when i grow up

and for kicks:

ca' the yowes to the knowes

JV-centric

John Vanderslice "Too Much Time" from AV on Vimeo.

in other news, i have intensely coveted JV's leica for a long time. and his many skills. actually, his whole life.








(for baby, who cellos.)

i plucked all these photos from here. but don't judge me; they were in cyber public domain to begin with.

please note that john vanderslice will play sunday at sasquatch. also, he's playing a free record release show at easy street records on may 22nd.

what's best for you

i have no idea where this blog is going anymore. it's completely unfocused and without direction, but that's all too appropriate and inevitable considering the source...

now, down to the purpose of this particular post:

Oh NOoo....

but this... this is beautiful:






























these images are from a sociological images blog and jezebel.com, respectively. the project is beautiful in concept and execution. the concept? that "women are heroes". the artist, "JR", takes these incredible photos, then "sticks his pictures to the sides of buses, trains, buildings, and pavement, transforming the towns in which these women live into testaments to their strength and forbearance." JR is only 26 and used to be a graffiti artist. he's self-taught at photography and shoots with a 28mm. my hero. if you follow the second link to jezebel, you'll read that one of his previous projects, face 2 face, involved taking photos of israelis and palestinians, then putting poster sized prints opposite each other.

i'm going to take the ego-centric road right now and say that i know what's best for you when i highly recommend following all of those links and doing some reading and art-gazing.

i take brief hiatuses...

...then make back-to-back posts in one day.




who was it that told me björk had no music to dance to?

where are the wild things?

due to thrill adults and children alike in october 2009...

i. cannot. wait.

semi-androgeny is hot

simplicity, beauty