Brazenly Obscure

2011-09-14T17:32:00.000-07:00

I somehow foolishly hoped writing for a blog would help meto fulfil the cliché of ‘living in the moment’. Instead, whenever I’m temptedto post something it’s always about my thoughts for the future. I learnt from my travels through Thailand that I’ve got the typical western ‘monkey mind’. ThaiBuddhism seeks to halt the constant swing of thoughts from past to future, instead torest simply on the present. I guess this is all achieved through meditation and whatnot, but I can never seem to find the time for it. Perhaps that’s anothertypical western trait- a perceived scarcity of time.

Line made by walking- Richard Long

My levels of motivation have never been great. Although Ihate the idea of being controlled and would rather believe I can achieve thingsindependently, I seem to accomplish things more effectively under the eyes of acoach, a boss or a teacher. This goes for sport, school work, jobs, everything, really.How can I expect to somehow be my own boss if history tells me it doesn’t workout that way?

Until I sign up for a yoga class, I’ll never do it in my owntime...

The worst thing about dreaming up the future is that I set expectations so high they inevitably crumble when the time rolls round. I need to source pleasure from the simple everyday moments, just like the french do. Because things are never as ideal as I want them to be. I need to savour the unexpected and the overlooked.

figuration now.

2011-09-04T15:42:00.000-07:00

My inhabitable body, Del Kathryn Barton

So, once again, I've decided to start blogging again. I'm not sure If I should keep this site or start something fresh? But I need something right now to type up, (as opposed to write down?) my thoughts. I'm not fussed about followers or comments, I'm just hoping that by unscrambling these thoughts and aspirations in my head, everything might become a little more clear. Maybe.

I'm stressed at the moment. I'm worried because, as stupid as it sounds, I'm nineteen and I have no idea what I want to do with my life. There's several things that I know my life needs to revolve around, I'm just not sure yet how to combine them- creativity, sustainability and travel.

Creativity- art, design, literature, music...

Sustainability- environment, developing countries, volunteer work, greening our everyday lives...

Travel- Europe, Asia, working, new cultures, inspiration, challenges...

all ways, Del Kathryn Barton

I'm beginning to think that instead of narrowing these passions of mine through study, I can share them, transform them, nurture them, and use them here on this blog. I want to stop worrying about the future. I want to appreciate these days of my youth, as cliched as it sounds, and at least try to live in the moment. And by doing so, perhaps this is contradictory, I'll stumble upon a more definitive path to my future.

Right now, I'm frustrated by the idea of university. I can't choose what to study because I feel like I'm narrowing my options. If I choose bachelor of arts I don't feel like I'm fostering my passion for sustainability and that my career prospects will be low. If I choose to Environments I feel I've ignored my love for all things creative and arts based. I'm currently half way through my first semester of an arts degree and I'm not happy. I love my art history subject, I'm not a fan of my communications subject, and I love love love my environments subject. I can't choose, I don't want to have to...

And so because of this uncertainty, I feel like I'm wasting my time at uni. Perhaps I should just pack up, leave and travel until I know what to do. I don't even know if I could go travelling right now. I've just found the most amazing boy and I'm not ready to leave...

At the moment, the plan is to switch to environments next year, at least for a year. At the moment, I'm finding the idea of architecture really interesting, so perhaps I'll follow that path...

I came into myself | and faraway I am there too, Del Kathryn Barton

Light Garden

2010-12-15T01:06:00.000-08:00

It's been a slow process of eighteen years but I have now developed a love for all things quilted. My nan's a quilter and so I've been surrounded by quilts my whole life. Light Garden further enhances my appreciation for what have constituted my idea of the home and of family.

My beloved Frankie introduced me to Light Garden- an installation of two suspended patchwork disks comprised of organic, recycled and naturally dyed cotton. They're described as portraits of life which is exactly how I'd refer to the many quilts throughout my house. Beneath an old fraying quilt I think of the life before the quilt, what inspired the quilt, the life during the quilt's creation, and the life of the quilt and the many lives it has impacted. Quilts are a collage of fabrics and colours but also lives and memories and moments. My nan has agreed to help me create a quilt of my own next year and I resolve to make it purely from recycled fabrics, adding more history to its fibres.

I'm a sucker for the combination of new and old in this art installation- the use of traditional quilting style and techniques with contemporary sustainable materials in a modern context presented in an unorthodox fashion through the use of suspended disks.

This year I tried to not buy any new clothes and instead only buy second hand clothes. I failed miserably, largely due to the fact I travelled to Thailand where I was bombarded with cheap clothes. Also the opp shop can only stock you so many basic quality shirts and singlets. Next year I hope to follow a similar but less rigid path where I will try to only buy clothing that is either second hand, organic, fair trade, or ethically made within Australia by an Australian company. I'll be earning my own money so hopefully it is achievable. I want to be more creative with my clothing choices also, utilising the sewing machine as much as possible, transforming my outfits into a patchwork of colours and histories.

I want to improve my sewing skills with the help of my nan and resort back to the old motto of 'mend and make do'. This woman is particularly inspiring for her resourcefulness and creativity. I've even more reason to start getting creative with the sewing machine now that I've picked up a new job without a uniform!

New Beginnings

2010-11-08T20:24:00.001-08:00

School has finished and I'm home from a month spent in Thailand. This is the beginning, no?

I want to continue blogging, using this space to write about and support ethical and sustainable art. I want to establish myself a career in the arts and so maybe I can use this blog to help me pursue that.

Thailand was an amazing experience. The whole time I kept my eye out for art galleries and little studios but was sadly disappointed to find there were few. Much to my dislike, we stayed in the more touristy areas where artists painted purely for a western audience, creating reproductions of famous art works, the typical frangipani and abstract boxy things. When I visited Phuket town, however, I finally found what I was looking for- Wua Art Gallery and Studio. Mr Zen's paintings were so different to any others that I'd seen in Thailand, kind of like what you'd put on a wall in a hip Melbourne cafe. So cheap too! It gave me hope and reminded me, after a month of no art, that this, art, is what I love and need to immerse myself in. Unfortunately, after too many vodka buckets and hill tribe jewel

lery purchases over the weeks, I couldn't even afford one of his prints, and that's saying something.

That same day, I stumbled across another gallery/cafe which threw my heart into a flutter once more. The Love Art Studio could have held me captive for hours if it weren't for the bus timetable I had to abide by. Kitipong Ngowsiri was exhibiting there- his paintings are a gorgeous mess of colour and texture and ranging subject matter, riddled with humour. A tarp was cutely hung upon the wall with painted/grafittied words which something like:

'Absolutely number one the art

Exhibition is original art 100% [shit]

You can buy artwork in $1/ piece here by

choosing to put [throw] your money [heart] either

to left or right box. And I will ask your [my] god to

bless [be] you.'

And so I left a 20baht donation in the box for the artist in return for a post card with one of his paintings on it, the other box was for a charity aimed at helping the homeless dog situation going on in Phuket. I left feeling more fulfilled then after a dose banana pancakes.

Right now, I'm trying to plan what I want out of next year- resolutions, I guess. One such resolution is inspired by Ngowsiri's words- to use my money as if it is my heart.

Art should not be purchased blindly. In a world that is under pressure from materialism, we need to purchase more with our hearts- ensuring that what we buy is not harming the planet or people but serving a positive purpose.

bag over my head

2010-05-04T14:42:00.000-07:00

sonya peters, charcoal on paper bags.

2010-05-03T04:51:00.000-07:00

Blessed be the day that I finally see an Egon Schiele creation. His paintings/sketches are raw, intimate, sensual, erotic and crude, sometimes confrontingly cruel, sadistic and narcissistic. Above all Schiele challenges our understanding of beauty and the human form. I was intrigued to learn how Schiele used Rodin's technique of 'continuous drawing'. He would sketch while never taking his eyes off his subject, contributing to what becomes visceral spontaneity on framed paper. I tried such a technique at home and was rather content with the results, it helped me separate my often destructive strive for aesthetic perfection from emotive expression.

Nu Assis 1910

"To restrict the artist is a crime. It is to murder germinating life."

"Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal."

"At present, I am mainly observing the physical motion of mountains, water, trees and flowers. One is everywhere reminded of similar movements in the human body, of similar impulses of joy and suffering in plants."

Yvette Molina

2010-04-29T20:58:00.000-07:00

I love that Molina can disregard the traditional square canvas for rounded shapes of aluminium of which its sheen adds to the serenity of her depictions of the wilderness. The circles she often uses to frame her paintings, I think, are more than relevant to her subject matter. Circles seem to express a close affinity to the natural world; the infinite cycles of life, death and decay, the interconnectedness of all living things.

where is my mind?

2010-03-26T14:25:00.000-07:00

These images kind of suit my mood at the moment. I've come to the conclusion that exams are simply soul crushing, and I'd rather be frolicking wildly in the forest beside our home. I don't remember who photographed these or where I found them, but their anonymity, in this case, adds to their meaning in my eyes. They are simply raw photographs, undisturbed by the preconceptions surrounding the person behind the camera. The bottom image is beautiful, I think. It epitomises my aspiring thoughts about the future, the constant daydreaming that I'm possessed by of late. I love that these mountains, these imposing masses of earth, stoical in their presence, have been cut out and pasted on a wall. It strangely magnifies their majesty in a way. For me, it prompts thoughts about the possible trip to Nepal mum and I might be taking... I'm so ridiculously excited about life after hsc, it hurts.

green dreams.

2010-03-25T16:30:00.000-07:00

So, I bought a magazine yesterday, Peppermint, and, just like Frankie, I think I'll continue to save my pennies for it. It's all about 'fresh green fashion' and it's incredibly inspiring. It was also a surprise to see renee-anne on the front cover, whose blog I've been following for a while. She creates some very pretty illustrations, takes equally pretty photos, owns a vintage store, co-curates art shows with Leeloo, and 'repurposes to make pretty things'. She's a rather talented lady.

I've grown to be rather passionate about the environment of late. I've recently gone vegetarian and don't think I'll ever go back. It's made me feel so much healthier, almost pure in that I feel like its detoxified my body. We've also been trying to buy as much local and organic produce as possible, which turns out to be really satisfying as it tastes better and you're helping out and meeting some amazing and passionate families. I've also aimed to opp shop all year (save essentials of course), which has, so far- touch wood, been quite easy, cheap and fun. I keep learning about the many little things that i can do to make a difference, even if they're small, and sometimes I can't help but take up the challenge. I guess, if I don't do these little things, which realistically aren't going to dramatically change things, if at all, I feel incredibly guilty. It's also people with attitudes who believe that these little things won't make a difference to the future of the environment or the lives of destitute peoples, that are contributing to its continuance, if that makes sense. If everyone did little things to help, the world can and will be transformed. What I eat and how I spend my money are the only political acts I can do on a daily basis. It makes me wonder why more people in this community aren't doing extra to help, especially when it's not hard. Even kids at my school; they're educated, they understand how influential their behaviour is to the environment, to the world, but they choose to ignore. It escapes me how indolent and sheltered some people can be; I don't know how they can live and continue pretending that the luxury they live in is common throughout the world and will continue for the rest of mankind.

I've been thinking one day, if I was to ever open a gallery it would have an ethical purpose. All art that would be displayed and sold within the space would have been produced ethically, maybe conveying an ethical message too. Perhaps I could support artists who use purely recycled or organic materials, or maybe struggling aboriginal artists living in poverty in the northern territory who are being exploited by the fine arts industry. It would mean I could travel, visit remote or even poverty stricken communities, inside and outside Australia, and source artists utilising sustainable methods and practices. It's basically my three passions combined- art, travel and ethics both social and environmental.

I've also been thinking, which is most convenient as I should be studying for exams, that next year, if i have a gap year, I'd like to develop a body of work using only recycled and organic materials. I'm disappointed my visual arts major work won't be as environmentally friendly as I'd like, kind of contradicting the concept behind the work (how we, as people, have the ability to shape the environment and also how the environment shapes our identity). In Peppermint, they reviewed the book, Green Guide for Artists. It's the kind of book I wish I wrote myself. I'm so very eager to get my grubby mitts on it pages and exploit it, once my life is redeemed that is.

My rant is thereby concluded :)

illustrations by renee-ann from her flickr

sleep with moths

2010-03-22T18:44:00.000-07:00

sleep with moths, 2008 Peter Madden

To me, this work is fragile yet resounding, awakening something untouched but intrinsic. Despite the skeleton, i think it's more concerned with birth and regeneration; it echoes the complex system of dependence that is imbedded within nature, where everything is interconnected. I don't think it's an upsetting image, more so one that is accepting of the inevitability of death, transforming it into a beautiful stage of arrival instead of departure where, from death, life emerges and prospers according to the natural cycle. On another level, it evokes the delicate but integral relationship between nature and humans.

wiliam fox talbot

2010-03-21T02:26:00.000-07:00

searching.

2010-03-20T03:27:00.000-07:00

'If our civilisation were turned upside down and subsequently this gallery were excavated what would the remnants reveal? Would the forms prove that the subject was evolving, devolving or just coming around again?' - Ricky Swallow

viktor and rolf

2010-03-12T02:54:00.000-08:00

I've always loved them. But this show has transformed my love into a slightly disturbing form of obsession. My mind's still polarised; is it art or fashion? Whatever it is, it's unbelievable. I wish I could have been there to witness such an embodiment of genius, of pure innovation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3jqh-kmmk8

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I'm also digging Corey Corcoaran's new work for his exhibition 'Half Life' at the fivesevendelle in Boston massachusetts . I simply love the colour and texture; It's the kind I want to incorporate in my major work.

"Through paintings, mixed media, and site-specific installation, Corcoran creates dense visual ecosystems. Using everything from plaster to watercolor and faux fur, his landscapes teeter on the edge of collapse and fruition. Half-dead bodies fill these transitory spaces as gods of destruction or biological fodder for its change. Color, texture, and pattern act as the primordial soup from which the notion of progress and finality may arise."

spiral

2010-03-12T01:50:00.000-08:00

I opened my first exhibition tonight. It was great. I met so many amazing, supportive people and I've decided curatorship is definitely something I would like to pursue as a career in the future. The wonderful madison created the illustration for the invite. She's incredible, really.

HSC at the moment is killing me slowly. All I want to do is paint and dream, dream about travelling of course, but also life after year 12. I'm excited about uni, studying art history and curatorship, perhaps fine arts, meeting creative people with visions bolder than my own. There's an extensive list of things I want to do once the HSC is over, it seems to be growing every day. Save for tonight, which, have i mentioned, was really really great, its as if my life is on hold. It will be over, they tell me, before I know it, before I want it to be over. But I can deal with that.

A girl I met today has founded 'South Coast Art Club' for young artists and enthusiasts to get together and mingle. I think it's a great idea. I'm envisioning large scale collaborations, in the streets perhaps. There's definite potential in this area, it's exciting.

Protect me from what i want

2010-03-11T03:45:00.000-08:00

I think it's my motto for the moment. Jenny Holzer seems to pull words from my consciousness. These words are even more profound when echoed by Placebo in their amazing song of the same name. I've only heard it in french, so only the chorus makes sense to me. But sometimes i think music evokes more clarity than words ever could anyway.

I think I'm up for a fresh start with this blog. Something to keep me going through the HSC...

death by diamonds and pearls

2010-01-29T01:46:00.000-08:00

Paolo Roversi

God of each moment

2010-01-03T12:51:00.000-08:00

selby, julia, cristin sloan

2009-12-15T21:09:00.000-08:00

Insight Teaser from Russh Magazine on Vimeo.

2009-11-30T23:29:00.000-08:00

david shama photography

byrds of prey

2009-11-13T21:33:00.000-08:00

random interiors

2009-11-13T21:29:00.000-08:00

levy dhurmer

2009-11-09T01:11:00.001-08:00

“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.”

2009-11-09T00:59:00.000-08:00

quote- ralph waldo emerson

tusk

2009-11-09T00:44:00.000-08:00

in dreams begins responsibility

2009-10-21T01:20:00.000-07:00

olivia jeffries

always, all ways

2009-10-20T00:58:00.000-07:00

2009-10-16T15:03:00.000-07:00

ellen rogers

dreaming of pyramids and rocks

2009-09-06T01:37:00.001-07:00

summer is nigh..

2009-08-30T00:05:00.000-07:00

s l o w

2009-07-20T18:24:00.000-07:00

photography by etreh

nirrimi photography

2009-07-13T15:52:00.000-07:00

I read about this amazing girl on lostateminor. She's only sixteen years old! You should probably check out her site

selby bits and pieces

2009-07-12T21:30:00.000-07:00

selbyyyyyyy

2009-07-11T19:39:00.000-07:00

martine emdur, overly beautiful.

2009-07-09T21:34:00.000-07:00

"Let the beauty
of what you love
be what you do. "

-Rumi

resort loves

2009-07-09T20:54:00.000-07:00

sonia rykiel, richard chai, viktor and rolf, 3.1 phillip lim

2009-07-07T21:12:00.000-07:00

"People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live... We never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born."

-Albert Einstein

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2009-07-06T20:20:00.000-07:00

http://myltan.blogg.se/

lookbook?

2009-07-04T02:32:00.000-07:00

I'd make, or at least try to make, my boyfriend dress something like these fellas, if there wasn't such a word as "poofta". It's a word tossed around so lightly here. If a guy wears a scarf or basically anything other than boardies, jeans and a t-shirt, his sexuality is immediately questioned, or most often determined as gay. The males around here are incredibly boring style wise and I don't know whether or not its a personal decision.

Actually the more I think about it, the more I think it probably wouldn't suit him... ha

here
here
here

2009-07-01T02:08:00.000-07:00

there are no

ordinary people

here

2009-07-01T01:21:00.000-07:00

JEWELLERY FOR THE BODY FROM LITTER.
IF CURRENT FUNDS PERMIT IT, I MIGHT BUY MYSELF SOME CHAINS AND DO SOME SERIOUS COPYING.
CAPS-LOCK IS WEIRDLY LIBERATING.

2009-06-19T23:06:00.000-07:00

Had the greatest lunch today: wood fired pizza and apple pie with the family and neighbours.
I'm so full it hurts.
But I now feel incredibly guilty. I've been reading about how 1 billion people world wide now suffer from hunger. The stats have risen by 100 million people due to the global financial crisis.

It's almost stupid how lucky we are here.

brigitte sire photo

2009-06-19T21:04:00.000-07:00

“ Some people never go crazy,
What truly horrible lives they must live ”
Charles Bukowski

grandeur.

2009-06-19T03:12:00.000-07:00

David Downton's fashion illustrations. I love them, they are incredibly elegant.

darker than the night

2009-06-18T00:56:00.000-07:00

More fun with photos.

restlessness

2009-06-17T01:47:00.000-07:00

More snaps from yesterday.
I'm sleepy.
And want homework to vanish.

Dress Ups

2009-06-15T22:40:00.000-07:00

Played with some dress ups today in the forest. Initially, it was so I can take some snaps to use as inspiration for my paintings but we kind of got carried away. It was actually pretty exhausting and my lovely models are basically over it, but so unbelievably beautiful to photograph, thankyou! Can't wait to put brush to canvas now

2009-06-15T04:17:00.000-07:00

i want to clutter my neck/wall
selby

2009-06-13T23:04:00.000-07:00

Nothing in this world happens by chance.
-Paulo Coehlo.

light light light \\

2009-06-12T15:04:00.000-07:00

stolen from here

come undone

2009-06-12T00:52:00.000-07:00

from here

placebo is the greatest, remember that.

ANT!PODiUM

2009-06-11T04:08:00.000-07:00

The more I see this collection the more I like it. It has a slight femininity to it that's kind of uneasy yet empowering at the same time? They're all such bold and textured pieces in a simple effective pallette, i love it. In particular, I've fallen for the galactic type print. If only you could find this sort of thing at the opp shop.
ANT!PODiUM

catherine campbell

2009-06-10T01:45:00.000-07:00

here

2009-06-10T00:32:00.000-07:00

david bellemere

"I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver, via little gypsy

are you interested?

2009-06-07T21:50:00.000-07:00

if so,
thenag
postcrossing
redvelvetcake
2or3thingsiknow
porchofthemystics
reporterswithoutborders

dirty diana

2009-06-06T20:16:00.000-07:00

I'm thinking of asking for a Diana+ Camera for my birthday? The photographs are only tiny but the results are a-maz-ing. Each photo is unique and unpredictable, I love it. If not this camera, I'll be after a Holga.
Have a peek at Miss Diana+ here

Rag & Bone

2009-06-06T20:12:00.000-07:00

Resort 2o10

Half yearly resolution?

2009-06-05T23:00:00.000-07:00

To paint a body of work ready to be sold or exhibited.

I've never really understood yearly resolutions. Why must you define your goals or start living how you want to from a specific date? Why not right now, from this very moment? It was only fitting I claim this as a half yearly resolution as it is ironically, and obviously, june. I've given up some things, things that have really mattered to me, to follow my passions, to live out these goals of mine. It may not be that realistic, a lot of my goals aren't, but it's where I get to through trying that matters in the end. I'm in a phenomenally philosophical mood.

Drinks and tunes with my people tonight!

illustrations by Clemens Habicht

2009-06-05T16:42:00.001-07:00

So, If I was rebellious and shit, which I'm not, I'd leave home and follow some fancy dream of mine. I'd make like fire. I'd leave a little note on the kitchen table for my unassuming and proud parents. It'd be short and sweet, something like "fuck expectations, but I still love you". And with a thousand bucks or so, my paints, canvas, brushes, and a camera, I'd hitch-hike my way to the city. Maybe acquire swine flu along the way. From there I'd catch the next flight to France, or some equally appealing country and rely purely upon the kindness of strangers and bus shelters. My parents would be worried sick so I'd send them a post card with minimal yet reassuring details. SO... long story short, I'd hit the bucks big time with my paintings and what not. I'd get friendly with all the incredibly well dressed euros, my paintings would grace galleries and the pages of too many magazines. I'll go down in history.

Ha. I make myself chuckle.

Weekends are horrible when you know how much homework you've got to do. Procrastination is the only solution.

from here

p.s. Alice Dellal and I go way back.

2009-06-05T16:23:00.000-07:00

AHHH. I have new friends on blogger!

oliverkissedtigerlilly
Yeah, Fuck Off

lea seydoux from here

2009-06-04T04:17:00.000-07:00

For
once,
I
just
want
to
lose
control.

ideas for paintings

2009-06-03T23:59:00.000-07:00

I'd like to take some photos outside because we don't have as pretty interiors as in these pics. what do you think? x

For Madison Emily Kelly

2009-06-03T00:53:00.000-07:00

Work of Edgar Degas.

I don't have the links 'cause I'm rebellious like that.

We run like thieves through the night, stealing hearts and stopping time.

2009-06-03T00:02:00.001-07:00

I stole these from illustration royalty, Kelly Smith, I swear I'm the biggest blog thief out. The model is Zippora Adora. I don't know if I'm more in love with the name or her. Consider the following as things I do know:
1. I lOVE the clothes in this shoot
2. I'm having withdrawals. Must.Have.Mosh.Pit.Now.
3. My name is ridiculously boring and regular.
4. Ruby is an erratic driver.
5. Chai tea is nothing less than heaven in a cup.
6. I haven't practiced French for an overly extended length of time.
7. My boyfriend considered buying me a polaroid camera but decided not to because 'the photo paper costs too much' ???!!!!???!!!

au revoir

2009-06-01T23:30:00.000-07:00

Decisions: one of the hardest things to make

from here

Renee Anne

2009-06-01T22:21:00.000-07:00

check it

We can only speak of the things we carried with us, And the things we took away.

2009-06-01T00:42:00.000-07:00

from here

stoked

2009-06-01T00:22:00.000-07:00

This weekend was the greatest:

Triple J One Night Stand, just amazing

First prize in a local art competition, $500!

I'm pretty much bouncing.

Have the ablility to let that which does not matter, truly slide.

2009-05-28T03:00:00.000-07:00

sketches by Jean Honore Fragonard from here
quote from Fightclub

if only

2009-05-28T02:38:00.000-07:00

I want a car so that, without warning, I'll be able to drive somewhere pretty and watch the sun fall beneath the horizon. As soon as I earn those P plates, I want to guide my wheels to the amazing gardens in Tilba. I'll sip on sweet chai lattes with daisies in my hair and take photographs of the sun through the leaves and pettles. I want to drive to the beach late at night, lie in the sand, wrapped in wool and name the stars with my dog beside me. I'll pick up my friends and we'll drive up the coast, rummaging through all the tiny second hand stores and come home smothered in garments that were too cheap to leave behind. If only.
images via girlmeetsnyc from bradford gregory

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2009-05-22T15:18:00.000-07:00

beehive photography

Alice in Wonderland.

2009-05-22T14:49:00.000-07:00

I want/need a mad hatter tea part for my birthday. All I'll need is several too many tea sets, many cupcakes and sweets, a long table and plenty chairs and decorations. Not too hard? If it weren't for exams on monday, I'd be hiring out Alice in Wonderland this very moment. Instead, I had a peep over at this fashion shoot. Internet is an amazing time waster.

lucid dreams

2009-05-18T22:43:00.000-07:00

loveology
tender letters

Garance Dore

2009-05-15T20:36:00.000-07:00

Garance Dore's Blog

Anika Lori

2009-05-12T03:28:00.000-07:00

from here

Leanne Shapton

2009-05-11T23:25:00.000-07:00

from here

liberty and what not

2009-05-11T23:13:00.000-07:00

2nd attempt at oils. It's only on a sheet of canvas so If i'm remotely happy with it in the near future, I'll have to look into framing it. I tried experimenting with paper ripped from a story book pasted beneath the paint hoping maybe to have bits of the text show through. However, thought better of that and tried to rip it all out. So then it decided to go all rough amd gross on me in the back ground. I've learnt my lesson. But in saying that, i feel like everytime i put brush to paint to canvas, I'm improving, and its nice to know that. I haven't thought of a title either. . .