i am constantly inspired by people who fight illness and still find energy to bring something positive and beautiful into the world. tracey is one of those people- a survivor of breast, liver and bone cancer, she decided to make caps for other patients and started selling them on etsy. i was searching for...
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it’s intangible, indefinable, inspiring and represents the “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete” – it’s wabi-sabi! with roots in zen buddhism and japanese tea ceremony, the aesthetic philosophy of wabi-sabi is difficult to describe, but you would probably know it if you saw it. driftwood, misty mornings, drooping flowers and rusting metal are all included in this...
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lauren’s blog, color collective, is the easiest and most rewarding internet addiction i’ve had in the past year. how could you not like a daily stream of pretty pictures with the color palette already picked out for you?!?! i reference it all the time when putting together outfits for work, thinking about flyers for events,...
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channeling the simplicity of the color wheel while doing some sketches for a HUGE upcoming project…..here’s some inspiration:
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seeing that it’s 58 degrees and foggy in san francisco right now, it seems appropriate to think back to a time mere weeks ago, a real summertime, where i was lying in my birthday suit on the sunsplashed beaches of the greek islands. the colors on the islands were mindblowing!!! the sun was BRIGHT...
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ian and i go way back. we were just kids studying together back in munich, an odd couple but somehow it worked out. maybe it’s our motivation that keeps us connected– ian always pushed me to do things i was too jaded or too cool to do and i always told him what music...
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hi guys, just landed in athens today…….!!! so hot here! cant wait to see the freaking PARTHENON!!!! here’s a little tidbit from a great czech animator, jan svankmajer, that i saw last night in vienna….it’s wild!!! THE FLAT from 1968! enjoy. i have so much to share but not enough time to share it!
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one of the best things to come out of munich is 60s/70s model/groupie/superstar uschi obermaier! she didn’t do much but look hot, kick it in communes in berlin, prance around naked, have affairs with the rolling stones, smoke pot and drive w/her longtime partner, bockhorn, all around the world (india, pakistan, mexiko, afrika…). tasja,...
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nico, these are for you. photos by barbara and michael leisgen, mimesis series, 1974.
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thrilling! suspenseful! mysterious! romantic! just watched elevator to the gallows w/lisa, tim & teresa. trina recommended it b/c of the sexy miles davis score and sexy jeanne moreau. can’t believe louis malle was only 24 when he directed this!!! stills via radly dark blog, pas un autre
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