Photo: Amber Gray

Amazing, fairytale-like drama. Incredible eye... Haunting and gorgeous.



please click here to go her site

Le Sigh: Christophe Galfard...continued...

Videos... the first one is my favorite.

Christophe Galfard
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What a charmer. Of course I don't speak French.

THe second clip is more recent. For some reason, he strikes me as a touch awkward on camera... but it's Christophe Galfard, so what else needs to be said?

Christophe Galfard "Le Prince des Nuages"
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On an extremely shallow note, it is GOOD that we have men this handsome in science. There need to be more!

Art Art Art: Jenny Hart

She is amazing. I'll never look at embroidery the same again.

Junko -2002

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Check Out: Jemal Wright

Just in case you didn't have EVERYTHING in life, you can have a crystal studded commode.



WHY THE FUCK NOT?!

Click here to access this fabulous touch of drama to your bathroom

Fashion: Gareth Pugh

A new favorite designer, Gareth Pugh.
I drooled over the shoes.



Click here for more, but more effectively, google him.. the links are better than his website.

Music: Holy Fuck

Holy fuck, indeed! This is "Lovely Allen"

Film: Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Terry Gilliam has always been hit or miss with me-- here's hoping for a hit. Looks incredibly intriguing!


Also, this was Heath Ledger's last (unfinished) film.

Here is the trailer---It's very pre-production, but it looks like it has great potential:

Photographers: Abandoned Japanese Amusement Park

For anyone who was a fan of Spirited Away, this may feel strongly familiar. It's a great site-- the photographer tends towards abandoned sites like this amusement park.


It's all in Japanese, and you only need see the images, but I WISH I had the photographer's name.


Click here to go to the link!

Something extra... how freaky and amazing is this shot of a statued Gulliver?

Animation: Mary Blair

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

A great link that I found with some images of the great Mary Blair's work. If you have ever been to Disneyland (the one in California) and have seen the It's A Small World ride, you've experienced some her great imagination as she had a great hand in designing this experience...

Ideas for character and costume design of Cinderella (1950)

Click here to go to the link!

Please click here to go to Cartoon Brew - a GREAT resource for retro 50's style animation-- one of the best and most beautiful phases of the art form....

Yum: Siggi's

Like eating a rich dessert... but not too sweet. Really good!

Click here to go to Siggi's

Check Out: Barbie!

This bitch gets everything!!!!

The new Barbie Store in Shanghai is here... and look at this staircase! Three stories tall with 800 dolls encased.

I never get too old for her.

Check out more here: Barbie Shanghai Store

Check Out: Alice in Wonderland

Ethereal, tenderly executed taste in fashion and style, I love Alice Saga and her eye.


Click here to go to Alice in Wonderland

Retro: Olivia Newton John

"Magic" from 1980. SHe was absolutely ADORABLE!

art art art: Will Cotton

Sweet, surreal,spooky...

Alpine Ruin -2008

Eutopia - 2008
Candy Curls - 2003

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Le Sigh: Parisian Guy

I love. And the shoes, the shoes....

The Sartorialist

True Blood: Ad Campaign

Damn.

Excuse My Cuteness! : Baby wolf & mom

Baby wolf cub playing with his mother.

Photo: Alin Dragulin

Photography appreciation is something that is starting to develop on my life's horizon.



Here is Alin Dragulin-- Romanian-born and living in Portland.. amazing eye and subjects.



Click here to go to his site

art art art: Carter Hodgkin

(Whatchamacallum- 2008)

Some time ago, on a dusky eve in SoHo, I found myself mesmerized in front of a shop's window, watching a ceiling of twinkling little lights changing color againsta a black surface. Once again, I find myself mesmerized, but by the still works Carter Hodgkin's Electromagnetic Series.

(Electromagnetic Circles-2007)

Her spirited work is reminiscent of physics and science studies for me, with the Lite-Brites feel. I could stare at her work and see galaxies. I could stare and see elegant women moving gracefully. I could just stare at this all day....while listening to the Devils. (Dark Equation 2 - 2009)
(Dark Equation 2 - 2009)

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Comment: Erin Featherston's pants

I can't quite figure myself out on this one. On one hand I really really love those pants.. they remind me of Crystal Barbie when I was in 5th grade and anything that shines I have an inherent weakness for. Opalescence? Forget, I'm all over it. Of course, I want to try them on.. but, there's where reality kicks in.

The IDEA of the pants is amazing. I love the outfit.. but something... SOMETHING.. just seems off on it, and I have to pass...

Music: Hot Chip

"Ready for the Floor" V. cool video, fun fun concept. Love the yellow paint splashed on the hidden bodies.

art art art: Jen Corace

Airplane
Tub Monster

Jen Corace's work reminds me of the vintage animation work created by Winsor McKay-- sort of if Gertie the Dinosaur met Marc Jacobs.

Click here to go to Jen Corace's website

Music: The Flying Horses

I know nothing about this band, except that they are from Japan and I really love their cover of Paul McCartney's "Take it Away."

Click here to see more of The Flying Horses!

Le Sigh: Another Christophe Galfard pic!!

Oh, to be the scarf draped around his shoulders...

This is the gorgeous gravitational physics guy Galfard, and the lovely (and lucky ) lady in the pic is Stephen Hawking's daughter, Lucy.

Thanks to Lindsay

Check Out: The Great Gatsby

Last winter, I began revisiting some of my assigned high school readings. I came back to the Great Gatsby, and just want to remind everyone how incredibly touching this book is. I think if F. Scott Fitzgerald were alive today, he could be a film director.

Gatsby is just the saddest character ever.

art art art: Kathie Olivas

I've been looking at Kathie Olivas' work on and off for the last couple of years...It suits my darker moods (obviously) and admittedly, I can only take so much of it. However, I've never been able to NOT check in and see what's new. Do I need a psychiatrist?



Click here for Kathie Olivas' site

Animation: French Animation

I'm not sure who this is by, but I fund it googling "French animation"... wonderful, non?

I need to take French lessons this summer. Gah...

Design: Silverair

Insanely beautiful combo of art, science and design.



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art art art: Barnaby Barford

Normally I'm not one for guns, but this ain't your grandma's Precious Moments collection, either...Love this work.



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Music: Depeche Mode

I've missed Depeche Mode. Ever since Alan Wilder left the band, I thought I could notwholly embrace them again. THis video gives me hope for the new album.



Depeche Mode's "Wrong"