January 2011
40 posts
2 tags
2 tags
1 tag
“the only way to do inspired work is to start creating your own opportunities.”
– Vera Farmiga.
(in a Sundance Film Festival “Meet the Artists” video about her upcoming directorial debut, Higher Ground.)
wish list:
there’s something about the idea of an all white camera that i love. and want. from Lomography.
i’ve been in the mood for one of those two-finger rings for a while. especially this one. from ThreadSence.
2 tags
dichotometrics.
AZ: January. Windows down. Sunshine. Paul Simon.
NY: January. Raining. Snow on the ground. Curled up on the couch. Mass Effect 1.
3 tags
collections 101.
I discovered Lover—an Australian based label—the other day whilst researching who made Alexa Chung’s Golden Globes dress (which I never found out…). I fell in love instantly, thanks to its boyish femininity and retro vibe.
And the color palette! I love burnt oranges and cremes and black!
Not to mention lace, lace and more lace!
Lover’s Spring/Summer 2010.11...
2 tags
2 tags
free at last.
Letter from Birmingham Jail.
“While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling our present activities “unwise and untimely.” Seldom, if ever, do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in the course of the day, and I would have no time for...
1 tag
“We recognize our own mortality, and we are reminded that in the fleeting time we...”
– President Barack Obama. (in his remarks at the memorial service in Tucson)
someday we'll look back on all this...
i’m trying to catalogue these days before they’re gone: baking cookies at two o’clock in the morning. the boys hashing through dialogue on the couch. Etta James playing quietly in the background. a little Hendrix to follow. then some Mister James Brown. thoughts of the changing future shaping the way the present is viewed.
air mattresses permanently on bedroom floors. roommates....
simpler times.
today i took a shower by candlelight. i wanted to test out the brightness of a new candle my friend gave me for Christmas, and i think i might have just stumbled upon something revolutionary. well, kind of.
the minute i turned off the lights and saw the flickering glow of the candle, memories of neighborhood power outages from when i was a child flooded my mind. my sister and i would run through...
1 tag
1 tag
i need
to find something that makes me happy once again because the old things don’t work anymore.
3 tags
“I had the feeling that all over America such stupid arguments were taking place...”
– and the hippos were boiled in their tanks. (burroughs)
the nine-month itch is taking hold and the cabin fever has set in. my thoughts are on the sun and those winding Hollywood hills. the endless summer. the windows rolled down and the wind whipping through my hair. the open road. the long walks to nowhere. the laughter of strangers. and the music, oh the music! the City of Angels is alive with all things melodious. all the fond memories float to the...
it's like Magnolia, only with blackbirds instead... →
here's to a happy, healthy new year!!
Ever since I was little, my mom has made a traditional southern meal of black-eyed peas, ham and cornbread for dinner on New Year’s Day. And since I haven’t spent a New Year’s at my mom’s house in a while, I decided to make my own New Year’s Day rendition of the traditional “health, wealth and prosperity!” meal to start the year off right:
Black-Eyed Pea...
happy new year!
today marks the one year anniversary of my tumblr!! and in honor of my one year commitment to creativity and inspiration, i thought i would take a brief look back at where i’ve come from in hopes of discovering where i’m going in the coming year.
in 2010 i:
—moved back to New York City!! (well, Brooklyn to be exact)
—helped pack up my grandparent’s house (which...
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every New Year...”
– Benjamin Franklin