Sun and Snow

Because of the reflective nature of a white, snowy ground, the sunshine seems so much brighter after a blizzard. Sort of humbling, isn't it?

The Ballerina Project

THIS is beauty. Since I watched that Kanye West video with the ballerinas dancing around to open piano sounds, I have developed a strong curiosity for dance and dancers. Likewise, my favorite scene, rather my favorite moment, in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is when Cate Blanchett points her toes to the night sky in that elegant red dress. That reflected light.

Anyhow, go here to see images and support the cause of the Ballerina Project. Well photographed lines and bodies in every definition of cityscape. Just wonderful!

Some favorite shots from this weekend.

photo by  Heather Watka.

Family, friends, lovable dogs, special gifts, flailing children, loving parents, tiny concerts, beautiful sisters, and lots and lots of love. 

Happy Holidays from us!

MOVEMENT AND LIGHT!

I am always searching for a way to make movement and/or sound create color. This comes as close as I have found yet.  Created by british interactive designer dominic harris and his firm cinimod studio,

DJ Light (DJ Luz), Lima 2010 from Cinimod Studio on Vimeo.

via designboom

Olafur Eliasson is a stunner.

I never get tired of people who try to bring the outside, inside in their work. Olafur Eliasson is the king of it.

The Arken Museum of Art. Your Blind Passenger, by Olafur Eliasson.
This piece would be quite a world to walk through, all senses immediately magnified at the door. I want to meet this man and talk to him about his process. This is such a simple idea, but so beautifully executed! They always are.

Not to mention how clearly he speaks about his work: 

"For me, utopia is linked to the now, the moment between one second and the next. It constitutes a possibility that is actualized and converted into reality, an opening where concepts like subject and object, inside and outside, proximity and distance are tossed into the air and redefined. Our sense of orientation is challenged and the coordinates of our spaces, collective and personal, have to be renegotiated. Changeability and mobility are at the core of utopia."

Din blinde passager - Arken museum from Studio Olafur Eliasson on Vimeo.


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Pomplamoose

Pomplamoose. apparently, they are now in a commercial and have escaped the confines of YouTube fame. awesome.

roman ondák "Measuring the Universe" at the temporary stedelijk

Thanks, designboom.

"Measuring the Universe." I love everything about this piece. The title. The implications. The inconsistency of the handwriting. The specific vs. the stranger. The black pen. The variation. The invitation. The absence. The relevance. The memory. The familial. The history of the space and it's new current. The faith in the audience.

So wonderful.

Here is an image from the show at MoMA in 2007.

Cyrille Aimée & Diego Figueiredo "Old Devil Moon"

The sun in my room today.

Something special happened with the sun in my room today. In a giant beam of soft, foggy light, it wiggled its way around Andrew's shoes on the floor and caramelized the hardwood. It kissed the orchids and licked the walls, and held tight to my thump thumping heart.

The Nonsense Institute, again.

I just looked over the new stuff in The Nonsense Institute's etsy shop, and I am all sorts of tickled right now. Anisa's imagination is the biggest I've ever seen; she is like 500 children in one, big, lovable brain. Amazing.

Keep her thriving if you still need gifts for anyone. She will create handmade work like you've never seen. Steer clear of Toys R Us and The Disney Store. Shop Anisa at The Nonsense Institute. She is one of the most outstanding people I know.

Ladders and fashion. Tim Walker is blowing my mind again.

 images from here.