Sleep now in the fire

By Rob • Jun 20th, 2011 • Category: ModBlog

My only complaint is that TrickyDick didn’t take more photos of this.  The image of Thích Quảng Đức’s self-immolation has been burned into the collective consciousness of the world since that fateful afternoon in 1963.  Granted most people just recognize him as the burning monk on the Rage Against the Machine album, but his contribution to history will be remembered by Buddhists as long as they’re around.

Feel free to harass Rich to send in follow-up photos to the scarification galleries.

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9 Responses »

  1. KaMakoma on June 20th, 2011 at 3:20 pm:

    Wow…just wow!

  2. Jon P on June 20th, 2011 at 5:04 pm:

    Whoa.

  3. Warghuul on June 20th, 2011 at 6:03 pm:

    this is possibly the coolest scarification I’ve ever seen. When I saw the title of this post, I was expecting a tattoo of said monk, but this is 100 times more amazing

  4. Nikki on June 20th, 2011 at 7:24 pm:

    WOW! Love this, and it’s very unique.

  5. velo on June 20th, 2011 at 8:05 pm:

    Thanks everybody, Richard does amazing work!

  6. 1DeX6 on June 21st, 2011 at 11:28 am:

    Beautifully

  7. elad on June 21st, 2011 at 1:37 pm:

    this is amazing!

  8. Andrea on June 21st, 2011 at 7:51 pm:

    i reaaaaaaaally hope a healed picture of this is posted, and that i dont manage to miss it!

  9. BME: Tattoo, Piercing and Body Modification News » ModBlog » Come hang with us! on June 28th, 2011 at 6:15 pm:

    [...] With that all said, here’s a shot taken by Jen on New Year’s Day at the last BME BBQ.  Suspending is IAM:Velo, who is the guy with the massive burning monk scar. [...]

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