing with the bellows! Why is he tormenting the monkey? And even more important, why is the old woman helping him? What did the monkey do to them? I really want to know what incident triggered this horrible act of retaliation. I am sure there is a riveting narrative that culminates in this moment, and I want to know what it is. Maybe I should write my own story, and perhaps illustrate it. Now there's a thought...

Nursing the Reptile

The third entry in our Inappropriate Carvings series is so wrong I think it trumps the first two installments. Why on Earth would you let a dragon get that close to you? And also, what is the dragon thinking? Doesn't he know he is not a mammal and therefore does not need to be fed that way? Or, what was the artist thinking when he carved this particular scene? I wonder how many people who visit this monument actually notice these figures. I had been here at least once before, and I never had, so this discovery made me giddy with elation. Yet the best one is still to come!

She's Collecting What?

The second entry in our Inappropriate Carvings series stars a woman who, for some reason, decided to collect whatever is about to come out of these guys' sphincters. To that effect, she went and got a couple of bowls to catch the bowels' excretions. It makes you wonder what the guy who carved this scene was thinking about!

Cute Birdie

Welcome to the first entry (of four) in our Inappropriate Carvings series! As some of you know, I spent a week in Valencia, Spain, visiting with friends and family. I also toured the city with my girlfriend and went to see many buildings and other attractions, where we were surprised and delighted by a million different details. Some of those great discoveries were the carvings in La Lonja de la seda, aka the Silk Palace, a place where the silk traders used to gather to conduct their business back in the fifteenth and the sixteenth centuries. The building is impressive, and it is decorated with carvings everywhere. Said carvings tend to be of the floral type, with leaves, flowers, vegetation, and that kind of thing. However, every now and then, you can see humans, animals, gargoyles, dragons, and monsters. Plus, if you pay close attention, you can find unexpected gems like the one that accompanies these lines. I mean, look at it and tell me that's not wrong! The funny thing is that, as I was pointing it out to my girlfriend and "drawing" the lines in the air so that she could make it out, some other tourists saw me doing it and started laughing and taking pictures of the carving. And it is worth photographing, that's for sure!