tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17106766557685775082024-03-13T02:38:52.838-07:00the smokist and her mirrorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-79744373279327286402010-06-04T01:13:00.000-07:002010-06-04T01:21:30.666-07:00Longing<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478829148304177170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQkXaiTLdep4novAiT66eHEzNfvCoFaa6I6LPCbQT9pTKHCukH2iEFgpjW5ja7U4wsvIGX9m3nfAIRtQowhktTuacOclFlPmJY8EimTeJhX4tbjfdHIwJAr-wFP0WtAVfDIOL35smv8V7/s400/Deersummer6.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478829435122509618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYOmWM1u93KuquTBiAVXiqJ1_6T6VQOpOeVWuCnNqpc7DgucTR7p2AetOeYLCQJxlNGQya6-N7uf_OQNnOHPRumJS5SGcjuxnHML9ASY1NjiUBeSriBQo1X-qw9OulnfG0Pr1DYXmsEuq/s400/Deersummer7.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478829142375935538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MSE6NC2dTA3wmbY2tX74LN4Qhp56YB1il4HIgwaSLVyTIcjJdF0T5FDfiq2Hwx4Ba2pIrwxrhddyNfWxXlkXhbuw3qnQZ6WDKGXMcJjUPk-4sCZJiEEe_iQco6cgW54KfiP45Piu9Aux/s400/Deersummer3.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478829130719098066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 269px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdb3oamEztSCdX5aqwG4gamD3CT9xTGOabpiCvk22EMWiH1RTYtYiTSVAPdQzmRzKHqMDVyIebsTMcGMrQnE_Vrad0wvSKYeThmcimQw4Qh4oUOFAU4YWHiPrpD8bGGJ2Wvg4Z-D_jqGP/s400/Deersummer1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478829428470514994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8PKpEHkdNro0GNdtYtpIhMcd1KDPacJqm7E1DiBBKXVZWwyORhgJmastnWsVG94tZ6JEsnpDYyGmQvco6ZIFR4E-wApvoUjuzq06xXbq3LxGBLiSV4WEXZvn9piprAezKiWaHMFp8V4bU/s400/Deersummer4.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478829132404818930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 269px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNmeI9SCkT2DPEtLrBY6_iqUAupytJzrfckKRoLnCPFYpytjH6AuUCmde18OI5qoC2wCG0fjaVUNT3iDRjV6QK8VNO7RdwnntO41YbRG5JU9IC9-vNQbwhaEO6l0Smv5RdqBI8lkRSiBM/s400/Deersummer2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div> Apart from Japan, another place which just captures me is Taiwan. And it's a very primitive emotional response. There are lots of little reasons why the place appeals to me but am not wholly convinced that any one of them is THE defining reason. But the emotions worth most having are usually the ones which cannot be scrutnized, no?</div><div> </div><div>These photos make me feel that youth is but a distant dream. Why. </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">(Photos from </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wowdennisk/"><span style="font-size:78%;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-73614965266598175762010-05-26T23:57:00.000-07:002010-05-27T00:04:47.098-07:00Magnificent Redhead<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475840842272555650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 273px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10XQNpHwyF5lKJhTZ-ig7emaTgOsQTQtVnNaNvsKfIrUNVymm1GBbM065VITXScBLylyKR3o683eMGkQR7U5s0YSMW_rFARFI_oSJ3dmGw2IllCkFJKhQ7E3qgkxt08gRrzZZXZiexPc-/s400/karenelson5.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475840852417892002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_3Qx93S3Pr-DcN3EJDXjKeDQrc6S3OoMBEZxrwB-H0pZmCxzq3p31FlvAnigrA4RrNB0a-nQ4grbzQHrVa4_0qhAF8TCtoojrpb0c8C_pAScpUiDpao7VMeY9-gXU2GbldC8j24l5IVx/s400/karenelson1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475840862423067714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1jo92LzYyRHbogUYRSg4bnmZaQwrYDw99OBBKkGAqhTrKaGBHRfEmNCnQcLZJbKAouad6Cfqo7TsCCi1NHUjmYT4z3lAZMTdQ4PQEtQdasjyqBVkrGLVMYuGuXAR3Y0e-RiME9dz_zd2/s400/karenelson3.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div> Isn't there something about the best of the redheads that makes them so glorious, ethereal and mesmirizing? It gave me something of a jolt when I realized that Ms Elson is a year younger and already a supermodel, rockstar wife, vintage boutique owner, mother of 2 kids and now, a recording artiste who actually (gasps) can sing and play...well. </div><div> </div><div>Guess I can always, erm, pick up a musical instrument in a lame bid to catch up.</div><div> </div><div>Beautiful single <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsNhwMDC1yM&feature=player_embedded">here</a>.<br /><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7YMAFkWJMHVVgzfZPZXf0wliSQ81Wr-1PsprMu786J3DrMhlsgpsWRR8m0mjSuz9iAWGN9ff8aKDG7_xBDwsTu3mEkEQky5nV_QCdN_4-CUvCNM-_Wf5pu459je8HtEfhQm8Xd796k0KA/s1600/karenelson4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475840838357941938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7YMAFkWJMHVVgzfZPZXf0wliSQ81Wr-1PsprMu786J3DrMhlsgpsWRR8m0mjSuz9iAWGN9ff8aKDG7_xBDwsTu3mEkEQky5nV_QCdN_4-CUvCNM-_Wf5pu459je8HtEfhQm8Xd796k0KA/s400/karenelson4.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> (Top photo from LuLu, next 2 from Style.com and last pic from American Vogue)<br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-3680650318770144072010-05-24T19:54:00.001-07:002010-05-24T19:59:38.690-07:00time to get a move on<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHgJffO9G-vgJ-CAy8u8qCBrZhfC5BBA5i9vVLQglUrL2pR5xr-4TyAGEklV9xk780tmk3T6bSbjDWKq4HQVJyatfDUXeAGSDt0l7OCFlGXlsjVuiZhiG-bxPJI8u9oPr23n9uSGoT1Nq/s1600/tumblr_l2wewa97CY1qbkyngo1_500.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475036550692674434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHgJffO9G-vgJ-CAy8u8qCBrZhfC5BBA5i9vVLQglUrL2pR5xr-4TyAGEklV9xk780tmk3T6bSbjDWKq4HQVJyatfDUXeAGSDt0l7OCFlGXlsjVuiZhiG-bxPJI8u9oPr23n9uSGoT1Nq/s400/tumblr_l2wewa97CY1qbkyngo1_500.jpg" border="0" /></a> "<em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Too much fear and all you'll get is silence"</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">-- AL Kennedy<br /></span></em><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">(Picture from </span><a href="http://itswonder.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-30336995473012207792010-05-23T20:49:00.000-07:002010-05-23T20:53:12.850-07:00love + love = much love<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh959oTo-EuU7d7yyZvzm_Ps7FW-D-9nhfc-Q9yS6h6j26ceZOaHvnIyn7rwF7-IYqPQG37IGAw-Jtul8zb46oZ1ozJf76BKvzkosyLTJb5tWw-I1CshIGs8ioeIp1udRw6prOs5lbJ4nS0/s1600/OZU-fatherson_slipcase.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474679060908576530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh959oTo-EuU7d7yyZvzm_Ps7FW-D-9nhfc-Q9yS6h6j26ceZOaHvnIyn7rwF7-IYqPQG37IGAw-Jtul8zb46oZ1ozJf76BKvzkosyLTJb5tWw-I1CshIGs8ioeIp1udRw6prOs5lbJ4nS0/s400/OZU-fatherson_slipcase.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbDe4tkyPnYbCUxTF0xJtG0cvDAaIyb0nyMWIGgBkTteegU1-AFoAWtXenbvNWh1ntK6TWFiRqeBsJeyuPZ-Q97nUxqctmZ_gyVBZl6ycMPohFm6KLA300g0-GW_lNaAsWevgtwzOSeu0/s1600/therewasafather_cover-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474679056330729618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 227px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbDe4tkyPnYbCUxTF0xJtG0cvDAaIyb0nyMWIGgBkTteegU1-AFoAWtXenbvNWh1ntK6TWFiRqeBsJeyuPZ-Q97nUxqctmZ_gyVBZl6ycMPohFm6KLA300g0-GW_lNaAsWevgtwzOSeu0/s400/therewasafather_cover-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> One of my favourite graphic artist reinterprets the DVD collection covers for one of my favourite film makers = instant lustworthy drool-inducing collectible! The Criterion Collection continues to up its cool factor. </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">(from </span><a href="http://www.adrian-tomine.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-35657088424118528982010-05-23T20:01:00.000-07:002010-05-23T20:07:22.496-07:00confessions of a dreamer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNAYc6mXwGTzIbbDqn2gEBGx3e8i9rvRh5-N1Tmqru0m6VXo99S3bTN4uNSZSeEehmpq8wshWU6vo-DXS0WwXwf3ecv96FIXIAEdYwiXsr35lkvGHNXzVc1TzRhoOx_ULvw1XI0cLTWhix/s1600/tomwaits.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474666630846145858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 327px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNAYc6mXwGTzIbbDqn2gEBGx3e8i9rvRh5-N1Tmqru0m6VXo99S3bTN4uNSZSeEehmpq8wshWU6vo-DXS0WwXwf3ecv96FIXIAEdYwiXsr35lkvGHNXzVc1TzRhoOx_ULvw1XI0cLTWhix/s400/tomwaits.bmp" border="0" /></a> Best Interview Ever.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Q: What’s the most curious record in your collection?</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">A: In the seventies a record company in LA issued a record called “The best of Marcel Marceau.” It had forty minutes of silence followed by applause and it sold really well. I like to put it on for company. It really bothers me, though, when people talk through it.</span></em><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><br /><em>Q: What are some unusual things that have been left behind in a cloakroom?</em><br /><em>A: Well, Winston Churchill was born in a ladies cloakroom and was one sixteenth Iroquois.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: You’ve always enjoyed the connection between fashion and history…talk to us about that.</em><br /><em>A: Okay, let’s take the two-piece bathing suit, produced in 1947 by a French fashion designer. The sight of the first woman in the minimal two-piece was as explosive as the detonation of the atomic bomb by the U.S. at Bikini Island in the Marshall Isles, hence the naming of the bikini.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: List some artists who have shaped your creative life.</em><br /><em>A: Okay, here are a few that just come to me for now: Kerouac, Dylan, Bukowski, Rod Serling, Don Van Vliet, Cantinflas, James Brown, Harry Belafonte, Ma Rainey, Big Mama Thorton, Howlin Wolf, Lead Belly, Lord Buckley, Mabel Mercer, Lee Marvin, Thelonious Monk, John Ford, Fellini, Weegee, Jagger, Richards, Willie Dixon, John McCormick, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Robert Johnson, Hoagy Carmichael, Enrico Caruso.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: List some songs that were beacons for you.</em><br /><em>A: Again, for now… but if you ask me tomorrow the list would change, of course.Gershwin’s second prelude, “Pathatique Sonata,” “El Paso,” “You’ve Really Got Me” (Kinks), “Soldier Boy” (Shirelles), “Lean Back” (Fat Joe), “Night Train,” “Come In My Kitchen” (R.J.), “Sad Eyed Lady,” “Rite of Spring,” “Ode to Billy Joe,” “Louie Louie,” “Just a Fool” (Ike and Tina),” “Prisoner of Love” (J.B.), “Pitch a Wing Dan Doodle (All Night Long)” (H. Wolf), “Ringo” (Lorne Green), “Ball and Chain,” “Deportee,” “Strange Fruit,” “Sophisticated Lady,” “Georgia On My Mind,” “Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Just Like A Woman,” “So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “Who’ll Stop The Rain?,” “Moon River,” “Autumn Leaves,” “Danny Boy,” “Dirty Ol’ Town,” “Waltzing Mathilda,” “Train Keeps a Rollin,” “Boris the Spider,” “You’ve Really Got a Hold On Me,” “Red Right Hand,” “All Shook Up,” “Cause Of It All,” “Shenandoah,” “China Pig,” “Summertime,” “Without a Song,” “Auld Lang Syne,” “This Is a Man’s World,” “Crawlinking Snake,” “Nassun Dorma,” “Bring It on Home to Me,” “Hound Dog,” “Hello Walls,” “You Win Again,” “Sunday Morn’ Coming Down,” “Almost Blue,” “Pump It Up,” “Greensleeves,” “Just Wanna See His Face” (Stones), “Restless Farewell,” “Fairytale of New York,” “Bring Me A Little Water Sylvie,” “Raglan Road,” “96 Tears,” “In Dreams” (R. Orbison), “Substitute,” “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues,” Theme from Rawhide, “Same Thing,” “Walk Away Renee,” “For What It’s Worth,” theme from Once Upon A Time In America, “Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing,” “Oh Holy Night,” “Mass in E Minor,” “Harlem Shuffle,” “Trouble Man,” “Wade in The Water,” “Empty Bed Blues,” “Hava Nagila”<br /></em><br /><em>Q: What’s heaven for you?</em><br /><em>A: Me and my wife on Rte. 66 with a pot of coffee, a cheap guitar, pawnshop tape recorder in a Motel 6, and a car that runs good parked right by the door.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: What’s hard for you?</em><br /><em>A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders. Carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: What’s wrong with the world?</em><br /><em>A: We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. Leona Helmsley’s dog made $12 million last year… and Dean McLaine, a farmer in Ohio, made $30,000. It’s just a gigantic version of the madness that grows in every one of our brains. We are monkeys with money and guns.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: Favorite scenes in movies?</em><br /><em>A: R. De Niro in the ring in Raging Bull. Julie Christie’s face in Heaven Can Wait when she said, “Would you like to get a cup of coffee?” James Dean in East of Eden telling the nurse to get out when his dad has had a stroke and he’s sitting by his bed. Marlena Dietrich in Touch of Evil saying “He was some kind of man.” Scout saying “Hey Mr. Cunningham” in the scene in To Kill A Mockingbird. Nic Cage falling apart in the drug store in Matchstick Men… and eating a cockroach in Vampire’s Kiss. The last scene in Chinatown.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: Can you describe a few other scenes from movies that have always stayed with you?</em><br /><em>A: Rod Steiger in Pawn Broker explaining to the Puerto Rican all about gold. Brando in The Godfather dying in the tomatoes with scary orange teeth. Lee Marvin in Emperor Of The North riding under the box car, Borgnine bouncing steel off his ass. Dennis Weaver at the motel saying “I am just the night man,” holding onto a small tree in Touch of Evil. The hanging in Oxbow Incident. The speech by Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner as he’s dying. Anthony Quinn dancing on the beach in Zorba. Nicholson in Witches of Eastwick covered in feathers in the church as the ladies stick needles in the voodoo doll. When Mel Gibson’s Blue Healer gets shot with an arrow in Road Warrior. When Rachel in The Exorcist says “Could you help an old altar boy, father?” The blind guy in the tavern in Treasure Island. Frankenstein after he strangles the young girl by the river.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: Can you tell me an odd thing that happened in an odd place? Any thoughts?</em><br /><em>A: A Japanese freighter had been torpedoed during WWII and it’s at the bottom of Tokyo Harbor with a large hole in her hull. A team of engineers was called together to solve the problem of raising the wounded vessel to the surface. One of the engineers tackling this puzzle said he remembered seeing a Donald Duck cartoon when he was a boy where there was a boat at the bottom of the ocean with a hole in its hull, and they injected it with ping-pong balls and it floated up. The skeptical group laughed, but one of the experts was willing to give it a try. Of course, where in the world would you find twenty million ping-pong balls but in Tokyo? It turned out to be the perfect solution. The balls were injected into the hull and it floated to the surface; the engineer was altered. Moral: Solutions to problems are always found at an entirely different level; also, believe in yourself in the face of impossible odds.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: Most interesting recording you own?</em><br /><em>A: It’s a mysteriously beautiful recording from, I am told, Robbie Robertson’s label. It’s of crickets. That’s right, crickets. The first time I heard it… I swore I was listening to the Vienna Boys Choir, or the Mormon Tabernacle choir. It has a four-part harmony. It is a swaying choral panorama. Then a voice comes in on the tape and says, “What you are listening to is the sound of crickets. The only thing that has been manipulated is that they slowed down the tape.” No effects have been added of any kind, except that they changed the speed of the tape. The sound is so haunting. I played it for Charlie Musselwhite, and he looked at me as if I pulled a Leprechaun out of my pocket.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: You are fascinated with irony. What is irony?</em><br /><em>A: Chevrolet was puzzled when they discovered that their sales for the Chevy Nova were off the charts everywhere but in Latin America. They finally realized that “Nova” in Spanish translates to “no go.” Not the best name for a car… anywhere “no va.”<br /></em><br /><em>Q: Do you have words to live by?</em><br /><em>A: Jim Jarmusch once told me, “Fast, Cheap, and Good… pick two. If it’s fast and cheap, it won’t be good. If it’s cheap and good, it won’t be fast. If it’s fast and good, it won’t be cheap.” Fast, cheap and good… pick (2) words to live by.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: What is on Hemingway’s gravestone?</em><br /><em>A: “Pardon me for not getting up.”<br /></em><br /><em>Q: How would you compare guitarists Marc Ribot and Smokey Hormel?</em><br /><em>A: Octopus have eight and squid have ten tentacles, each with hundreds of suction cups and each with the power to burst a man’s artery. They have small birdlike beaks used to inject venom into a victim. Some gigantic squid and octopus with 100-foot tentacles have been reported. Squids have been known to pull down entire boats to feed on the disoriented sailors in the water. Many believe unexplained, sunken deep-sea vessels and entire boat disappearances are the handiwork of giant squid.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: What have you learned from parenthood?</em><br /><em>A: “Never loan your car to anyone to whom you’ve given birth.” - Erma Bombeck<br /></em><br /><em>Q: Now Tom, for the grand prize… who said, “He’s the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of”?</em><br /><em>A: Mae West<br /></em><br /><em>Q: Who said, “Half the people in America are just faking it”?</em><br /><em>A: Robert Mitchum (who actually died in his sleep). I think he was being generous and kind when he said that.<br /></em><br /><em>Q What remarkable things have you found in unexpected places?</em><br /><em>A:1. Real beauty: oil stains left by cars in a parking lot.2. Shoeshine stand that looked like thrones in Brazil made of scrap wood.3. False teeth in pawnshop windows in Reno, Nevada.4. Great acoustics: in jail.5. Best food: Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma.6. Most gift shops: Fatima, Portugal.8. Most unlikely location for a Chicano crowd: A Morrissey concert.9. Most poverty: Washington, D.C.10 A homeless man with a beautiful operatic voice singing the word “Bacteria” in an empty dumpster in Chinatown.11. A Chinese man with a Texas accent in Scotland.12. Best nights sleep: in a dry riverbed in Arizona.13. Most people who wear red pants: St. Louis.14. Most beautiful horses: New York City.15. A judge in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1890 presided over a trial where a man who was accused of murder and was guilty — convicted by a jury of his peers — was let go, when the judge said to him at the end of the trial, “You are guilty, sir… but I cannot put in jail an innocent man.” You see, the murderer was a Siamese twin.16. Largest penis (in proportion to its body): The Barnacle<br /></em><br /><em>Q: Tom, you love words and their origins. For $2,000, what is the origin of the word bedlam?A: It’s a contraction of the word Bethlehem. It comes from the hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem outside London. The hospital began admitting mental patients in the late 14th century. In the 16th century, it became a lunatic asylum. The word bedlam came to be used for any madhouse — and, by extension, for any scene of noisy confusion.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: What is up with your ears?</em><br /><em>A: I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong — I have audio illusions. I guess now they say ADD. I have a scrambler in my brain and it takes what is said and turns it into Pig Latin and feeds it back to me.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: Most thrilling musical experience?</em><br /><em>A: My most thrilling musical experience was in Times Square, over thirty years ago. There was a rehearsal hall around the Brill Building where all the rooms were divided into tiny spaces with just enough room to open the door. Inside was a spinet piano — cigarette burns, missing keys, old paint and no pedals. You go in and close the door and it’s so loud from other rehearsals you can’t really work, so you stop and listen. The goulash of music was thrilling. Scales on a clarinet, tango, light opera, sour string quartet, voice lessons, someone belting out “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” garage bands, and piano lessons. The floor was pulsing, the walls were thin. As if ten radios were on at the same time, in the same room. It was a train station of music with all the sounds milling around… for me it was heavenly.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: What would you have liked to see but were born too late for?</em><br /><em>A: Vaudeville. So much mashing of cultures and bizarre hybrids. Delta Blues guitarists and Hawaiian artists thrown together, resulting in the adoption of the slide guitar as a language we all take for granted as African-American. But it was a cross pollination, like most culture. Like all cultures. George Burns was a Vaudeville performer I particularly loved. Dry and unflappable, curious, and funny — no matter what he said. He could dance, too. He said, “Too bad the only people that know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.”<br /></em><br /><em>Q: What is a gentleman?</em><br /><em>A: A man who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: Favorite Bucky Fuller quote?</em><br /><em>A: “Fire is the sun unwinding itself from the wood.”<br /></em><br /><em>Q: What do you wonder about?</em><br /><em>A:1. Do bullets know whom they are intended for?2. Is there a plug in the bottom of the ocean?3. What do jockeys say to their horses?4. How does a newspaper feel about winding up papier-mache?5. How does it feel to be a tree by a freeway?6. Sometimes a violin sounds like a Siamese cat; the first violin strings were made from cat gut. Any connection?7. When is the world going to rear up and scrape us off its back?8. Will we humans eventually intermarry with robots?9. Is a diamond just a piece of coal with patience?10. Did Ella Fitzgerald really break that wine glass with her voice?<br /></em><br /><em>Q: What are some sounds you like?</em><br /><em>A:1. An asymmetrical airline carousel creating a high-pitched haunted voice brought on by the friction of rubbing; it sounds like a big wet finger circling the rim of a gigantic wine glass.2. Street corner evangelists3. Pile drivers in Manhattan4. My wife’s singing voice5. Horses coming/trains coming6. Children when school’s out7. Hungry crows8. Orchestra tuning up9. Saloon pianos in old westerns10. Rollercoaster11. Headlights hit by a shotgun12. Ice melting13. Printing presses14. Ball game on a transistor radio15. Piano lessons coming from an apartment window16. Old cash registers/Ca Ching17. Muscle cars18. Tap dancers19. Soccer crowds in Argentina20. Beatboxing21. Fog horns22. A busy restaurant kitchen23. Newsrooms in old movies24. Elephants stampeding25. Bacon frying26. Marching bands27. Clarinet lessons28. Victrola29. A fight bell30. Chinese arguments31. Pinball machines32. Children’s orchestras33. Trolley bell34. Firecrackers35. A Zippo lighter36. Calliopes37. Bass steel drums38. Tractors39. Stroh Violin40. Muted trumpet41. Tobacco auctioneers42. Musical saw43. Theremin44. Pigeons45. Seagulls46. Owls47. Mockingbirds48. Doves<br />The world’s making music all the time.</em><br /><br /><em>Q: What’s scary to you?</em><br /><em>A:1. A dead man in the backseat of a car with a fly crawling on his eyeball.2. Turbulence on any airline.3. Sirens and search lights combined.4. Gunfire at night in bad neighborhoods.5. Car motor turning over but not starting; it’s getting dark and starting to rain.6. Jail door closing.7. Going around a sharp curve on the Pacific Coast Highway and the driver of your car has had a heart attack and died, and you’re in the back seat.8. You are delivering mail and you are confronted with a Doberman with rabies growling low and showing teeth — you have no dog bones and he wants to bite your ass off.9. In a movie, which wire do you cut to stop the time bomb, the green or the blue?10. McCain will win.11. Germans with submachine guns.12. Officers, in offices, being official.13. You fell through the ice in the creek and it carried you downstream, and now as you surface you realize there’s a roof of ice.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: Tell me about working with Terry Gilliam.</em><br /><em>A: I am the Devil in the Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus — not a devil; The Devil. I don’t know why he thought of me. I was raised in the church. Gilliam and I met on Fisher King. He is a giant among men and I am in awe of his films. Munchausen I’ve seen a hundred times. Brazil is a crowning achievement. Brothers Grimm was my favorite film last year. I had most of my scenes with Christopher Plummer (He’s Dr. Parnassus). Plummer is one of the greatest actors on earth! Mostly I watch and learn. He’s a real movie star and a gentleman. Gilliam is an impresario, captain, magician, a dictator (a nice one), a genius, and a man you’d want in the boat with you at the end of the world.<br /></em><br /><em>Q: Give me some fresh song titles you two are working on.</em><br /><em>A: “Ghetto Buddha,” “Waiting For My Good Luck To Come,” “I’ll Be an Oak Tree Some Day,” “In the Cage,” “Hell Broke Loose,” “Spin The Bottle,” “High and Lonesome.”<br /></em><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(from </span><a href="http://sheswildatheart.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">)</span></span><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-36910825432694952812010-05-23T19:58:00.000-07:002010-05-23T20:00:53.904-07:00words more words<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLquyMs4sPgrQ90gGSB-5Whd2MbB8BMYeRUt7zpWPa734mJQe-SHxO_UnvdwyI_zI-Pn62gXCME_pPGgK1BByPkN2OL8QVbc8e5H_3ObFCLbHJ3ItyILkUWzJHUHYuO4dWEiohXZTROYLU/s1600/ginsberg.bmp"></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474665817370579650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 326px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjvF4lIDGHiy4Ipm5qeY5NGngxDsc4DfeZRNb3m3yHYRvp8PTCInHG0BPE2KIILBCl3DylY6L9iwDo85IC11dRUDXShcPpbp7t9QY441GnlhGmIHouLOTh6Q6R5Lr-c5OQNTbPBdNA_Xf/s400/tumblr_kuzosn9bPf1qa2uxgo1_400.png" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oaZaJq8-4tvFF9Sa7IwqDU_lNnTllU-hOPN3XViRl1FggkckKSrao2THNWrm9mYSDiVtHF5ngPSVV0Jbs12qmVGRTjb1M88XmFHA8u5XbePu92A9e2QtfzQUUjn5Vuf_2rpOIVsmlfRi/s1600/jim_jarmusch+QUOTE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474665823958254610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 327px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oaZaJq8-4tvFF9Sa7IwqDU_lNnTllU-hOPN3XViRl1FggkckKSrao2THNWrm9mYSDiVtHF5ngPSVV0Jbs12qmVGRTjb1M88XmFHA8u5XbePu92A9e2QtfzQUUjn5Vuf_2rpOIVsmlfRi/s400/jim_jarmusch+QUOTE.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474665802287521954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9CQdw5qtuwBSXSSqAkh2PK6YSoz_Ed_QKingdICpE9oMYqVmfuVFZ9Cvl74aBmaTAUDNoX84z3AXmEsD_HBdeTDvdzGXDnhzdkCueO8QHl9HsOlShDFJZS8MfC1RTtgKn85w9JNVBt0hc/s400/2zxshms.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474665807775703042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRH64N8bdj3JSttbyhPSYtOJ9RPTGqkEjSmTEh99YJX_Mkmxz_pyUdxYk21jA6G1ASiEnc70AYyGr-mmYEJpoYIlBF9v71gcg7yLZMdK9QObR4yhI2Jim7WbTRP9J3AZW8eP1I1T5GBExV/s400/azc3k2.jpg" border="0" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-48133719746186263132010-05-20T20:32:00.001-07:002010-05-20T20:37:29.285-07:00Time to Go<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473561402651217906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 233px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 329px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4O-vw5ro076FlNt0Zk0KYHuZmf6FBIaJycdicuB3CmoqgmFd5LJL2ZtI9encLmR6CRBCOxf7hLoLnBNpY0UQUkHAND_HES-MTDk72ZDg-GWiedH46-E8Avjg4p4_HXzDfDxsEule_F_zS/s400/Blanche6.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473561405688416130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_w1975HX7Y3eB0Xvob5F9FA2FXA6xQciNsDYkj-KwJLaXpES-IthRqV7t0UscEfj5KgOXvZhuP2gDJUnwZcFjaCTAqlTdc6J_NE0vBbbDt3oyMF9kEtUD1-DK0CKrpMsrbyVNbLXntsB/s400/Blanche4.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473561711403805426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 277px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrLEJS2zZlRZxu-v96GJuc93eiZMDEvGPcfutKImD6iM3WBddOTRw_2vEMgOgurI86FO6kef2e59SUlyZt9out_UZ7Y__zMBy2hFzopNY2I4KblbW1zIgjXedHMY5ir7Ppp9WxF3w8RpB/s400/Blanche1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473561418869358866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOTawbMpl-xU3x9kcY4x_VBkP-00HlL0ERzUh8yhgY86YKiq47VQ0yiefNjkh0TzWdNS_3DkpgZYcOFGoxKd3Es4VJ3SCqnC7B7jqRiJ3Vr8ZSWKAdG3vIVJrEhHfnhyUuR5PqA3qgB72/s400/Blanche8.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473561425729408338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpBk8yqZqg6W_Urwzh25qMpbAQSrBiYL4wAFfVoJFNrSAKUA6-gkaGDZOKHFHhG8RNiDsP-39Pc50VquEWpPKv7VC-DCiI7DfXHeK5cs_E4m50ZD8C2gwuxGjKw2CCYSQeVm-s_dOSgKQ/s400/blanche5.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473561417101706322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsm3KFo0UAAAxEjwse6cCxw3HbZ9X0xAnooI-0rQbKOUVS_AKMPi_6Hl6TLgSvB9VDNyWFDUGBR0JQU_izyT-Jx_QklJg3JwNrGYGjl_nSmy0ywbOTXepMKy9O_cbw_gzAT6ZLpAbrYwRJ/s400/Blanche7.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">"There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go."</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">--Tennessee Williams<br /></span></em><div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(Pictures of the various incarnations of Blanche DuBois)<br /></span><div> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-37854756631415935592010-05-17T01:33:00.000-07:002010-05-17T01:39:05.984-07:00Patience and Acceptance<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLK8DJIb0fY-HjB5mDPF5VuePv47ETWnkX4HOBoFJLLi8Ha3aVC5j67rCfwDGC73XZ83Wj_jdOI0w6O_0rJeh7l6UbzJviZysgeZQqXRPNTlmhPl_kNXmJ5Y71eCg56HX2uyXr4VhzEZw/s1600/partnerspade1.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472154795438284242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLK8DJIb0fY-HjB5mDPF5VuePv47ETWnkX4HOBoFJLLi8Ha3aVC5j67rCfwDGC73XZ83Wj_jdOI0w6O_0rJeh7l6UbzJviZysgeZQqXRPNTlmhPl_kNXmJ5Y71eCg56HX2uyXr4VhzEZw/s400/partnerspade1.bmp" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="color:#3333ff;">"Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting."</span></em><br /><br /><p><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>--Haruki Murakami</em></p><br /><span style="color:#000000;">(Picture from the hip newish store, Partners & Spade. Read more about it <a href="http://thescoutmag.com/blog/retail/397/partners_spade_first_look">here</a>)<br /></span><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-52343556700874275452010-05-10T02:38:00.000-07:002010-05-10T02:53:22.709-07:00fantastic fox<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXzhnLvfUPISDDSpHvJwy0XG8f9rWFveqE-_EFba_nJAs8kp_fyZRoKVJtkiA2QiniTaQwLQsMqjsDZcuYN22Q9v_G-UZ9-Nnz_owA45v7xS6y_v58lEcfVZE9U7eXvN1Rve7DM2Cli3G/s1600/Stonecoldfox1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469573990387584290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXzhnLvfUPISDDSpHvJwy0XG8f9rWFveqE-_EFba_nJAs8kp_fyZRoKVJtkiA2QiniTaQwLQsMqjsDZcuYN22Q9v_G-UZ9-Nnz_owA45v7xS6y_v58lEcfVZE9U7eXvN1Rve7DM2Cli3G/s400/Stonecoldfox1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469573978787054018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qVdUhzwJfyVtUs8ZJJr69FPU44n1eTn9Rsb2ewniNABKyfih5aTQFZ7gz-XT0a3FjjRxeewJM80hlE_V9qZmZPDVjbjp2JHqsA5fXCy6Cr34jVfDsjTVVIp8uBaYExFOSXkZP2-Vg7LM/s400/Stonecoldfox2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469573954009786498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikxv7YMpA2PKwnPDvWnJeOchtYb8bPQN0Eruw2kXGyyJAXuPzdjV9_z7oB5xFGOX6lM2aY_HgW4314C-VyY330cH8LcKXQqAmmjGHvIDOQtEd3BXGkfFwTFX8CJV0yxd2ZM8jy9w665psl/s400/Stonecoldfox4.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469573946821462738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUCsBSv_UzO2HaHCrk4es_o9l8ZtONtxShre9KdIcNCyBhX4xDkH5QNRZtod1GqDSpLg5PoFU5T5GwaW2hw-VmL4Os88Hds3mN_iWyxhq-mNRJhgSFYNY1p0zVP2Dyn8XsVnF4poenAO2/s400/stonecoldfox5.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469573965488749474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFJq0R0VzTbIe0tpOhLKm3LOhvtcUV1eQu-Vy_fCEqwsNn-BKflGgGaWyBCUq5u9zTVi8B5c_EPwPCHUmsaVc7a4THPUoOVHv7ASb4kcoj_W8qZOYCeKqq7lCgebNIquxMCKDpCNZ0h_W/s400/Stonecoldfox3.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>There are the clothes to buy to capture a certain specific look influenced by what's showing out there on the catwalks. And then there are the labels to love for standing by a specific fashion sensibility and yet constantly developing it. All my favourite designers like Yohji and Dries fall in that category. Now add newish US label <a href="http://www.thestonecoldfox.com/">Stone Cold Fox</a>. Formed by 2 lovely ladies, Fox professes to take its inspiration from the delicacy of vintage clothing, archaic gypsies and Jane Birkin. They've managed to craft their own unique aesthetic sense such that it is possible to identify a Stone Cold Fox gal on the basis of her clothing only, much like an Alex Wang chick. And the clothes are in a sense almost timeless and have high wardrobe staples potential. Lovely lovely!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-86417864130941394512010-05-09T22:26:00.000-07:002010-05-09T22:34:33.560-07:00The Girls with Glasses Show<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicX5JcM7iXrHMeY1Kq_QIMNSEzLV76M1DRlDqN4YICX-678d2C2fz5D-2hGkdQrBOpR7vm9QeEMniF0RFIHlW-3h5_4r3YFaMiakNXH5utUeAbsSTLFgKNha886qzGwuTtyvs9hwkYWHck/s1600/GirlGlasses2.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469509062246960162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicX5JcM7iXrHMeY1Kq_QIMNSEzLV76M1DRlDqN4YICX-678d2C2fz5D-2hGkdQrBOpR7vm9QeEMniF0RFIHlW-3h5_4r3YFaMiakNXH5utUeAbsSTLFgKNha886qzGwuTtyvs9hwkYWHck/s400/GirlGlasses2.bmp" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469509053838390642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpcqPmB52xqe2k9OP6mv_f3k0IWhI3RFFTUrO8ISW45LF-sen5-6y03J4_qDZv6NcEKtpsTJKQ24QrEhHoO3UzPXOO2ytBFk7sYOEiGtMJWktieyh-p9B9rN0Ismmgh_tACYxhdxCQX-3/s400/GirlGlasses1.bmp" border="0" /><br /><div>A new variety talk show for smart girls? Could be really really good or simply pretentious. But good vibes from the promotional video clip released. If the definition of smart girls meanings wearing cool specs, fab vintage garb and snazzy outfits all round, sign me up!</div><div></div><div>See the clip <a href="http://blackeiffel.blogspot.com/2010/04/girls-with-glasses.html">here</a>. If not for anything, then simply to lighten up the Monday blues :)<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgVv_jpAWsb-DalPaHyq43WMzC9ZpM0P6aXm7jbiXTpi7aeINCUiX2p9y2mWHaHdNPNOsFMdI55gS-Qx98xnWAtnPhjXIgN2CA81Sb1bp5KrJZTku8vyV6FgAXrf0UKte1_tuc2V09SdF/s1600/GirlGlasses3.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469509044113284914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgVv_jpAWsb-DalPaHyq43WMzC9ZpM0P6aXm7jbiXTpi7aeINCUiX2p9y2mWHaHdNPNOsFMdI55gS-Qx98xnWAtnPhjXIgN2CA81Sb1bp5KrJZTku8vyV6FgAXrf0UKte1_tuc2V09SdF/s400/GirlGlasses3.bmp" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> (All pictures from </span><a href="http://blackeiffel.blogspot.com/2010/05/girls-with-glasses-fashion.html"><span style="font-size:78%;">Black*Eiffel</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">)<br /></span><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-44939431499564661832010-05-05T20:47:00.000-07:002010-05-05T21:01:33.390-07:00common platform<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqswYYhP2MbJ6NAP-yA4YfESN_EkgHD6x4ByDvu5joHE8scLo32c1j3bhX6Zp5cARRpUlcI-kWEYAWkrBXVHM7mHsQFtsRfioifgsuGm_aRlNTdZj48R6WTH3-a69Qj79hKXf2dvIcMnq/s1600/adamkremer5.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468000031114226290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 328px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqswYYhP2MbJ6NAP-yA4YfESN_EkgHD6x4ByDvu5joHE8scLo32c1j3bhX6Zp5cARRpUlcI-kWEYAWkrBXVHM7mHsQFtsRfioifgsuGm_aRlNTdZj48R6WTH3-a69Qj79hKXf2dvIcMnq/s400/adamkremer5.bmp" border="0" /></a> Much has been made of how the new social media creates boundless opportunities and networking possibilities. And it is true that even for those of us born in generations before (ie. not Y or Z) the notion of life without connectivity is like a very distant blurry old dream. As though life in all its present clarity did not exist then. Whether that is a good or sad state is debatable. But sites like <a href="http://notcommonpeople.blogspot.com/">(not) common people</a> which presents a platform for budding photographers to reach out to all potential audience are a great example of how to use such connectivity to express creativity and seek opportunity.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467999794047442370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVFJYhO-C6DNgK1vJP6CsZG0A77JIS3PfBG6hiwr59yOMJ1ojOc6LfvhIa4AxA_bex5ftNwkxiyVtc-4XENlU6BgMr7Q0PsBMknPEc1PLoyk9b8KvdSY9RDirLxEUQxVXthhqhaXXM1pB/s400/adamkremer1.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467999799627322434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbV9yrjkNxG_H-avJFrXCyoy11o06Y21T0GGyPpYDnW2Pn4K4WtCWK1hF6hGHq2NSQfNt04JKWPlhUl3tQc6ofNBVAqC50Qp2K7uL_hyphenhyphen9VNwxILf4_5BcwupomPNglBtVTdijBiVpj1UO/s400/adamkremer2.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468000020288699746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKxDCX1DqNFtAdKTkryTu45gZ0nVNCevc85q0pgTu9mAa0Lx14xJvivUM2a6waS1S86l_PS1cx_DBhAUBvnT4pUySCGULSd9BbhhC8uBEAZ7ulMNBUPS4ViZjv5CcTrEUeiv5XWjCxMnI/s400/adamkremer4.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468000017393522146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFroTm-nabzMKyjAMvK0CjbNlKPjIL9XSvRIX2KpnNrl9PGmAoI3qUCGTTqdOSRGzh5ZdfsxkrJAiWMiOCZ1AFvtiS29C5k0Do1OECJVV-mxZzVkURWb_XlzVff33lu7fcUypvy2PKnymo/s400/adamkremer3.bmp" border="0" /><br /><div> Photos by Adam Kremer</div><div> </div><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">"I love nights of long exposures, but bad things always happen to me when I go taking photos at night."</span></em><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467999777280333730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhN1dh3EIZ1IIxgQ0uO8MMH0ywM7dbP1IoFE7L_p036hLCMUgj_mxdelut1dRuRspcTOGFfYMp4cDtzMcOElMNunbc6UtmrOTU0JrTmeIqaPUBDanenrFnpLS_T8LHP1JpX1tTdaLV7faZ/s400/eugenesuo2.jpg" border="0" /></div><div> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467999773557195570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtqzb_x-B3emw6PHhrmnkg4XlH9XoJU-xptqF-hHwZf1bl9w1AxZL31eNZ4CcqEU6LhB6UVn4qzdKz5IzlLFPDIMX6zW4nEc1AQyaX0cgdYBeslO4mVY6bn0Hy3iXdo5bn9KDtDnaCPqO/s400/eugenesuo1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467999785397202626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicx5mRV1-wWTCBudnQGZs5XTJS1GMIE-zTWvCMonD1jPUXvQm4lUPjrOUmJJQmwa7HhIdTa76EGziHurbm7bMSpRbcPEpViO1FJwOLBOzx4nBbptqADzRD7VrQM4U3nhoUNzoI9T-dRn8s/s400/eugenesuo3.jpg" border="0" /><br />Photos by Eugene Suo <em><span style="color:#3333ff;">- me</span></em><br /><br /><div> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467999335548210626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 395px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2Lvv5fYAzyBVqSjtmL7QAW-cP1hXde5NIRywm9bKmjiWDeH0zXWTXXknQF58TEjju9_ZHAa03j5pOUlkOgoV1S44rFwGlxeVBNV4wagC9z-qYIq-qjU0Qso4okPNRPdSjaQCd2ANBFFI/s400/liana1.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467999344129364978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 396px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0ph2vk55_nzkuH-xNqoQ53YbyQXRFEZUtedHQZRcOxRosCoDvJHfiSJ1E9lcMLiCVBq3OKRaM5h8lYMUi96Iobhug8Kyk3z_0Q0MNJfOen8CjHD-Ce7iCAoz-xHkSZ7ea81nmLlLXeLX/s400/liana2.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467999347705758498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 395px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQM5WIfVAhO6-nG7FU9BE1YAaSIwvBDtkDCaqUmMlLUSZLfE9nAsn4tRfEMJsvCShBRUsEpiijbEsD2f6sTd0neCdON4aEbr1CuJKImtHaJxdzFR1XGfJ_pcd8wUDjHpRBVQoeVqV0tj-g/s400/liana3.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467999354346797538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 383px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0p7WvRZ5lqcvldmHlt9fTeakZkjJCPUuqxTP2eOzu7tbItTguvt9mzb1X5qy6qemRwcsO8Ds3PJlPCVb_8z3XO9gxvUSi6N5MHt_0LWIf64PDRYSW5x_dDgNbk8tfRUITw8cyQoannOR/s400/liana5.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467999360392339906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhDNwGPZkCGOjRpIISRIymDyxnu9HFHKVOhS_AsuuS9Lx0AlK6KwMSWmBCK-eWWzvnTux3fOehdFCnL64P8EHNNhfPfXM1G7Kc9wdUx03OVJeogZFyfl_Zs1QZ7hFTneqSPDn2yIGqeWX/s400/liana6.bmp" border="0" />Photos by Liana Fides Frappa<br /></div><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">"I'm a dreamer, I'm influenced by the moon!"<br /></span></em><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-47305299964467591072010-05-04T01:12:00.000-07:002010-05-04T01:13:45.237-07:00Are you happy?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFJ5D7Ez0zKZS3q6cxrVE_DEbjNBxhDH0p7oyUpCVOUPjePHs_eoIjLsKYaecA596uR9HhiMIsCCiBNqSl3AqMKLvImT0gR2OGeVS4MjvRfGYOscdhDGLCVfiuqV-L3GLqCzsml7AYXPP/s1600/tumblr_l1nnyyjj3H1qz9zs8o1_250.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467324859166309890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 354px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFJ5D7Ez0zKZS3q6cxrVE_DEbjNBxhDH0p7oyUpCVOUPjePHs_eoIjLsKYaecA596uR9HhiMIsCCiBNqSl3AqMKLvImT0gR2OGeVS4MjvRfGYOscdhDGLCVfiuqV-L3GLqCzsml7AYXPP/s400/tumblr_l1nnyyjj3H1qz9zs8o1_250.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(from </span><a href="http://blog.krisatomic.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-71679578906839020692010-04-29T21:04:00.000-07:002010-04-29T21:10:50.548-07:00Beautiful Girl<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-AXFRdvYoP2FNjMCLD0gx9V9txJWAoWT5MfhO69ovuZ1u85tMOlK5NKdZhekkM-C8RodGuyAM6I-zmAbDPHBNYqOfiyN_dIWUakGognVr1yGB5AF4PbYoh_F65I9Ab1YHyM5rBTwLtf2/s1600/dianebirch.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465776977513829714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-AXFRdvYoP2FNjMCLD0gx9V9txJWAoWT5MfhO69ovuZ1u85tMOlK5NKdZhekkM-C8RodGuyAM6I-zmAbDPHBNYqOfiyN_dIWUakGognVr1yGB5AF4PbYoh_F65I9Ab1YHyM5rBTwLtf2/s400/dianebirch.bmp" border="0" /></a> You know how certain nationalities have a certain look which is instantly recognizable. Hence some people often gets the "Are you Japanese/Korean/Scandinavian etc" queries?<br /><br />Well french style is of course much admired and emulated but the attitude (as with flair) falls strictly in the category of either you have it or you don't.<br /><br />Diane Birch could easily pass off as long lost daughter of Jane Birkin and hence half sister to Lou Dillon and Charlotte Gainsborg. But she's actually American, a great singer with a (seemingly) wonderful wardrobe to boot. Extremely quirky and chirpy video, check it out <a href="http://www.dianebirch.com/">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-50567425652063857482010-04-29T20:54:00.001-07:002010-04-29T21:02:46.096-07:00The Eye that Sees<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqeih5hetwOBxkHS5OWFUYFiFMyyNMd1-MKOjfQxfC7lwlPJ_SIQj9j2fea06k8hzH9hJkJiOUVkUn7BHK5mfk8wbldtve6QKTX7mUKWRz2-slCjxiA3r2BoEy1NwyGihzpIgWp02IeM2/s1600/jollygoo5.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465775304788136898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqeih5hetwOBxkHS5OWFUYFiFMyyNMd1-MKOjfQxfC7lwlPJ_SIQj9j2fea06k8hzH9hJkJiOUVkUn7BHK5mfk8wbldtve6QKTX7mUKWRz2-slCjxiA3r2BoEy1NwyGihzpIgWp02IeM2/s400/jollygoo5.bmp" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465775295642063586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgw1VzVwIq7BhWEWmawCvqUDMlTewN-NTM9Ocy8QsbvhKMPEjUYTWpvxxhimVhl989fIaXHMr4caKQpLdeaEUNW34SNWA4qtdLrSFEgVnF5gZrAxClWsvOq4_IeyxuSqoCrEjQEno0lAc/s400/jollygoo3.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465774425725386898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6n7NZyawUXRGPRTDGNGNcq3xykM84EEpiQ0juXiZOBsX4N8NPUVMvMy_LUKGumG0WTNJZXdWeMBpzeQplsGUdWD0DOYXL36MgCME4UkMm5Vk1CKddgm2r5qt7SaQavn-_IqKE8qNJUiq/s400/jollygoo7.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465774415254741986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEe6y6XfYkGQbNDUczaUr-U_FQaC1A51iDHoTSdvHz39E1HX4-zcw34XKjqaUeeqtW2A8Yp56T3AaZ4P1Q8H1czf8ISiJM8cUWdDKv6W7y0QISz5lyu-n_lPiRNl7l1oJMSb-r1UGApbx/s400/jollygoo1.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465774433420114866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWK3pPAVxiJCZusVbUFYOdtkNYyu6aGK41N1joE3sLGmEG3RNQxnn1VmbkW2HL6sNUeZwigxyYl10dimJnEp5hDxXjen8Q9DC_22zcKg1DQcyFEYEDOweA7UA1UK1I7NE-nJmqaeo0MUn/s400/jollygoo6.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465774423096750578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09TooCWnF4_YMgWTDV9RAS6JRaXHH75RtTkBssnfoUqRFeUVjxK7k721jLsvmHKpzSZYCUMHw3D1gK223YcH-2EuZO629fCPTrNJZAUYqA7iEo4ZtD5_ffoEiqXboh3DMfpF8hmKOIAFX/s400/jollygoo2.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465774436446075810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMUlh0bQhsDeIGgukHZPLoCzZTUuIWuBJxjB94hUU166XxXg24f3t0cbn62UyGnKv_IX7fp8DoloWBxkVjCEalafZJou5GXC9_TgchzUGjklBKXKwprFA67uyy1tBKvSnPoa0b7tBLz9Z/s400/jollygoo4.bmp" border="0" /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Honour the miraculousness of the ordinary</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">-- Andrew Motion<br /></span></em><div><br />Beautiful blog by a Tokyo inhabitant. The loveliness of Tokyo captured through the eyes of one who looks upon the world with wonder.</div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">(All pictures from </span><a href="http://jollygoo.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;">Jollygoo</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">)<br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-71805889653401369862010-04-29T20:46:00.000-07:002010-04-29T20:54:30.717-07:00Button Up and Petal Shorts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaMVOpbOGZzocOdpcAUkdQiX8fhA9o0wBcV70kDW1hYDvqTm52SYpbr-kcw2W8rVJgPu3WLTZNjE_PQjvh0V12sBsP7oC0PmYJXJCEtVW9YH7-pvibuthURMwXz676daKIJbzn6ByPr6Q/s1600/white-shirt-fZ.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465772203366789634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaMVOpbOGZzocOdpcAUkdQiX8fhA9o0wBcV70kDW1hYDvqTm52SYpbr-kcw2W8rVJgPu3WLTZNjE_PQjvh0V12sBsP7oC0PmYJXJCEtVW9YH7-pvibuthURMwXz676daKIJbzn6ByPr6Q/s400/white-shirt-fZ.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465772209029754258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWgv_cXFB4jPrRmsecCIIWLpoyppQ04xRQdeF_j4WpMRHt3YsVYLLk1b1TCWsJWIjscWGHiA1o6qcWDyDXJVajbhcx68I-xLJHA2zGFiR3R4TZZayXhcoTfuULtSehLfLFQqtYMBrfclh/s400/navy-short-FZ.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465772198457540930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwV4WaWWUkFjyBuJXxuwhqbWWse2LyhONmDt-noyzcjGVeDE55MJvPj717YhrZgAzkpMyw2lTUxk2V35DsPgmmicelxYnUKGgGxFJKWcXDtwnau8jdv5V_Piu0krunK765JThnxnMAdgBr/s400/blk-shoe-on-gray-FZ.jpg" border="0" />I am not a shorts person at all, as all my friends and family can attest to, but am suddenly in the mood for sheer shirts, shorts and flats. I want to say its spring and all its associations of lightness and breeze but I don't actually live in a place with seasons. <div></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">(Surface to Air Top, Rachel Comey Shorts, Marc Jacob Flats. All from <a href="http://www.lagarconne.com/store/index.htm">LaGarconne</a>)<br /></div></span><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-78271466438528287242010-03-05T01:57:00.000-08:002010-03-05T02:13:20.802-08:00and the key to world peace is...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcUvWegESYqYHne0sK8sVSctHn0-vd_lYXhxYTmSK6PijjxPBnfGAvahNimqvxM7c1OwzxKJ_p9qGxxRZrr1rpXBO9Z462qEOqsoBD5NttZqP5KBW0f-ayczJeSzwC3HNxjfqQso134ln/s1600-h/12928-620x-snapshot20100102011631.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445087284429216738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcUvWegESYqYHne0sK8sVSctHn0-vd_lYXhxYTmSK6PijjxPBnfGAvahNimqvxM7c1OwzxKJ_p9qGxxRZrr1rpXBO9Z462qEOqsoBD5NttZqP5KBW0f-ayczJeSzwC3HNxjfqQso134ln/s400/12928-620x-snapshot20100102011631.jpg" border="0" /></a> Mahjong!<br /><br />And Koizumi.<br /><br />At least according to the Japanese.<br /><br />The Legend of Koizumi portrays the Japanese ex-premier as mahjong whizz and all round super hero out to save the world against the North Koreans (who just don't play fair) while George W Bush buzzes around on a Segway with a couple of tumbles (well, at least some things are constant even in the world of fantasy)in a world where diplomatic relations are resolved through games of mahjong.<br /><br />It's ingenious satarical nationalistic fantasy all bundled into non-stop hyper-activity, artfully blending the dramatic and the kitsch. Armchair philosophers could of course get all wrapped up in a discourse at length as to what the creation and success of such a manga reveals about the modern Japanese psyche, but really, just sit back and marvel at the free play of imagination without self-censoring boundaries which is such a trademark of Japanese creativity and hopefully always will be.<br /><br />Good stuff. Watch it <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIO4Uw36-JE">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-52985904149089716602010-02-28T22:18:00.001-08:002010-02-28T22:29:15.898-08:00cats and swallows<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443546188442510786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 364px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfz1TR7fxA4muWDdPGfVkgTTY9WLeGONhRCelvG5auei8TL5v1GPdmiWmW0HJSCVmO83o4fSyNlIcUj0fMPvaCow2fq3_bkPFFzyRYg8bgPHw3OY_lZVm4vH1-oWh2dMSIPdQb4XzwYvuk/s400/miumiu1.jpg" border="0" /><br />MiuMiu Spring/Summer 2010 is so whimsical, impractical, girly, pracically lolita-ish and really not suitable for anyone who actually has a desk bound day job and is not 18. And yet, I want! Sigh. It's either a sign of the allure of great design or an immature personality. Maybe both... :p (Right, that's a reaaall mature way to end off a post)<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443546190127565074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsTnAU4RyWlQM5uNKQKME8tZatCQ78x7NGF1z1sLVVwSPEA4aWhZAs0QhK3lsc8Sa4pKPHt-HeqKvu95qRjK_2ljEZhAgie9syBvqxWr968e2upulOw61wB1dHaOMx5KqUVsQPBY_nihl/s400/miumiu2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443546202446783554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-6awhRqJ3oZdtLHXh_YU7eI2AhTp7hhD-o5gOJO6RZomJoEJglDJIe78cs28j-25cKgDWU-FU4SRtx1DcUdsm72fJHPij__zEsCM31AtBiU3VALBqnfRtk4ma_r2obmf_29AhfKl71hS/s400/miumiu5.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443546195636288146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkvdGQd_Ej8UYpSfnR7YuBk2Pm87mPrTUfytuOnjo6VkL7GctJ9SHwArZnmXgysEkpEWkC0cW6HOEbzDn2ZQdS-9UZT0V5NMLpZI1CgFBoNimnbFkEGzzVfFzqO8uZnkOzk4WpDzY9W3k/s400/miumiu3.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443546202038516802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGE-YefrFh8MFhapGr47xjvCnKx7ildKga3FeplGZNN2X51AYiTsvCqDVCn0mNDuQeuE28nSQNiI4eSXffwtCAsrxmVTltysIl5FNhP2feb2ocJoh6cRMXy5iGlT2lcYqDr0EvqlWFNhz/s400/miumiu4.jpg" border="0" /><br />And really that's why I love beautiful shoes. Cos it's a great way to incorporate whimsy into one's wardrobe and anybody can inject some fun into an ensemble in this way and still not be laughed out of the office, I think (hope). Mulling over which pair to get....<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443546401252054482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwUskMri9OFQg-bUxx5TJiYlF7BADR6pNd271ySzSIepX1Q-i3upfYmhEiUqO3rcDmT9a2odLJWNbGEVqnWWUgoR3m0vsySObxR7Csb9kGUDXk-BTmSCYH90H3ii063Xt6kaemhUPNJfZ/s400/miumiu6.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443546419782286354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HpOxey4MAxVKT1k9brH9G6aFZbvew6ujwrr4Nkf_-dgU-OOidsl_NKAkvJBWwAmApA_IE8kVuWRec7G2BFq8jvIJuNLjRIuOO6rjOjm9Q-1SjGGJv-AZ3oOmj8nJMIULk_IBc-3qxQ13/s400/miumiu8.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443546410660408754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5G7JBz-jfGZ41db5ZotMj76UZkQu5snjjrE43iZ5nsaL8W1msUlbRDrAVxNl9G_FIP7HxBMiE84cLTNpsFYC5ZqREVfSiyWlU4-QwxCNsaHXIIs5Q2M9hNwM-eOX9y28lEZvnjKI8E5w/s400/miumiu7.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:78%;">(Illustration by the wonderfully talented </span><a href="http://blog.krisatomic.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;">Krisatomic</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> and rest of pics were shamelessly filched from her post as well)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-22632303326312079512010-02-28T22:10:00.001-08:002010-02-28T22:14:03.434-08:00men with sticks<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443544247619571842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 253px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7k4fRJ6ONttn5ygDdhNHG9NFJQDdb52kZPx7s-qhyphenhyphenXhSJMJL6CUHqwXxLkPqKPKh0gpRuS1avKUQlXqCiTm9C6SwXu1_hXuX4ETiEyIN6iB485qI1vQA9nZ8xRqRmsSgXFDJzSP9HGJE/s400/dream_world_1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443544248369806658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VlYDUFkkddJG4Ctw6hGAVFrla90A1uWswWlV6OyWGMa9pO8ZwyVz8CPHUSnNS2892cF8eplw3pcKJTYEEYhoKJgd5nLPSpXGXjqy14qwB8qvvGVrT8K59VG3bNzKQRQ6xFkZwi5u1hiJ/s400/dream_world_2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div> we wandered around in our dreamscape, trying to find the secret passage to our next fantasy.</div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">(Laurence Winram Portfolio. More <a href="http://www.lwinram.com/index.php">here</a>)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-91000585363200990612010-02-28T22:02:00.001-08:002010-02-28T22:09:24.346-08:00slow and steady<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443542258408384498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM69fNEww8khj8j2GyQU5beiVhosypHQUhb0We3AUIffOUoTmkw4DPO8yPSPfnyaYRX_efVKsRViYBFoftPm372JotwEFwXGth7o2tKIk_1HNnI7PvYcAnWnJA7hvfdp5zlk1bP_CsUI25/s400/IMPeiglasses1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">"Today, we rush ­everything, but architecture is slow, and the landscapes it sits in even slower. It needs the time our political systems won't allow."</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">-- IM Pei</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></em><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><span style="color:#000000;">Believe in the strength of one's vision and the absolute necessity of getting it right; slowly and painstakingly. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(Read rest of IM Pei interview <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/feb/28/im-pei-architecture-interview">here</a>) </span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443542249770255378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfeeoPPV-LnAHOWwBFwIBF5B6N6t-cYHiEMRnkakJO71XrpKe3J5ss35ILqNOaJDwjyqPqarjF0cb3UoWu_ZkJG8i9qrM6wdw84Lj_uCLrxeHK8xG975eelVI2EFaQi6WOvG6NU2UAbKc/s400/Bank_of_China_IM_Pei_Hong.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443542608447692146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuBepWBtQNceMKfKjAkECy-KCIvCh-LmckcMOyxX4QKehvAbV6JtSqQWfDaSW3WOuUyufSPZyJSAN5LqfV9CbyQ4fYwixlWJK1iT53mY6AqspEzKuGngcczMCE6nDwY_rbzUCKh0ml3H60/s400/mia-7.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443542267591095314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8gcHRGh0KSBMKvjxUwoUqT_oRDaAKek6U3aRuAZdvTyF_LhYglJeS-DPRSJRV1C0txR7Yaw545eC3TS5bEs36QIRZDRwLLs3B1iFy5lmAFIFT7xNGZcH-Nu-gP49KlfFXaC4qMLiKOs2/s400/TrinityChurchReflectIMPei.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443542274644478850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrrJolLVEbEzUeHEkZI49isF1s9s5-AhOHXUHUH5siKIGGALFFfHWgGkLWzr42SgYDuccQnoGM9un_v7dSYRJNy50IerXbrWb78TYInFDFOxbUoEl3Do25A0QpNYM1GUjbl5Lc8xR2b-n/s400/pei-large.jpg" border="0" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-88262954609876590792010-02-25T22:21:00.000-08:002010-02-25T22:34:44.844-08:00the pages between my fingers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxUPTQhcvjQcw4mrcZfvRYqR5saQB9KTCDhLu5ymB5sm4i-uHtNVdN6C2sVlAQi3zc_eONKDMI_7hZIjCIvhkTimsNbY6AA0Fg865i20uJf5CBi3LPvGGUV0HyjsB0KVNbSXK368Z9X82/s1600-h/1970%20Management%20and%20Machiavelli%20-%20Antony%20Jay.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442436047561157362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxUPTQhcvjQcw4mrcZfvRYqR5saQB9KTCDhLu5ymB5sm4i-uHtNVdN6C2sVlAQi3zc_eONKDMI_7hZIjCIvhkTimsNbY6AA0Fg865i20uJf5CBi3LPvGGUV0HyjsB0KVNbSXK368Z9X82/s400/1970%2520Management%2520and%2520Machiavelli%2520-%2520Antony%2520Jay.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7TrGq1Pw708VZ6WM7IE7ZUxkY351fLRqP5NI16dOhV-3oxLsa1p9J_ie1uEx-vt6AWy4mPAYl0X_IAMkn8tJIYuY0tXakwucozn5w3uN7m2276tryreH4VIMYJYLXYVsnqfSkpEYFhNG/s1600-h/1970%20Brighter%20than%20a%20Thousand%20Suns%20-%20Robert%20Jungk.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442436038115292274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7TrGq1Pw708VZ6WM7IE7ZUxkY351fLRqP5NI16dOhV-3oxLsa1p9J_ie1uEx-vt6AWy4mPAYl0X_IAMkn8tJIYuY0tXakwucozn5w3uN7m2276tryreH4VIMYJYLXYVsnqfSkpEYFhNG/s400/1970%2520Brighter%2520than%2520a%2520Thousand%2520Suns%2520-%2520Robert%2520Jungk.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qAxan36qvWtxHiImHusrWcfK6I4iWX-sCmZeFX-Z8RfRJvW9JnDS3d6fi_6-CJB6sWkaF1hYFVRtA02xE9E0-luGzuGzIAhkCKSj7J7faDcwinpHDRx6TeM4MAehPGLaP7WaFcV7XYh9/s1600-h/1962%20The%20Stagnant%20Society%20-%20Michael%20Shanks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442436026450513026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qAxan36qvWtxHiImHusrWcfK6I4iWX-sCmZeFX-Z8RfRJvW9JnDS3d6fi_6-CJB6sWkaF1hYFVRtA02xE9E0-luGzuGzIAhkCKSj7J7faDcwinpHDRx6TeM4MAehPGLaP7WaFcV7XYh9/s400/1962%2520The%2520Stagnant%2520Society%2520-%2520Michael%2520Shanks.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442436020070308098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzP7GuOVCDD8zDd7BtOe9cJNdDuS-3neTQRx9GzC1XhKfq74jKHybrRw-KxlJZjSCk7XALSh_HVFbWhVpYY_xokn673A0dunlKl_SQseilOUDP0vRoOTaTGGwoUEjuPQbsSDN98kduSNzW/s400/1950%2520Atomic%2520Energy%2520-%2520Crammer%2520and%2520Peierls.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442436014551778194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRUWVYYHfjXq1EaBiU6IZc_BbsQ1VejzsuG3yfeKVg99lzuurI6iNtw6A8dph8dMeA_TjhJ77mkuGNQTNQl07Ty6cWgWlFTqysyXstLrQ076JcVZ0kOR4Mgi8MHZm8xbqcXzexkiybber/s400/1945%2520Ask%2520Me%2520Another%2520-%2520Hubert%2520Phillips.jpg" border="0" />Say what you may about the kindle and the marvelous ease of technology. How does one ever get over the simple pleasure of a page rustling, the feel of printed words between the fingers and the art and history that can be book covers?<br /><br />Pelican Books, former division of Penguin Books, had some great book covers from the 1930s to the 1980s. See them at <a href="http://www.thingsmagazine.net/projects/pelican.htm">Things Magazine</a>.<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-46564916312571709772010-02-25T22:16:00.000-08:002010-02-25T22:20:48.138-08:00A diary for each travel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3SetwdfSJ6kyPNvLAzH2KpMFjZOXilkQdP49grHkDmqp7cDIhXKmzxF1YX125Vbjrm3OnNxnC_sgiub53VXjt-N6hRGrP_AL_EUSTPm_HiNvq2QD5B8InebO_XdBi6FJzdSQDGzmv_JP/s1600-h/japan20061.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442432431922456594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 292px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3SetwdfSJ6kyPNvLAzH2KpMFjZOXilkQdP49grHkDmqp7cDIhXKmzxF1YX125Vbjrm3OnNxnC_sgiub53VXjt-N6hRGrP_AL_EUSTPm_HiNvq2QD5B8InebO_XdBi6FJzdSQDGzmv_JP/s400/japan20061.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhcptyPUr-EvYADZLNnVxYwY2PZLnZu7Pi8yViU3VVtEcnP01mdUNLwmT5liyNlhEcw20sxVLPXGuT1d81pKWQgEgwrNsyiRK47hwgwR0Elw-JxS0H4xC6COmpyAIBE4Zxv5drhGifZEI/s1600-h/japan2006.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442432428309788370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhcptyPUr-EvYADZLNnVxYwY2PZLnZu7Pi8yViU3VVtEcnP01mdUNLwmT5liyNlhEcw20sxVLPXGuT1d81pKWQgEgwrNsyiRK47hwgwR0Elw-JxS0H4xC6COmpyAIBE4Zxv5drhGifZEI/s400/japan2006.bmp" border="0" /></a> There is a romance to travel journals. The raw spontaneous quality is as good, maybe even better, a snapshot of a mood and place in time.</div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">(By Bill Berkson. See rest </span><a href="http://nowheremag.com/2009/11/berkson-japan/"><span style="font-size:78%;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-15006721651302430252010-02-19T01:53:00.000-08:002010-02-19T02:00:21.002-08:00tender is the night<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhca6TU9idE6b_LuUOKQYnz5dlVplut0mmmt-AXE1z5ggSUe18jCy01uhPqb7QQh8lgRX2ja_jimd2GDTYVBH1odMa99jPIjJW0mf9YV-Ot5ENO8nya4OjuWV8OcKR2GWjSCvziy-UgoIV-/s1600-h/interior_new_home_living.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439891220177010306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhca6TU9idE6b_LuUOKQYnz5dlVplut0mmmt-AXE1z5ggSUe18jCy01uhPqb7QQh8lgRX2ja_jimd2GDTYVBH1odMa99jPIjJW0mf9YV-Ot5ENO8nya4OjuWV8OcKR2GWjSCvziy-UgoIV-/s400/interior_new_home_living.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439891062996525714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7UyX4v7QExEsM88lNrl6amhcIpMsGYAbv0PbW9orio2kgJPxwVGrA4Q_8FbgjIoosqEH6mtKPn2TpLZavY3IabxXor2n27rpYEEqi9ueyfPlefFrEpvv_fDxestZZjko9rfWE7q7wqsX/s400/interiors_loft_dining.gif" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439891041590266050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRV5RIWEOrdExvLckOtX0jq2DtrVjBBZe9thrd2mDpM9jd2s25kpAKvsCWdgg2BLkrWWLTIkftGin_ikF5pQ4gX0tBBa8nm8NEj2iskCw0Y1b66u3kK8D6_k4UWuGjAFKUG_dUzjJtnMDO/s400/livingroomnadai.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439891034391822482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQzkKINGFEE1kLueVVFX8kwmmNRdsn1vrdNGgSzXz3QQantX-RBkTOdr2_cHf6_ROT3c4r7uCnJ8LwEEs_j-LPPw45deGSpkQEoCjoTlozcXGy4DJdIS4X4oOT04fd7l9QIQI8EEYzhAl/s400/fireplace.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439891055782382002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxHMD85JvRRe1kRZ2cB8twnSaL74bjm8L5dFU7osq7R0sPIkwZUbcmrOPVTctsGNMZMNF2G9b-rAxfGZNnmdhND4fiGI3fa_-juj2Q1xdVBJw4bBr8y6jebCBOHqBY_-6hiSLtyILIdw3/s400/interiors_loft_entry.gif" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439891044452106034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUc2g9K7y9U9KeWXVn0_zmRgDFGfW6o2yv7JiR8BhNmvXFOzUGMQM7ninimAu4N5vcIfELD7nPRFAbodp9C6YwjhJW9xEHMh5Y3zMCGpmJjS22cqu194NdSYKvpU96ilSSzVLWfbp60Xq/s400/kitchennightwood.bmp" border="0" /><br /><div> I don't like things to look too precious. The best kind of homes and furnishing are the ones that make you wish you knew the occupier owner and all their stories too.</div><div> </div><div>The incredible home of the owners of <a href="http://www.nightwoodny.com/">Nightwood</a>. Talk about being one's own best advertisment. Be inspired by the design and creation process <a href="http://www.designspongeonline.com/2010/01/sneak-peek-myriah-and-nadia-of-nightwood.html">here</a>.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-11100343847710022562010-02-18T21:20:00.000-08:002010-02-18T21:34:59.974-08:00free play<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439822483055946754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 304px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKi5qTMoJhvFmvK37-opUN_CEhqOeaD_alLi_yb49TFxkW_Yq4-1UNu_jlNlLgUqxReUIKsKIBey8vAaTXAgPLgFyofw5JcbYa2dcoPzKBefOqKSHe-c6qGL0rOm3iQas1LWRP3XDontBK/s400/tim_walker.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439822264644933842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirlPihL8SX5PXorCPha5DX5PegUfvtK3aZfdedZyz3tXbJr3GKJk-_26KFF7iZnLtGKZey8MP_0h93w61vHt3PKlX3JYwH5jXPMUyDc_uy1bPAh0OoHyNZkrWhGW1eIFgF9Ck0uB8bJzQR/s400/tim-walker-1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439822226404871826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDE6hv-BmeqVPOFsfGv5KbAzVqukJgXemzRRCLyZq-hi-pgRFH6NuTmOxTTI1a2tO3kIqenZlRwW-q3bBPREbH5ITUVNuvxj0GKuiHbfKclmuqbuBhmFYLrtGuMEIQtR6tQRPpGhC5NTX/s400/57505419uu0.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439822491952742962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1t6zo0hD31cWIOzmT8qGqLbbezd3CbWhhh4XjE3_Z8_gxqMdW9a36p7I3wAN8Y-WcLkpd6HBMQXjqh8jz8jUvJTA2XOFlQc0Wv_wp113OAzO7ezRvfPGYQlg4IZdYpH5zHFiECPiEDdt/s400/tim_walker_inside_out2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439822495929957730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXo8iFt8hqMin2x9jojhZICBgCkz_jd9PVtROY590ZIg-45dzTzKS7eb7WRVOYdmZ76SGtYmt8He48HkoOEVbZmZNJJjdtFR2v-pIAPBfA1ATIQjZ5RIicde8h41t55OlqmkuPq1F_NkK/s400/tim-walker5.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439822257346332610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-kfTpKQFij0XbrPT7QDjAcolFZ5eJ0oNMaPyc8Q9aVrYYeWnLMLukey4M_0lpdXnT7RrDyxGSOit4y4CjzdrVd5zW4wOnc9VQK12up19BbVKiv3Cg-BY8fMKkwPI2rQFYjQHn5-lDMgU/s400/tim-walker-dover-street-market-1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439822243926908050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8SPJMzlR_NjZOQcdTdVEN8YWLEkCjf015-EeFRXk48NugIuUG3B5Spogbd1ra2vwYgOfugkpVn_scx9STsAJ_TYcFJGMQVw2jMZDWNBxXYCCh2Mhv8Ex-xywWS_w9S7hKXoWzY70fR-d/s400/timwalkerlibrary.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439822233834137074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 328px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjgBG7e2Stuu9CLDV7Dat4oF0rCR5q8TAKtEDctJs7GVqNqSE7pAlgKb-zR4LDnov-tbOh3LpNmrQW7Yech4Xp0fJPUlDrgPYa2RNXrB1NmC8YYCScwLaKhrb-9ZWiAg7KhSgza6XeFOz/s400/tim-walker-walking-on-clouds.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439820666907446594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 364px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0QXVDls2xwKodnNdPGYcdO3LSxnf1Rdask-bLJToEAKBKvK8eA4YyRUH0Vas0T7QCUdpgPrMRfjxdMClTiUqHbgTlYhGjFpsNhCcdD8Dq7OcPsjCGCTs8JpUbEEBs68rmadepFMyFdGQ/s400/TimWalkerLightedDresses.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div> <em><span style="color:#3333ff;">"I call that man rich who can satisfy the requirements of his imagination."<br /></span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">-- Henry James, Portrait of a Lady<br /></span></em></div><div><span style="color:#000000;">The incredible work of <a href="http://www.timwalkerphotography.com/">Tim Walker</a>. </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-9254193369295434432010-02-18T21:06:00.000-08:002010-02-18T21:10:32.205-08:00all my bags are packed i'm ready to go<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRIVjefV2SDliUBrM54UpjV3kFGOxWV-XjLGbQOrkjxfDNNvXvsOP2q-EwbgNaTERRruIcEB1qedTvQlVQkVl8ht4lWh5n0hqqiqx0XNkeOrMMi2LWP7-xgiP1i0f6nVQ3p2gWeT3dNaz/s1600-h/ceb0cbbae2-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439816884163020754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 306px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRIVjefV2SDliUBrM54UpjV3kFGOxWV-XjLGbQOrkjxfDNNvXvsOP2q-EwbgNaTERRruIcEB1qedTvQlVQkVl8ht4lWh5n0hqqiqx0XNkeOrMMi2LWP7-xgiP1i0f6nVQ3p2gWeT3dNaz/s400/ceb0cbbae2-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">"We travel, then, in search of both self and anonymity -- and, of course, in finding the one we apprehend the other."</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;"><a href="http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/03/18/why/index.html">Why We Travel</a></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">-- Pico Iyer</span></em><br /><br />Usually I try to avoid multiple posts of the same author. It just seems lazy. But right now, these words are so right for me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710676655768577508.post-75363003401344715702010-02-18T20:48:00.000-08:002010-02-18T21:06:16.839-08:00less for more<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbTynDwvs4boEexZ69kJsSrItZRK0wfbmUf8ErEhiAUPn_N8cxbQu4zCy4T-_nWRZEaenaOPWfv8wBCXNo8EuLoDGt53Mqt5pBTiH3YObyG90WEREeZLzm3BafAPhu9HANT3-ZsX8icWN/s1600-h/inbed.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439815229704212498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbTynDwvs4boEexZ69kJsSrItZRK0wfbmUf8ErEhiAUPn_N8cxbQu4zCy4T-_nWRZEaenaOPWfv8wBCXNo8EuLoDGt53Mqt5pBTiH3YObyG90WEREeZLzm3BafAPhu9HANT3-ZsX8icWN/s400/inbed.bmp" border="0" /></a>"<em><span style="color:#3333ff;">But at some point, I decided that, for me at least, happiness arose out of all I didn’t want or need, not all I did. And it seemed quite useful to take a clear, hard look at what really led to peace of mind or absorption (the closest I’ve come to understanding happiness). Not having a car gives me volumes not to think or worry about, and makes walks around the neighborhood a daily adventure. Lacking a cell phone and high-speed Internet, I have time to play ping-pong every evening, to write long letters to old friends and to go shopping for my sweetheart (or to track down old baubles for two kids who are now out in the world)."</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">-- Pico Iyer, read rest of article <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/the-joy-of-less/">here</a></span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0