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Steve Joyner

Strong winds are not to blow you over but to make you stronger

About Me

I am the Director, Executive Producer, and founder of Constructs of Ritual Evolution (CoRE).

CoRE is a theatrical performance art troupe with chapters in Houston,Texas, Los Angeles,CA, and SF/Oakland,CA. We blend modern day theatre with the visual aspect of different cultures rituals/ceremonies (i.e.: flesh suspensions, cheek spears, pulling mass amount of weight, etc.). We do this to entertain, but more so to educate the world! For more info. visit our site:

I am a body piercer, brander, and scarification artist and a member (former Vice President) of the Association of Professional Piercers.
I have 5 beautiful children and I am a Combat Veteran (US Army)

Click below to purchase beautiful art by Patricia Cram!

My Interests

Adrenaline, Altered States, Arabesques, Association of Professional Piercers (APP), Art, Ballet, Body Modification, Body Piercing, Branding, Circus Arts, Circus Sideshow Freaks, Cirque du Soleil, Classical Music, Ceremonies, Collecting African and Indonesian Artifacts, Contortion, Cultural Anthropology, Dark Places, Death, Dread Locks, Dreams, Fire, Fire Breathing, Flesh Suspensions, Flying in Helicopters, Forest, Genital Piercings, Goth Girls, Hunting, Indigenous Cultures, Jungle, Knives, Medical Oddities, Menstrual Blood, Military, Modern Dance, Native American Culture, Performance Art, Poi, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,Psychology, Rain, Real People, Rituals, Scarification, Sea, Sex, Skulls, Sleep Deprivation, Stilt Walking, Sutures, Tattoos, Theater, Thunderstorms, Traveling, Tribal Bellydance, Tribal-Gothic Fusion Bellydance, Weapons

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who is open minded about life....

You have been marked on my profile map!

Music:

Anything with substance.

Movies:

Bladerunner, Children of the Lost City, Lost Boys, The Wanders, Rollerball (the original), Shakes the Clown, Scarface, Evil Dead, Suburbia (the original), Donny Darko, Twin Peaks, Gothic, Hellraiser, Godzilla, Legend, The Dark Crystal

Television:

CURRENT MOON moon phase info

Heroes:

Service men and women throughout the world........ Ross Perot for rescueing our people in 1982 with his own money and self made militia.
AND...
ALL warriors past and present!

My Blog

Piercing guest spot in Ohio

I will be guest piercing in Columbus,OH at PiercologyMay 12th-16th. Call for an appointment or just stop by....
Posted by Steve Joyner on Mon, 12 May 2008 03:03:00 PST

Eccentric paintings through divination and Vial magazine

Click below for eccentric paintings through divination and Vial magazine.......
Posted by Steve Joyner on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:07:00 PST

Interview with Romania tattoo magazine

The magazine has to be downloaded to see the interview.It is linked here....ARTICLE...
Posted by Steve Joyner on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:24:00 PST

I need your help supporting something I believe in....

.... letting our children have a right to an education.Will you please go put your name, email, and age on this petition to get piercings allowed in Oklahoma schools.Thank you for your help and your t...
Posted by Steve Joyner on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:44:00 PST

Inception show for CoRE’s third chapter

Saturday, 16 February, 2008Excoriation Ceremonies9pm  3am, with performances beginning at 10.30pm.Ten dollars.CoRE  Unfolding the triptych of initiatory thorns.http://www.wearecore.comSoriah  The w...
Posted by Steve Joyner on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:53:00 PST

Suspension Seminar and Northern California Suspension Convention

Myself and Allen Falkner will be teaching at the next Suspension Seminar in San Jose,CA. the 11th-14th of March 2008. It is hosted by Professional Piercing Informational Systems (PPIS).The Northern Ca...
Posted by Steve Joyner on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:16:00 PST

CoRE/AMF collaborated performance in Hollywood for Halloween

This show should not be missed!Join us for a wonderful and eventful evening.......WWW.HEXHOLLYWOOD.COM
Posted by Steve Joyner on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:01:00 PST

Moving to the Bay Area...

... this coming Wed. the 26th. I'm relocating my life to be with my love, start the third chapter of CoRE, and work with great people. I'll post more info. about all three things when I relocate. ~St...
Posted by Steve Joyner on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:54:00 PST

CoRE in the Thunderdome for Burning Man

CoRE will be hosting a ceremony this year in Death Guilds Thunderdome at Burning Man . We will be collaborating with other performers,suspension artist, and piercers from both communities. The ceremo...
Posted by Steve Joyner on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:23:00 PST