tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53713036990628836472024-03-19T00:41:45.281-04:00The Lighthouse KeeperiShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-32342289091098131422012-04-21T16:46:00.003-04:002012-04-21T16:47:07.344-04:00Ride the wave<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Last exam on Tuesday, moving in ten days, it seems as though summer is around the corner... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm praying that the weather improves dramatically so that we can frolic down by the lake in the sun, catch some rays and maybe play in the waves.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Until then I can always just look to Katsushika Hokusai's beautiful woodblock print <i>The Great Wave off Kanagawa </i>(the first of a 36 print series called <i>Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji)</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Or Alberto Seveso's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Ink Rider </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But for now, I guess I'll try to enjoy the rain and cool weather as summers in K-town are supposed to be ridiculously humid. Good luck with exams!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">[<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2012/03/best-and-worst-of-march-fashion-magazines.html#photo=16x00042">Wave Editorial</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa2.jpg">Great Wave</a>, <a href="http://blondehaze.tumblr.com/post/16727347151/kitkalai-fuuck-if-someone-could-paint-this">Painted Wave</a>,<a href="http://burdu976.com/?portfolio=ink-riders"> Ink Rider</a>]</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> Sleep</span>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-75812893413438975532012-04-13T17:43:00.001-04:002012-04-13T17:43:18.725-04:00Tempting Temptation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alright so its exam time and though I'm being reprimanded for posting one cannot help being tempted by the forbidden so I came on here to post something rather relevant that I found while cleaning out my magazine drawer...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anthony is famous for being one of the first hermit saints who 'fled' (in the noblest sense) to the desert in order to be completely cut off from civilization in order to better himself and become closer to God. Well the devil, that pesky fellow, was none too pleased and sent an array of supernatural temptations, some in the form of demons, to tempt and haunt Anthony away from the path of God. We all know how this ends though, Anthony stays true to God and the nightmarish apparitions disappeared.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The story of St. Anthony is probably not most people's first though upon seeing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wolfe von Lenkiewicz's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>You're Nothing but a Pack of Cards </i>(above). Art history student that I am I saw this 2011 painting and dug into my brain slides where I retrieved two works that precede the above in subject matter: Martin Schongauer's beautiful engraving, <i>Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons</i> (1470-75) and Michelangelo's oil painting, that was obviously copied after the aforementioned print, <i>The Torment of Saint Anthony </i>(1487-88).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And so the tradition of reproductive images endures in the history of art... context is for another day</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Torment_of_Saint_Anthony_(Michelangelo).jpg">Torment</a>, <a href="http://www.voltcafe.com/home/?p=7361">You're Nothing but a Pack of Cards</a>, <a href="http://thewholegardenwillbow.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/art-i-like-martin-schongauer-temptation-of-st-anthony/">Temptation</a>]</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving: </b>First exam to come and go</span>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-65129947734766622652012-04-10T18:50:00.005-04:002012-04-10T18:50:56.576-04:00Hair vs. Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I must apologize for my lack of posting consistency lately. I've discovered Pinterest and Instagram and as a result they've turned the internet into my own personal playground which leads me to neglect food, sleep, school, blogging...etc. On one of my binges I stumbled (not using Stumble Upon) this amazing artist Jimmy Chen and his work called The Painter.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He's taken some very famous paintings and scarily similar iconic hairstyles and matched them together... it's the most awesome. I want to be able to sculpt starry night out of my hair, I've already drawn it on my face.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to: </b>'Sweet Disposition' - The Temper Trap</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> Summer</span>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-26003511443746017862012-03-29T11:13:00.002-04:002012-04-04T19:24:56.621-04:00Storyboard XI<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These are the times when I have the most work yet these are also the times when I plod through the internet with an uncontrollable fervour looking for distracting photos... Oh well Jan van Eyck and I are on a break:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Credit goes to my friend Meaghan for this... Artist Sean Avery takes our old CDs (when was the last time you bought a CD?) , shatters them and uses the splintered shards and turns them into mind blowing sculptures. Hands down my favourite, this one is a dragon made of old circuit boards and disks.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just an image I pulled from a rather outlandish editorial. Her piercing eyes and red makeup are beautifully contrasted by the washed out colours of the rest of the shot. Wouldn't mind that cage ring</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is not just a beautiful photograph but actually a sculpture created by American artist Andres Amador in the sand. He carves gigantic patterns into the sand (some 300 x 500 ft) in a matter of hours all to be seen fleetingly and then washed away. It's the perfect example of ephemeral art and in a way reminds me of Robert Smithson's Sprial Jetty (below).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Street artist Mark Jenkins turns the "street into a stage" with his wonderful sculptures made of ... packing tape. And apparently he's taking a break from making these brilliant sculptures and is off to judge a tape art contest, who knew those existed?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations: </b>Jealousy is kicking in thinking about my family packing for their adventure in China</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving: </b>Wishing I could go with them</span></div>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-18487485785620357792012-03-11T10:54:00.000-04:002012-03-11T10:54:59.135-04:00Let the sun shine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Though I was initially pissed when Mo, my housemate's dog, broke his way into my room thus waking me up and upsetting my artful floor-nest of clothes, I really am glad he did. It's a beautiful day and even though my prospects of enjoying fresh air are limited I think a run is on my horizon. I'll leave you with this wonderful editorial from the February issue of Harper's Bazaar featuring Bette Franke shot by Lachlan Bailey. This is what I really wish I could do today, or how I would dress, or where I would be give the choice:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> That hour we lost to be returned</span>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-82607747105628037712012-03-09T10:43:00.000-05:002012-03-09T10:43:24.628-05:00Storyboard X<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm lazy these days (as opposed to usually, right?) so I'ma do a storyboard and lookee here, this is my TENTH, wow what an achievement.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_life#Italian_gallery">Caravaggio</a>, <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2012/03/studio-visit-roe-ethridge.html">Roe Ethridge</a>, <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2012/03/detail-shot-of-the-day-kenzo.html">Kenzo</a>, <a href="http://fashiongonerogue.com/judith-bedard-grant-yoshino-fashion-rogue/">Fashiongonerogue</a>, <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2012/03/best-fashion-week-set-design.html#photo=1x00011">Show sets</a>, <a href="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/lifestyle">Cool Hunter</a>, <a href="http://designhistoryresearch.wordpress.com/category/peter-behrens/">Peter Behrens</a>. <a href="http://www.darceldisappoints.com/search?updated-max=2012-02-11T20:34:00-05:00&max-results=10">Darcel</a>, <a href="http://vimeo.com/37043140">Darcel Video</a>, <a href="http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/invisible-mercedes-brings-james-bond-technology-life-171557818.html">Mercedes</a>]</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations:</b> I need to fix my McQueen calendar... and clean my room... and redeem my donut win from Timmies</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> To be able to do a better squat</span>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-7785188050959531432012-03-05T22:54:00.000-05:002012-03-05T22:54:13.554-05:00Adventure is out there<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This intriguing, amazing editorial from Harper's Bazaar Australia has me in the mood to go travelling. It's one of those days where I need a change of scenery and this is the type of scenery I want to see... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You know the joke about how Disney told the greatest love story in 8 minutes whereas it took Stephanie Meyers 4 books and even then it was mediocre. Well, this one is pretty fab and there are no words. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's so ridiculously atmospheric. I want to pack a bag with clothes like those and end up in the outback with a tent and my iPod for company. This is when fashion is right, so very right.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I thought the outfits made her look like a combination of Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra, a Roman gladiator and an old-school Gianni-era Versace girl as exemplified by Gaga in her "Edge of Glory" video.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlWoQcFVC-CbMYwRqGsOD-X6RXO0B6SRgIKIq_cjIRjnOHV3OTS3_Hh8VVqEnn77JQfUgun55zRWVBX5N9tYO7iCd-ebK29K06l8fx9TpikX0d1dNgLzbm97WgmxWdZ6ElPLsrphAjRQs/s1600/Elizabeth-Taylor-in-Cleopatra-elizabeth-taylor-6523996-384-648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlWoQcFVC-CbMYwRqGsOD-X6RXO0B6SRgIKIq_cjIRjnOHV3OTS3_Hh8VVqEnn77JQfUgun55zRWVBX5N9tYO7iCd-ebK29K06l8fx9TpikX0d1dNgLzbm97WgmxWdZ6ElPLsrphAjRQs/s320/Elizabeth-Taylor-in-Cleopatra-elizabeth-taylor-6523996-384-648.jpg" width="189" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrHgZ8v1m_bZEmNQ5XPDMfKJh0ekcMKQAlizbPlgiwt91ByrJRthrVe64itnQSS4wLmUe7EWQWw-OYysFMQMiDm4sQXnMnjtgsDkNahMqgmaqRl66yGuhIpGVvjixJtoIPsUOvAUI6g2q/s1600/img-madonna-super-bowl_121201967816.jpg_article_gallery_slideshow_v2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrHgZ8v1m_bZEmNQ5XPDMfKJh0ekcMKQAlizbPlgiwt91ByrJRthrVe64itnQSS4wLmUe7EWQWw-OYysFMQMiDm4sQXnMnjtgsDkNahMqgmaqRl66yGuhIpGVvjixJtoIPsUOvAUI6g2q/s320/img-madonna-super-bowl_121201967816.jpg_article_gallery_slideshow_v2.jpg" width="217" /></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmRy7GxrwfIO90JjIMNcoJLA72RCz-Jdr92prvj-gkNCWlwTKXro0FOwNA3ffwicJC1U4hT_o3EpgR0Z1o_ZCGOpBvhODxKdFn3PsjbGwbqD4qf_Sf4CZFYkXIwbaYLnubVlt8zpfp5Ug/s1600/gaga-versace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmRy7GxrwfIO90JjIMNcoJLA72RCz-Jdr92prvj-gkNCWlwTKXro0FOwNA3ffwicJC1U4hT_o3EpgR0Z1o_ZCGOpBvhODxKdFn3PsjbGwbqD4qf_Sf4CZFYkXIwbaYLnubVlt8zpfp5Ug/s320/gaga-versace.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;">[<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2012/02/anna-wintour-reacts-to-madonnas-halftime-show.html">Madonna</a>, <a href="http://www.fanpop.com/spots/elizabeth-taylor/photos">Elizabeth Taylor</a>, <a href="http://frocknyc.com/blog/2011/06/17/lady-gaga-opens-versace-vault-cathy-horyn-says-keep-it-closed/">Gaga</a>,<a href="http://www.style.com/stylefile/2012/02/madonnas-hail-mary/"> Givenchy</a>, <a href="http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/article/from-the-archives-madonna-in-vogue/">Vogue</a>]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to: "</b>Siciliana Da Antiche Danze Ed Arie Suite III" - Ottorino Respighi</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations:</b> Struggle bus</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> WeekEND</span></div>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-55860073502482993212012-02-29T10:46:00.001-05:002012-02-29T17:01:26.623-05:00Memories in technicolour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm in the mood for summer - for the sight of grass, the lack of grey, a tan, shorts, running outdoors, sandals... you get my drift. However, winter is not ready to cede it's grip on Kingston and so ice still causes slippage, salt still clings to your boots and the wind still sucks the moisture from your body. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's to hoping that the Magdalena and her pastel ensembles from the February issue of Vogue Japan can inspire warmer weather to get here faster. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wearing an array of feminine skirts and dresses from the Spring collections she makes all of us who didn't go on some sort of spring break wish we did.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's something about this spread that recalls fond, yet vague, memories of my childhood and I've decided that this has to be because of the colours: the pastels give it a dreamlike quality, like a memory you fish for in the back of your brain and is slightly hazy and incomplete. Interspersed alongside this editorial are images that I feel encapsulate it's pastelly, beachy, summertime mood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF57yyqrRoZtIyKj7jid0DNRQyZS7wkcJ8eXNlkdJOHO2Zz3F7-UtBDMIH1fnvulqfSua-7DQzRiHDjzCoxkUNFFAF20msiuYm2buDISfkF_SVYyRQgGV1Krb36YqtE8sYrsHvdQHvPQiG/s1600/marbled-eye-m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF57yyqrRoZtIyKj7jid0DNRQyZS7wkcJ8eXNlkdJOHO2Zz3F7-UtBDMIH1fnvulqfSua-7DQzRiHDjzCoxkUNFFAF20msiuYm2buDISfkF_SVYyRQgGV1Krb36YqtE8sYrsHvdQHvPQiG/s320/marbled-eye-m.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuTFZpadNSY_LeuOqQ9GzcVXqItsLTTZ4m2hVExLWV_jRJuo8Jse-J8uBoVcjKkbOdsHwldgwvFXPI6FgbGQkcQIIKSTDAQ-RmnLnQQHbiBYMHKHRTD4bqe1ZM3knloPOKtzz3RlgE1ee/s1600/pastel-group.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuTFZpadNSY_LeuOqQ9GzcVXqItsLTTZ4m2hVExLWV_jRJuo8Jse-J8uBoVcjKkbOdsHwldgwvFXPI6FgbGQkcQIIKSTDAQ-RmnLnQQHbiBYMHKHRTD4bqe1ZM3knloPOKtzz3RlgE1ee/s320/pastel-group.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Maybe I was an overly creative kid, but the pastels in the spread remind me of marbling paper and sidewalk chalk. Remember those buckets just brimming with thousands of different colours... at least it seemed like thousands when you were little. I'm pretty sure my family kept Crayola in business.</span></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oLF1VeP1vPAYhq5uc6gF2bOrknIK1B2FR1Wkq75iAhvsopP3Qdv9b-dhTz9I1C7FL53dzM8jktCzR5ELe6i6P4njQSzCV47QGpww4ag5o-4SEcvtRSgjvPiezCJxvhev8nnRioN54p-9/s1600/Mark-Rothko-Earth-and-Green-50212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oLF1VeP1vPAYhq5uc6gF2bOrknIK1B2FR1Wkq75iAhvsopP3Qdv9b-dhTz9I1C7FL53dzM8jktCzR5ELe6i6P4njQSzCV47QGpww4ag5o-4SEcvtRSgjvPiezCJxvhev8nnRioN54p-9/s1600/Mark-Rothko-Earth-and-Green-50212.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rothko isn't known for his pastels, but the colours of this painting were very reminiscent of the Rodarte sweater and skirt combination above, albeit a tad more richly saturated.</span></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigD2ltR0r1-oQQtU1SWgvVU0L2xuEXcH-RcOqU8hHDUGVJarpH4Oxr6IB0k_KpWwgQ3lh-6j27tJ2mK-okK3OXECnMgWdfIvrUJFAnuzT-UVw_E-_PibU3Arqadi-3wZ120fvIyr9w2t8N/s1600/762px-Claude_Monet_-_Graystaks_I.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="503" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigD2ltR0r1-oQQtU1SWgvVU0L2xuEXcH-RcOqU8hHDUGVJarpH4Oxr6IB0k_KpWwgQ3lh-6j27tJ2mK-okK3OXECnMgWdfIvrUJFAnuzT-UVw_E-_PibU3Arqadi-3wZ120fvIyr9w2t8N/s640/762px-Claude_Monet_-_Graystaks_I.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sunset and Monet: the perfect inspiration for a spring fashion spread.</span></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3AmhxGQ59WhUwOhLP9xiTk05Dvz51909FgbSgNIZCuen1mfWc2FWRq_e_X1giOutkVmYrBxjqjyX70oR8pjN1Jomg2fyz-DgE8uHG2iegUlkZSscoQ8mTUc9N7eq2mwWH4KsFZeZhykn/s1600/Cartoons_Up__Balloons_024277_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3AmhxGQ59WhUwOhLP9xiTk05Dvz51909FgbSgNIZCuen1mfWc2FWRq_e_X1giOutkVmYrBxjqjyX70oR8pjN1Jomg2fyz-DgE8uHG2iegUlkZSscoQ8mTUc9N7eq2mwWH4KsFZeZhykn/s320/Cartoons_Up__Balloons_024277_.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MAP6FjE2Cl-v2KiimI-l1qdD5gXMyVUHLplHGHsqv1-FBhb4MZnv8zUdQwpVXX96YeWyqLo1rx5Gou94cqcWgHqLu-R3S91th4KBlvIQ9J45LlS6foWeoATiMNhKCh4K9ZyGhqXZO7JT/s1600/image014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MAP6FjE2Cl-v2KiimI-l1qdD5gXMyVUHLplHGHsqv1-FBhb4MZnv8zUdQwpVXX96YeWyqLo1rx5Gou94cqcWgHqLu-R3S91th4KBlvIQ9J45LlS6foWeoATiMNhKCh4K9ZyGhqXZO7JT/s320/image014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The balloons in UP! and another memory of a distant trip to the Netherlands to visit the famed tulip fields</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Time to face the reality that spring/shorts weather is still over a month away and in order to get there I'll have to face the horrors that the month of March is going to bring. As I sit in the Art Collection in Stauffer I realize that this is going to be home for a while.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;">[<a href="http://fashiongonerogue.com/magdalena-frackowiak-sharif-hamza-vogue-japan-february-2012/">Editorial</a>, <a href="http://agitaciondesdelaperiferia.blogspot.com/2011/01/es-que.html">Up</a>, <a href="http://www.keepitsweet.co.uk/product_info.php/cPath/55/products_id/148?oscsid=b394cd2ff25ddd8de246d3f88dee0299">Candy Necklace</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Claude_Monet_-_Graystaks_I.JPG">Monet</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Signac,_Grand_Canal_(Venise).jpg">Signac</a>, <a href="http://theartistsstore.com/Pastels_and_Mediums.php">Chalk</a>, <a href="http://strathmorelandscape.blogspot.com/2011/04/dutch-tulips.html">Tulips</a>, <a href="http://erinqtan.blogspot.com/2010/05/little-rothko-for-friday-afternoon.html">Rothko</a>, <a href="http://stateofgracebynaiad.blogspot.com/2011/09/colors-of-wind.html">Pocahontas</a>, <a href="http://antemortemarts.com/tag/marbling/">Marbling</a>, <a href="http://www.fashionologie.com/Spring-2012-Fashion-Ad-Campaigns-20732970?page=0,0,126">Mulberry</a>]</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to: </b>"Dreaming in Red" - the Calling</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations:</b> The flesh from my face is falling off</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> My first roll up the rim win</span>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-38771961062452916532012-02-27T12:36:00.002-05:002012-02-27T14:40:58.495-05:00Fancy Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My ears are bleeding and I have consequently tuned out of my hated Renaissance class, turned my computer to record and gone on an adventure to a land of where Billy Crystal reigns, where there are always sequinned dresses and naked gold statuettes for all... but not really.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I only really care about the Oscars for the red carpet. The day after I may check over the winners maybe have a little discussion with myself about who should have won, but thats about it. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This year seemed pretty safe. No swan dresses (Bjork and Cate Blanchett), no Haider Ackermann (Tilda), no... surprises. But anyway here are some of the night's best:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Trend: <i>Whiteout</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-bQmHZSMefTfp5grMJtHE9n7PYy3NKd1vjqN-WKQWAceaVHYcJaBA6DFzp0Ma2BAwCq3B2_6Yuhe27hTOc8_XR4ngBfbq-wAXpfsDDuzwZXAKOn06O5emsqZnNIZkbpf2C4863_ZCP97/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-27+at+10.36.43+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-bQmHZSMefTfp5grMJtHE9n7PYy3NKd1vjqN-WKQWAceaVHYcJaBA6DFzp0Ma2BAwCq3B2_6Yuhe27hTOc8_XR4ngBfbq-wAXpfsDDuzwZXAKOn06O5emsqZnNIZkbpf2C4863_ZCP97/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-02-27+at+10.36.43+AM.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Rooney Mara</b> continued her streak of edgy red carpet dresses in this stunning Givenchy Couture. <b>Shailene Woodley </b>looked grand in her Valentino Couture sheath, I like that she covered up and left a little to the imagination! <b>Gwyneth Paltrow</b>'s cape didn't win her many fans but she looked statuesque in this Tom Ford gown from his recent collection. And <b>Mila Jovovich </b>surprised me yet again (I thought she was only good at killing zombies or whatnot) in her sequinned Elie Saab Couture confection.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Trend: <i>Sing to me of Black and Gold, Sam Sparro</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2pPpN6Va8gtfD3NIShpE8DDrWmJTQ0bk_sz6Zasq4YGXUYtI3nVxiVyL4FnvVjyGVhLwMBfYxVzkPS4Ye8C_0n-F7xJ1c7XtJb6a71DIScPI5lhwxuy0Xl0K7vTeYOMPl6eYhBlaujlc/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-27+at+10.43.17+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2pPpN6Va8gtfD3NIShpE8DDrWmJTQ0bk_sz6Zasq4YGXUYtI3nVxiVyL4FnvVjyGVhLwMBfYxVzkPS4Ye8C_0n-F7xJ1c7XtJb6a71DIScPI5lhwxuy0Xl0K7vTeYOMPl6eYhBlaujlc/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-02-27+at+10.43.17+AM.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Anna Faris </b>just looks adorable with her blonde bowl cut and DVF sequinned sheath. <b>Jessica Chastain</b> wins look of the night for me in her amazing gold embroidered Alexander McQueen gown. Despite thinking she has no talent, <b>Angelina Jolie</b> looked great in a sexy Atelier Versace creation. And<b> Meryl Streep </b>managed to match her Oscar in this lovely draped, lame Lanvin.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to:</b> the dullest lecturer on the planet destroying my love for the Renaissance</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations: </b>I hate this class</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving: </b>Anywhere but here and some moisturizer</span>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-57087547369419254302012-02-26T21:57:00.004-05:002012-03-03T13:49:50.437-05:00Heritage, Hockney and Halcyon<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Where did Reading week go?! This week that has centred around visiting an array of galleries, creeping Fashion Week, eating ridiculous amounts of food and most important of all, having a grand 'ole time with the best family ever, has just flown by.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I refused to allow jet lag to find me (it did) but we still managed to fit in some brilliant excursions. Last Sunday we ventured into London and visited three standout exhibitions:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>1. <i>Picasso and Modern British Art</i> at the Tate Britain </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> It's not surprising when an artist cites Picasso as an influence, after all the man was one of the most avant garde painters of the past century and his name remains one of the most recognized in the art world to date. This exhibition brought together many well known Picasso paintings and juxtaposed them with works by seven major British artists like Henry Moore, Francis Bacon and David Hockney. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm not a great connoisseur of British art and to be truthful I'm not always the most receptive to modernity, but seeing as <a href="http://thelittlelighthousekeeper.blogspot.com/2011/02/picasso-is-my-homeboy.html">Picasso is my homeboy</a> and it's a great year to celebrate British art, with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics coming to town, I thought I could suck it up for one show. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TseoZB16zr0c9lX8Ep1sg5zIAcXM-sxV_AkS2sSrgYxxmEcP4SmPPuovahCle30JNaLFKnwxgGLnD6phLaCRO6Q-KCE_k0EPj_MAUJ0Y3fn8sDxb-sKnNzc3QXlZ6-WBia0CD1J4r3Q/s1600/picasso-weeping-woman-1937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> ... And I'm so glad I did. Let's pretend for a second what I say here has any weight in the art world... I thought it was a giant success. It was well hung, with just the amount of work to keep you interested, not bored. The best part was that it included over 60 Picasso masterpieces, like Weeping Woman, Three Dancers, Child with a Dove, Nude Green Leaves & a Bust and many many more. These are all paintings you'd be lucky to see individually, yet here they were all together.</span><br />
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</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Oh right the British fellows. Well I'd heard the names of several of the gentlemen covered in the show: Hockney, Bacon and Moore are all British heroes, but the other four: Duncan Grant, Wyndham Lewis, Ben Nicholson and Graham Sutherland were unknown to me. The problem with this exhibition is it's star, I can't really tell you anything standout about the supporting actors because Picasso stuns. Of course they do provide excellent artwork to support the concept of Picasso's excellence and influence, but there is no real standout piece or epiphany. They all exhibit elements of the revolutionary artist, but apart from that the big three (Hockney, Bacon and Moore) do most of the talking. There was one painting that I remember perfectly and that was Wyndham Lewis's <i>Smiling Woman Ascending a Staircase </i>(below left). The blatant similarities to Cubism (though Lewis pioneered Vorticism) and subject matter ingrained itself in my mind. Her face leers at you </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">eerily</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, like the mask from V for Vendetta and it seems to be a play on Duchamp's <i>Nude Descending a Staircase</i> (centre). This also reminded me of the Gerhard Richter show I saw at the Tate Modern this summer where Richter also had a piece that hailed after Duchamp, <i>Ema (Nude Descending a Staircase) </i>(right). As I've said before I love drawing parallels in art.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;"> We met my travel weary dad there and you should know straight off the bat that my father is a brilliant, warm and hilarious individual with an enthusiasm for art that is applaudable and often roused to please me. Dad represents the average-Joe who goes to an exhibition without much prior knowledge of the artist and usually breezes through while art snobs like my mom and I take several useless hours. I’ve already professed my hatred for art snobbery, but I feel like such a brat around my dad; vaulting facts off him, talking about ‘this amazing painting I studied’ blah blah blah. Case in point when we were offered audio guides I initially balked at the suggestion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"> So this exhibition was a period of Hockney’s recent work: from around 2006 to the present and all the paintings were inspired by his home county: the East Yorkshire countryside. It was all so beautiful and rich that I couldn’t possibly do it justice here. Hockney took the tradition of landscape painting and made it relevant again (something I learned from the 70+ artist himself on my audioguide.) He spent many a season in the woods and fields painting what he saw over and over again, marking the changes in his spectrum of oils and brushstrokes. He works on an exceptionally grand scale and in multiple canvases per painting so that it comes together like a puzzle. It was marvellous. His use of colour is fantastic, sometimes almost garish; there were some unatural pinks in his trees that warranted sunglasses. There was a gigantic panorama of the Grand Canyon that was absolutely breathtaking. Over 60 canvases set side by side and in a rainbow of reds, ochres and oranges it captures the majesty of the landscape perfectly. Then there was the cavernous room devoted entirely to iPad drawings. Yes, iPad drawings. This wonderfully aged man (he sounds incredibly spry on the guide) had gotten ahold of an iPad earlier than anyone else in Britain and has created a massive series of 40+ coloured drawings on East Yorkshire scenery. Looking at them you couldn’t ever tell they were created on an iPad until told and then you had to wonder at his dexterity with the tablet computer and tools.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpAPOMQByEdwK4Mk5pOanG1_8JwJA_PVOha7Ubcm0UP3nenvbk7ITTnSR6f92l39A7Ws0cBzs8Ga_YGltEvTrBknK_VN9YHG19eziZG5Yosvk7clAgw7SA-y25NTEYvyJi9_eE7dadQY1/s1600/david-hockney-bigger-picture-ipad-app-1601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpAPOMQByEdwK4Mk5pOanG1_8JwJA_PVOha7Ubcm0UP3nenvbk7ITTnSR6f92l39A7Ws0cBzs8Ga_YGltEvTrBknK_VN9YHG19eziZG5Yosvk7clAgw7SA-y25NTEYvyJi9_eE7dadQY1/s320/david-hockney-bigger-picture-ipad-app-1601.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Walking in the doorway we were met with one of his famous boats, filled with fiery orbs in reds, oranges and yellows that spilled over the sides. There were several chandeliers that would look amazing in the foyer of some house in the Hamptons and a dusting of gigantic glass earns textured with paint that looked very Pollock-esque. Making the descent into the lower level of the space I was fortunate to overhear one of the salesmen having a discussion with a non-descript gentleman and his gorgeous wife.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> I guess you could say I was a bit overwhelmed. Part of me wishes I had the money to blow a cool twenty thou on a sculpture, but then I snap back to reality and think of all the other worthwhile things you could do with that and then I snap back to the other reality where with my degree I'll never see twenty thousand pounds. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I was pretty pleased with the day’s events and at this point dad and I were both exhausted and disheveled next to my perfect mother so we concluded our epic gallery mission and went back to Suburbia. Boss. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;">[<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16985065">Picasso</a>, <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/picassoandbritain/default.shtm">Tate</a>, <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=11866&tabview=image">Three Dancers</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Picasso+blue+child&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1237&bih=684&tbm=isch&tbnid=VTvL94sgE-YHCM:&imgrefurl=http://ponderingbeyondtheparallelogram.blogspot.com/2010/09/to-draw-like-child.html&docid=EQqq5-ljQBQTmM&imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsT1MkG_CreaaVYArkgqM6yrPpz5Q3ue1irXaSzmQEq6SGZbceySwhieoCu2tFzIinWecO8jomtQhWG_-ytIhio1l1xuQ2ZjUnRKorWGp-o6WJWV2YCk6fg9lGNi2BYut8cZKmXzQFVE/s1600/picasso-child-dove-L9-fm.jpg&w=275&h=371&ei=q09KT7OSDobqggfoq6GgDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=752&vpy=124&dur=241&hovh=261&hovw=193&tx=120&ty=138&sig=106706945804265708680&page=1&tbnh=150&tbnw=111&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0">Child with a Dove</a>, <a href="http://www.soho-art.com/cgi-bin/shop/shop.pl?fid=1278366849&cgifunction=form">Lewis</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude_Descending_a_Staircase,_No._2">Duchamp</a>, <a href="http://www.phillipsdepury.com/auctions/lot-detail/GERHARD-RICHTER/NY010506/42/4/1/12/detail.aspx">Richter</a>, <a href="http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/">Hockney RA</a>,<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Hockney%2C_A_Bigger_Grand_Canyon.jpg"> Grand Canyon</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=david+hockney+ipad&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1237&bih=684&tbm=isch&tbnid=XXNQdlbG4lq4mM:&imgrefurl=http://www.stuff-review.com/2012-01/why-we-love-tech-david-hockneys-a-bigger-picture-is-contemporary-art-done-on-an-ipad/&docid=QC2z9i9j9_kqQM&imgurl=http://static.stuff-review.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/david-hockney-bigger-picture-ipad-app-1601.jpg&w=590&h=384&ei=uutKT9HgDMmYgwefv-WVDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=528&vpy=217&dur=2446&hovh=181&hovw=278&tx=106&ty=130&sig=106706945804265708680&page=1&tbnh=143&tbnw=193&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:0">iPad</a>,<a href="http://www.halcyongallery.com/exhibitions/chihuly"> Chihuly</a>]</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to:</b> 'Mausam and Escape' - A.R.Rahman from Slumdog Millionaire</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations: </b>Kingston sweet Kingston (for the next five months mind you)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> N/A</span>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-38855866120324040792012-02-06T13:08:00.001-05:002012-02-06T13:09:57.086-05:00VS.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I enjoy drawing parallels between similar works of art and fashion...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_with_an_Ermine">Da Vinci</a>, <a href="http://icydk.com/2011/11/11/is-this-lady-gagas-craziest-alexander-mcqueen-outfit-ever/">Gaga</a>, <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/19.74.1">Raimondi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_d%C3%A9jeuner_sur_l'herbe">Manet</a>, <a href="http://www.wga.hu/">Ghent Altarpiece</a>, <a href="http://www.fashionologie.com/Street-Style-from-Milan-Fashion-Week-Fall-2012-Menswear-Shows-21391587?page=0,0,0#1">Anna</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstasy_of_Saint_Teresa">Ecstacy</a>, <a href="http://www.fashionologie.com/Spring-2012-Fashion-Ad-Campaigns-20732970">Campaigns</a>, <a href="http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=43598">Trans Am</a>, <a href="http://search.it.online.fr/covers/?p=177">Mondrian</a>, <a href="http://www.artnet.com/ag/fineartdetail.asp?wid=424977222&gid=424143444">Magritte</a>]</span></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to:</b> Track 17 of my OUA CD - Artist unknown</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations: </b>Tons to do before OUAs</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> Naps</span></div>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-88266656966818615352012-02-05T18:36:00.002-05:002012-02-27T14:42:09.195-05:00Your Haiderness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This man is a big deal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ELnYFG1BA_tUIm2JMuqHKkxQ1XO7htPvy7O9XIpAO0w76CO_jMgYxRl04aqohqWQb63dnlJD1uOYKYCq_R7teT8SI3vaIgOkIKlt2peYE9kKCT0DD5iTObl_LB7iiwMlVHE5I_G0Y6hS/s1600/Dior-Homme-Fall-Winter-2012-Collection-Haider-Ackermann-Karl-Lagerfeld.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ELnYFG1BA_tUIm2JMuqHKkxQ1XO7htPvy7O9XIpAO0w76CO_jMgYxRl04aqohqWQb63dnlJD1uOYKYCq_R7teT8SI3vaIgOkIKlt2peYE9kKCT0DD5iTObl_LB7iiwMlVHE5I_G0Y6hS/s640/Dior-Homme-Fall-Winter-2012-Collection-Haider-Ackermann-Karl-Lagerfeld.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Karl too, but we're not talking about him. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He's the man Karl Lagerfeld playfully anointed as the possible successor to the Chanel design throne (but we all know Karl's ageless). Though he's been around for over ten years and has a very strong following, people really began to pay attention to him after his jaw dropping Fall '11 collection. His elegant silhouettes, drapery and leatherwork left many an editor speechless, even had some crying and was largely touted as the show of the season.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The colour palette was to die for: rich, jewel fabrics in olive, magenta, slate and cerulean. His work has a magnanimous quality about it. Luxe fabrics are artfully draped onto the languid bodies of the models giving them an ethereal effect, almost transporting you to another world. In a weird fashion/fantasy way I would liken his clothes to the costumes of the elves in Peter Jackson's adaptation of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, there is a graceful, forest-y elegance to them that seems quite apt. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This whole spread emits a "medieval/glory of the British empire vibe" to me. Love to see some of this styling in the Opening Ceremonies this summer, but I can only dream.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations: </b>This time next week I'll be in Sudbury... I had to Google Maps that shit. Urgh</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> Plague-like symptoms be gone</span>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-67074901726919426572012-01-30T22:12:00.001-05:002012-01-30T22:12:42.558-05:00Storyboard IX<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Time for another amalgamation of fun things I scavenged from the internet</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnABndSC55i_gdtcg647_cxFdXLHrntg_1zF_G73DaYEI8IH3a-y9sMGm1gR4La0Bb94D5crGx5rAfyvOKkLcLzpRAoOOdQkqRibzObQyCLFmoINVuB8ZpTcDs7oYxO_S2ib1CC1mfI7k/s1600/virginbillboard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnABndSC55i_gdtcg647_cxFdXLHrntg_1zF_G73DaYEI8IH3a-y9sMGm1gR4La0Bb94D5crGx5rAfyvOKkLcLzpRAoOOdQkqRibzObQyCLFmoINVuB8ZpTcDs7oYxO_S2ib1CC1mfI7k/s1600/virginbillboard.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've had this in my folder since Christmas, it's an Australian billboard commissioned by the Church to provoke thought and awareness. Apparently the tagline for a similar billboard was 'Poor Joseph, God was a hard act to follow'... </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNNhLFyXy_3T7mvfT0xQ9-kXXpAKVL6NK4TTuBeV3Q8Mze33NGlk62ds5JpTe9vM_mHGwOaN6PzMz6uLGbjXowoWX8crjMDGb6dQyZG2qBjFTJ5r0MnA5zR2nhG9oxjOufJddKGWv-TMq/s1600/Shourouk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNNhLFyXy_3T7mvfT0xQ9-kXXpAKVL6NK4TTuBeV3Q8Mze33NGlk62ds5JpTe9vM_mHGwOaN6PzMz6uLGbjXowoWX8crjMDGb6dQyZG2qBjFTJ5r0MnA5zR2nhG9oxjOufJddKGWv-TMq/s1600/Shourouk.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just a sparkly necklace that I've been salivating over since Christmas... perfect for holiday parties, snow and champagne... only another 320 days to go I guess.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFv8g676L7M2B0g_47Czav5V9wJeNn9yNiiGrl-BVywBAhOiZSZJ9QMw1vvKpxZlw4yAL0GEGfT3o6QIzuk4ohWpyFof5yNKmEDZ5ddjeIveqPXfxNYtnUMMs6YGPIgndNf8D1qOjdl1c/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+8.07.06+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFv8g676L7M2B0g_47Czav5V9wJeNn9yNiiGrl-BVywBAhOiZSZJ9QMw1vvKpxZlw4yAL0GEGfT3o6QIzuk4ohWpyFof5yNKmEDZ5ddjeIveqPXfxNYtnUMMs6YGPIgndNf8D1qOjdl1c/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-13+at+8.07.06+PM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Rodarte sisters have a bit of a love affair with Elle Fanning and here she is wearing one of their wonderful Van Gogh dresses from their Summer '12 collection. While many would deem this too unconventional, I like that she's taking a risk and it's rather sweet and age appropriate</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SxLWEzMGjHc?rel=0" width="640"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I implore, beg, insist that you watch this video if it's the last thing I ever ask. Physicist/artist Theo Jansen builds these wonderful walking structures called Stranbeests that he creates as forms of 'artificial life'. Made of pipes, wood and sails they are highly advanced and use extraordinary technologies that make them walking works of art and innovative structures to behold as they roam the beaches.</span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here we have master of illusion, Octavio Ocampo whose work usually has many meanings. Here we see a portrait of his hero Don Quixote, yet the image is also a tapestry of 'allegorical imagery from the book'. Never mind being incredibly rich in meaning, it's exceptionally beautiful as well.</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to:</b> 'Lonely Boy' - The Black Keys</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations:</b> 11 days 'til racing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> A Reese's Blizzard</span></div>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-67895223761925951232012-01-28T13:30:00.000-05:002012-01-28T13:30:11.084-05:00Lemon, Pistachio, Bubblegum and Violet<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Craving summer, exotic sorbet flavours and a healthy tan:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These images got me thinking of the innovative sixteenth century painter, Guiseppe Arcimboldo. His portraits were exceptionally innovative and alternative for his time because he painted his subjects using different fruits, vegetables and plants:</span><br />
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<div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Vertumnus</i>, 1590 vs. <i>Dazed and Confused</i>, January 2012</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to: </b>'Well Well Well'- Duffy (Dan Clare Remix)</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations:</b> Happy birthday Sammy and Laur!</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving: </b>Peppermint tea, temperatures in the 30s and an immune system upgrade, please and thank you</span></div>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-54474885273636425262012-01-25T11:25:00.001-05:002012-01-25T11:48:27.949-05:00Posting Posters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Because I'm a nerd, I get updates from the Tate on Facebook and I found this juicy tidbit today. If you haven't had enough of Damien Hirst then you'll be pleased to see the posters for his upcoming retrospective at the Tate Modern are out. Oh and you may be pleased to know that somebody already won that<a href="http://thelittlelighthousekeeper.blogspot.com/2012/01/spot-em-if-you-can.html"> Spot painting challenge</a> of his...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to: </b>"Somebody I used to know (cover)" - Walk off the Earth </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations:</b> Meeting recruits</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> Less practice, more sleep</span></div>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-102518196747318172012-01-19T20:55:00.001-05:002012-01-19T20:58:26.113-05:00Spot 'em if you can<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My childhood was spent reading Roald Dahl, lapping up each word on every page and any second spent outside his world was one I felt I was wasting. Well, now the world's most famous and most controversial artists is giving you the chance to participate in an adventure that likens him to one of Dahl's most beloved characters, Willy Wonka, and has you vying for that exceptional golden ticket.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAkPOQnaw9mlnxwB7N2F4To2nfC-GMpGK2VHuXT4Y6W_9W1YV95GN6rVDIlWP8onY2jMnqLhmoMDx99J_FN1Nx4EF7aAs-SumNckcIluc_l1PA8-q6FYtli51B2llEGqDXX74j8Rs1fh-/s1600/HIRSTWONKA_0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAkPOQnaw9mlnxwB7N2F4To2nfC-GMpGK2VHuXT4Y6W_9W1YV95GN6rVDIlWP8onY2jMnqLhmoMDx99J_FN1Nx4EF7aAs-SumNckcIluc_l1PA8-q6FYtli51B2llEGqDXX74j8Rs1fh-/s1600/HIRSTWONKA_0.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Hirst as Wonka</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ahead of his huge career retrospective at the Tate Modern this summer, Damien Hirst the man of the diamond skull and the formaldehyde shark, is attempting to recreate Charlie and the Chocolate factory and his version sends you on a wild adventure around the globe to visit the eleven Gagsosian Galleries, each showing a different Spot Painting exhibition. The incentive... the first person to do so will receive their own personalized Spot Painting, whatever that means. Who knew there were enough of these paintings to fill eleven different galleries.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Each and every Gagosian will exhibition Hirst into February and some even into March... surprisingly enough you can see that there is actually variation:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j4LbqaNpnq4/Txi-8rlPiZI/AAAAAAAAC9s/F0vIqphl42U/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-19+at+8.10.28+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j4LbqaNpnq4/Txi-8rlPiZI/AAAAAAAAC9s/F0vIqphl42U/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-01-19+at+8.10.28+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gH_jHWmwMEk/Txi-9HhINII/AAAAAAAAC90/imbkM8wk4sM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-19+at+8.10.46+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gH_jHWmwMEk/Txi-9HhINII/AAAAAAAAC90/imbkM8wk4sM/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-01-19+at+8.10.46+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NvhtII69PGw/Txi-9cK-ptI/AAAAAAAAC98/LIxyqy_bH6w/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-19+at+8.11.03+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NvhtII69PGw/Txi-9cK-ptI/AAAAAAAAC98/LIxyqy_bH6w/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-01-19+at+8.11.03+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The invitation, would you take up the challenge?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDU4R04Q56_x4ircs8sm9zyEdHJPmyI9tZBKSTe5mh0CuuIkZfiaODACO-Dr5Ct0xrJTX1zGI7JRJHrF-bD6vf7GPdY0lSTQdUH49V26MkC6G7yxkYkbeFO4l6GkDS7zSLxIS-rNrUj4oE/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-10+at+8.31.45+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDU4R04Q56_x4ircs8sm9zyEdHJPmyI9tZBKSTe5mh0CuuIkZfiaODACO-Dr5Ct0xrJTX1zGI7JRJHrF-bD6vf7GPdY0lSTQdUH49V26MkC6G7yxkYkbeFO4l6GkDS7zSLxIS-rNrUj4oE/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-10+at+8.31.45+PM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Damien Hirst is the artist many love to hate, because of his opulence, his tendency to employ shock value in his works rather than skill or talent and he oftentimes he can just be bloody annoying. This invitation is a mad quest for the filthy rich. What Average Joe has the means to travel the world at speed to compete in a challenge with a minimal chance of success and if indeed they did succeed, what would they have to show for it? A Hirst painting... it's a wonderful personalized memento and it's by a famous artist, but really is it worth all the trouble? As a student of art history, I'm supposed to love this shit; it's fun, contemporary, interesting, but this is just a little bit ridiculous. Power to you if you have the funds and for the winner, I'm very happy for your wonderful personalized Hirst, but for me I'm just hoping to see one exhibition, just one. Happy hunting art fiends.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;">[<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2012/jan/09/damien-hirst-world-show-britain-global">Guardian on Hirst</a>, <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/damienhirst/default.shtm">Tate</a>, <a href="http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/755259/damien-hirst-apes-willy-wonka-with-gagosian-spot-challenge-drew-barrymore-to-marry-art-consultant-and-more">Art Info on Hirst</a>, <a href="http://www.gagosian.com/">Gagosian</a>]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to:</b> 'Boom Blast' - Wiley</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations:</b> Tom Hardy is a giant</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> More desert from Sp!n</span></div>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-34616490943416911242012-01-16T10:44:00.000-05:002012-01-16T10:44:15.007-05:00Ode to a supermodel<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've tried to hate her fantastic physique, her high octane, commanding runway walk, her poise and her charm, but to no avail. It finally happened, Karlie Kloss the rising supermodel of the 2010s has grown on me. She was a busy girl at the end of 2011: she renewed her Dior Beauty contract, walked her first Victoria's Secret fashion show, and covered three December magazines in addition to a spread in Vogue with my current crush Eddie Redmanye. So here's to you Karlie, way to bring 2011 to a grand close, we look forward to your continual domination this year...</span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Going a little avant-garde for Numero:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And the cover of Vogue Italia, and the accompanying spread that caused all that controversy:</span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to: </b>"Paradise" - Coldplay</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> Renaissance class to be a little more stimulating</span>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-61982395996072915312012-01-15T14:11:00.001-05:002012-01-15T14:12:15.461-05:00Fairest of them all<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2012 is looking like a killer year for films and as much as I don't want to hear the name Kristen Stewart mentioned again, I cannot wait for Rupert Sanders' re-imagination of the children's fairy tale, Snow White...</span><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ooooh Charlize Theron just oozes pure evil: "L</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ips red as blood hair black as night, bring me your heart my dear dear Snow White."</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66ZWoWBb7De0bwn2I8U_Nv_MLTUaMAisZIqFaBz2EsBWXkVbaiW4k4xIeELgsaPPkAmnmpRaYIo_zOY8OYvGS6VqjlPVH1HhMv97gzaUYLIueh3gbe6UUg4Gm5_YPt3a3rhcphQnt2xf-/s1600/codie_young6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66ZWoWBb7De0bwn2I8U_Nv_MLTUaMAisZIqFaBz2EsBWXkVbaiW4k4xIeELgsaPPkAmnmpRaYIo_zOY8OYvGS6VqjlPVH1HhMv97gzaUYLIueh3gbe6UUg4Gm5_YPt3a3rhcphQnt2xf-/s640/codie_young6.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Loving the gold and red with Codie's auburn hair and pale skin. My favourite image has to be the last one with the red dress and the crow perched on her shoulder... note the blood on her hands, maybe she was the one who cut out the pig's heart to give to her wicked stepmother. Oh and the one with the icy nails and the apple is pretty stellar as well</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to:</b> "After Hours" - We Are Scientists</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> An affordable, clean, six bedroom house in the ghetto... is it so much to ask?</span>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-36717486285460661672012-01-14T18:01:00.000-05:002012-01-14T18:01:01.762-05:00Lady Madonna<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love when a fashion editorial tells a story and <i>Avantgarde Magazine </i>did it beautifully when they took on the religious icon of the Virgin Mary. Model Sophie Vlaming is the Virgin in a series of "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">modern looks paired with the traditional iconography."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;">[<a href="http://fashiongonerogue.com/sophie-vlaming-klaas-jan-kliphuis-avantgarde/">Editorial</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crivelli,Carlo-The_Virgin_Annunciate.jpg">Crivelli</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_with_the_Long_Neck">Parmagianino</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Sorrows">Battista</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_of_Miracles">Virgin of Miracles</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_study_of_a_woman%27s_head.jpg"> Da Vinci</a>, <a href="http://theory.ideacritik.com/?page_id=498">Sassoferrato</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Assumption_of_the_Virgin_(1612-17);_Peter_Paul_Rubens.jpg">Reubens</a>]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations:</b> The shower after the swim meet feeling is incomparable</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> A robot to clean my room for me</span>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-54679753516655742442012-01-13T20:02:00.001-05:002012-01-14T19:26:02.010-05:00What the water gave me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In terms of which season I'm in right now it couldn't be clearer: winter bloody winter but when it comes to which season of fashion I'm supposed to be paying attention to I couldn't be more confused. I'm still clinging to the gorgeousness of some of the Fall 2011 collections, staring at Resort 2012 in the stores, trying to acclimatize to the Spring 2012 collections and then I'm being slapped with Pre-Fall 2012 faster than I can keep up with. And to make matters worse the Fall 2012 season is creeping creeping closer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While I bathe in deep hydrating moisturizer to battle the effect of winter winds and try layering without looking like the Michelin Man I turn to the onslaught of Spring advertising campaigns to make me feel better. And no-one does it like Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to:</b> 'What The Water Gave Me' - Florence and the Machine</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations:</b> Winter skin is driving me insane</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> To sign a house soon</span></div>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-9462959881830767102012-01-10T22:38:00.001-05:002012-01-10T22:42:44.793-05:00A new year warrants new art<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So it may have been over a month since my last post and it is now the year 2012 in which I enter my last year of university, turn twenty-one, go to the Olympic opening ceremonies, see my parents celebrate twenty-five years of marriage, start freaking it about grad schools or jobs and start making some life choices. Life slow down!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm back in Canada and it's the first week of classes which means a lot of art is coming my way. And what better to celebrate my new adventures than showcase a brilliant series of creative art 'remakes' featured on <a href="http://www.booooooom.com/">BOOOOOOOOOOM</a>, the new art website I recently discovered. These are some re-imaginations of famous paintings that I thought were simply nifty. Enjoy!</span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to: </b>'Boom Blast' - Wiley</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations:</b> Art art art art lots and lots of art</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> Butter and brown sugar</span></div>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-33287640323383384252011-12-11T09:55:00.000-05:002011-12-11T09:55:28.258-05:00For your pleasure<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've always loved Givenchy under Riccardo Tisci, but his fall 2011 collection for the house was one of my favourites he's ever done and quite possibly my favourite of the season . Think panthers, purple, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">patent leather, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">orchids,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> peplum, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">velvet, chains, Baroque, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">organza, palm fronds, symmetry, sheer, bombshells, yellow, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">silk and body-con... and that's only just the beginning:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've had a whole archive of behind the scenes photos from the Savage Beauty exhibition by the Met. This is my favourite because of the beauty of the skull clutch in contrast with the unfinished work going on in the background. Must love studs and skulls.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is another video that makes me feel small in the scheme of the universe. I would very much like to see the Aurora Borealis now. Richard Branson take me to space please?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love art and I love fashion. More specifically I love Renaissance art and I love McQueen's fashions. Laura Stone looks powerful and gorgeous in this dominatrix/ bondage dress by Burton. Couldn't tell you what fresco or painting is behind her but I love the contrast.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm pretty sure we're all excited for the Hunger Games film adaptation to hit screens this summer. It truly does look amazing although I probably should read the books first (they're on my Christmas list, I swear). Anyway, Instyle has asked ten designers to design their version of the Fire Dress for Catniss. Here are BCBG Generation, Tibi and Charlotte Ronson's very different takes on the heroine's dress. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pure genius. The arts/entertainment/fashion magazine at Queen's posted this on their Facebook and I thought I needed to re-post it. In order to attempt to replicate these... I'm off to buy a man's shirt. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The 2012 Pirelli Calendar was released the other day and at the after-party Natasha Poly turner up in this Tom Ford creation. I guess I'm including it because I knew straight off the bat who the designer was, even though he shows his collections in his <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px;">ü</span>ber exclusive showings.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;">[<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2011/12/rooney-mara-covers-dazed-confused.html">Rooney Mara</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WvuJwMFPz4&feature=related">Tree of Life</a>, <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/11/video-perhaps-the-best-hd-view-of-earth-from-space-ever/248395/">Spacce</a>, <a href="http://www.fulltimeford.com/2011/06/23/introducing-tom-ford-autumnwinter-2011-womenswear-collection/">Tom Ford</a>, <a href="http://entertainment.ie/celebrity_gossip/gallery/Dec11Pirelli/">Natasha Poly</a>, <a href="http://fashionetc.com/news/fashion/3981-hunger-games-fire-dress-designers">Hunger Games</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdGjWOinBGc">Man's Shirt</a>, Laura Stone and Beyonce on Fashiongonerogue and McQueen on Vogue.com]</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Life is good</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Listening to:</b> 'Stargazing' - Native Rush (song from Man's shirt video)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Observations:</b> Wicked return to the pub yesterday</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Craving:</b> My Gender and Modernism paper to evaporate</span></div></div>iShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.com0