Mermaid Fantasy

DATE: Sep 3, 2008   PHOTOGRAPHER: Taye

NIXON SAYS: “Next, where the Sirens dwells, you plough the seas;
Their song is death, and makes destruction please.
-Homer, The Odyssey

What? You thought this set was gonna be all flowers and unicorns?

Of course, I'm aware that what Homer actually encountered were Sirens, which originally were part bird, and then just human, and only recently got all mixed up with mermaid lore. But I like the idea that hot chicks with odd-colored hair have been wrecking havoc on the high seas since time immemorial.”