These photos have a great raw or grainy quality to them. The way he focuses in certain areas of the photos and not others is really great.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Beautiful Photos on Flickr
I love photography and wish one day I could learn but in the meantime, I guess I'll just have have to appreciate and enjoy. Well for your viewing pleasure I've found a great album on Flickr by tompalumbo. Here are two of my favorites from his Paris 1962 album.
Seeing Warhol
Andy Warhol is one of my favorite artists. His work is so influential in everything in the art world today. Below is a great slideshow from Interview magazine, showing how people are still infatuated not only with his work but with the persona he created. I don't think this slideshow is complete though. After seeing I Remember Heaven at the St. Louis Contemporary, featuring the works of Jim Hodges and Warhol I cannot think of one without the other. Hodges work should have been included so make sure you check out both.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Makes me sick...
Is this story from the NY Daily News what journalism is coming to? Somehow I feel like more and more journalists are judging when it is not our right to judge. Tell the story. Leave the judging to someone else. No wonder newspapers are in the crapper...
Picasso exhibit at the National Gallery in London
"Challenging the Past," a show featuring the works of Picasso is now on display at the National Galley. Oh, how I wish I could be there to see it! But there is a pretty great review and video about the artist and the goal of the exhibit by The Times. I'm glad they are starting to do videos that accompany the reviews but are not just reflecting the reviews, the one in The Times builds upon the review and asks questions about our own ideas of Picasso, who he really was, and what place he will have in art history.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Couture
The word just makes me happy. It's more about art than obsessing over unaffordable clothes. I see much more beauty in the couture collections. These collections are equisite in their construction and fabric but they are also fun exciting because some designers choose to create upon outlandish themes. These designers are established but they have an actual vision and a dedication that fashion isn't just about the clothes. Here are some photos of my favorite looks from the Spring 2009 Couture collections.
(courtesy of Style.com)
Valentino
Valentino
Christian Dior
Christian Dior
Elie Saab
Elie Saab
Christian Lacroix
Armani PrivéInterview magazine
Interview is probably my favorite magazine. Fabian Baron and Glenn O'Brien as the editorial directors having been doing some amazing stuff. At least the magazine is actually interesting I don't have to see the dame photo shoots over and over again. Check out this video which not only features Mary-Kate Olsen but the music is from the Ting Tings (one of my current obsessions).
Monday, February 23, 2009
Oscar fashion
I will admit that while I love movies and especially like seeing some of the more "independent" (if that word can even be used anymore) films get attention on Oscar night; what I really love about awards season are the dresses. Sorry guys, but you all look the same. Except for maybe Mickey Rourke, but I'd rather not even talk about that disaster from last night. So here's my thoughts on a few of the overdone, the underdone and the beautiful.
(photos courtesy of Yahoo!)
(photos courtesy of Yahoo!)
Okay, let's just get the worst over with. Beyonce, you may be bootylicious but this dress makes you look like a stiff barbie doll. Haven't you made enough money where you can stop having your mother make your clothes? Seriously... Forget the glitter and the bedazzler.
My favorite of the night. While not the most exciting dress that has been worn to the Oscar's it looked lovely on Kate Winslet, a personal favorite of mine. I think the color alone on her was fierce!
I thought Anne looked stunning. With her delicate sparkeling dress, ivory skin and dark hair, she looked amazing. Another one of my favorite actresses; I can't wait to see Rachel Getting Married. Anyone notice that she looked very thin and her eyes had bags underneath them? I'm worried crazy, stealing millionaire ex-boyfriend may be putting a strain on our little princess...
Miley, Miley, Miley... Didn't you just turn 16? This dress makes you look like a 12 year old playing dress up. Wear something fun and young next time. Oh and where's Billy Ray? I thought he went everywhere with you?
Amy Adams was stunning as usual and I loved the necklace and detailing on the bodice. What else is there to say. She's adorable!
I have no words... Actually, I do. Did she have one of her "proteges" from Project Runway cut this dress? And while she has a great body, does she ever wear a dress that covers her thighs? I think you know the answer...
SJP, i love ya girl but were you trying to get your boobs to be the size of your puffy skirt? I couldn't even pay attention to her face because it was so close to her chest.
And best dressed goes to...
Wall-E!
Cause he's just cute in anything!
Miley, Miley, Miley... Didn't you just turn 16? This dress makes you look like a 12 year old playing dress up. Wear something fun and young next time. Oh and where's Billy Ray? I thought he went everywhere with you?
Amy Adams was stunning as usual and I loved the necklace and detailing on the bodice. What else is there to say. She's adorable!
I have no words... Actually, I do. Did she have one of her "proteges" from Project Runway cut this dress? And while she has a great body, does she ever wear a dress that covers her thighs? I think you know the answer...
SJP, i love ya girl but were you trying to get your boobs to be the size of your puffy skirt? I couldn't even pay attention to her face because it was so close to her chest. And best dressed goes to...
Wall-E!
Cause he's just cute in anything!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Friendships
I ran into some friends that I went to high school with the other night and it got me thinking about how some people say you grow closer to people as you grow older, I'm feeling somewhat the opposite.
These girls I saw were my best friends at one point in my life. We were in a couple of classes together. Our senior year we were hall runners and spent more time passing notes to our friends in each class than we did organizing and helping out in the school office. We cheered together. Our boyfriends were friends. We spent every moment either on the phone or together. We were inseparable in so many ways. On top of this we were both going through a lot of our "firsts" together. Our first love. Our first heartbreak. Our first move away from home. Our first real fights with people; people who actually did things to hurt us, not in the she said "What?" way.
When I saw my friend and we barely spoke, the awkward silence that we had showed up at the same movie and neither had invited the other, I was really sad. I'm not sure that as we grow up our friendships grow stronger. I feel like mine are all falling apart. I've become more coarse; less forgiving. It's harder for me to make friendships than it once was. I'm more independent and more likely to depend on myself for support because so many friends have let me down.
So while I've maintained some really true and great friendships, I still miss the time when I was so open with others. So ready to tell them everything. So consumed with connecting with another person. It seems that as we get older we become more closed off, more wary of someone's motives and words. We become so much harder to love because we are so closed off from love and friendship.
This may not be true for everyone. But I'm sure you can agree that growing up is not as promising as you thought it would be.
These girls I saw were my best friends at one point in my life. We were in a couple of classes together. Our senior year we were hall runners and spent more time passing notes to our friends in each class than we did organizing and helping out in the school office. We cheered together. Our boyfriends were friends. We spent every moment either on the phone or together. We were inseparable in so many ways. On top of this we were both going through a lot of our "firsts" together. Our first love. Our first heartbreak. Our first move away from home. Our first real fights with people; people who actually did things to hurt us, not in the she said "What?" way.
When I saw my friend and we barely spoke, the awkward silence that we had showed up at the same movie and neither had invited the other, I was really sad. I'm not sure that as we grow up our friendships grow stronger. I feel like mine are all falling apart. I've become more coarse; less forgiving. It's harder for me to make friendships than it once was. I'm more independent and more likely to depend on myself for support because so many friends have let me down.
So while I've maintained some really true and great friendships, I still miss the time when I was so open with others. So ready to tell them everything. So consumed with connecting with another person. It seems that as we get older we become more closed off, more wary of someone's motives and words. We become so much harder to love because we are so closed off from love and friendship.
This may not be true for everyone. But I'm sure you can agree that growing up is not as promising as you thought it would be.
Archived Magazines!
Read this article on Google archiving back issues of magazines. One day soon I might be able to go through an old issue of Vogue on my laptop? So exciting!
Publish2: Any thoughts?
Publish2 is an interesting concept. By bringing together newsrooms, social network bookmarking and reviews by accredited journalists, newsrooms can collaborate with each other and even social networkers. It's been out for a while and I haven't heard much about it. Anyone know using this service or find it interesting? Check it out...
Friday, February 13, 2009
Inspiration
I've been needing a little inspiration in my life. You know... Seize the day and all that crap. I've been feeling that things didn't turn out like I thought they would. Maybe I had grand illusions or delusions but either way I've been trying to motivate myself to appreciate the things I have and what I've accomplished since graduating.
Well, my dad sent me this quote this morning, knowing how I've been feeling.
"Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once."
Julius Caesar (II, ii, 32-37)
Is it bad that I had to ask my dad if I was Caesar?
I think i need a new quote.... Anybody got one?
Well, my dad sent me this quote this morning, knowing how I've been feeling.
"Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once."
Julius Caesar (II, ii, 32-37)
Is it bad that I had to ask my dad if I was Caesar?
I think i need a new quote.... Anybody got one?
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Another one...
I know I keep posting these videos and not really writing anything but it has just been one of those days. This is a hilarious clip of Juanquin Phoenix on Jay Leno. Seriously... I love him but there is something wrong with him. And hip hop? Can't wait.
Social Networking in the '90s
Very funny article on social media in the 1990s. Look how much we've grown! Ahh!
Obama...
This is not a post about whether I support Obama or not but more about how the media's love affair with him is now starting to make me sick. At least someone is making fun of him now.... Still Bush was a lot easier target.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
New Design...
To tell you frankly, my life has been a mess the last few months. With moving back into my parents house, 3 new jobs, 4 bosses, more family and high school friend time than I know how to handle, I’ve become a mess of a person. Which is completely unacceptable in my world. I was raised by a CPA who organizes my family’s life into neatly labeled manila envelops. I seemed to have inherited some of these tendencies. Although my obsession leans more in having an enormous planner. So with the redesign of my website and my blog, I'm hoping to renovate and energize my life... hopefully.
I’m taking control and hopefully things will be better. Until then, I’ll just try to stay afloat…
You need this information if you're a freelancer
This is a great resource i stumbled upon today that outlines resources for us freelancers. It's sometimes difficult when you feel your on your own and especially hard to keep your work life and your personal life separate. Check out The 100 Tools Freelancers Can't Live Without.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
The lost art of journals
I've been thinking lately about this blogging business and how I should use it. It seems that everyone has a blog and I felt like I should also as a writer and a person who is working at her current job as a social networking/ new media "expert". I also was yearning for a chance to write since I wasn't able to find a job at a magazine or newspaper and if you're a writer you know you have the feeling to express yourself in written words, whether they are beautiful, ugly, or like mine... merely simple. The problem I've found with this forum is my inability to approach the computer and type out what I thought. I do have a point even though this may not seem like it is making sense.
I've always kept some sort of a journal. Whether is be just random bits of poetry, angry lashings, writing down the day-to-day occurences, I've always loved going to a piece of paper to write things down. I've tried numerous times to start a journal on my computer but soon fell away from it.
What is the point of writing down your passionate feelings at that moment in time if you can spell check the damn thing?
I loved the feeling of going through an old box and finding a small notebook filled with the naive, but heartfelt thoughts of a young girl and re-reading over all the things in life that were so important to me then. Or, when I would have a sleepless night and go to my journal with hateful and sad thoughts on a breakup. I would inevitably find the entries where this boy was the most wonderful person in my life, and feeling angry I would tear apart the words I had written and throw them away. On this blog forum I could no less write those hateful words, seeing them form with each touch of the keyboard, nor would the feeling of pressing the delete key provide as much satisfaction.
I'm not saying I don't love the blogging idea. Of sharing with others your ideas and connecting with others you would have never otherwise. I just wonder if by people using the blog form as their 'journal', we are just creating another generation of writers who censor their thoughts and emotions for the sake of the web.
I love reading the journals of great writers, where you can see them forming their ideas, their style, and their real lives are shown. 50 years from now are we going to be reading the past blogs of writers? Maybe its a romantic idea in an age where everything and everyone is digital. But I love finding a favorite book and as I flip thorugh the pages, a love note from a high school boyfriend or a movie stub falls out and I remeber the time period I first fell in love with the boyfriend and the book. I can't even imagine reading Wuthering Heights on a kindle (I think that is what it is called). There are some things that I feel are being lost in this digital world and I'm not sure I'm ready to let go.
I've always kept some sort of a journal. Whether is be just random bits of poetry, angry lashings, writing down the day-to-day occurences, I've always loved going to a piece of paper to write things down. I've tried numerous times to start a journal on my computer but soon fell away from it.
What is the point of writing down your passionate feelings at that moment in time if you can spell check the damn thing?
I loved the feeling of going through an old box and finding a small notebook filled with the naive, but heartfelt thoughts of a young girl and re-reading over all the things in life that were so important to me then. Or, when I would have a sleepless night and go to my journal with hateful and sad thoughts on a breakup. I would inevitably find the entries where this boy was the most wonderful person in my life, and feeling angry I would tear apart the words I had written and throw them away. On this blog forum I could no less write those hateful words, seeing them form with each touch of the keyboard, nor would the feeling of pressing the delete key provide as much satisfaction.
I'm not saying I don't love the blogging idea. Of sharing with others your ideas and connecting with others you would have never otherwise. I just wonder if by people using the blog form as their 'journal', we are just creating another generation of writers who censor their thoughts and emotions for the sake of the web.
I love reading the journals of great writers, where you can see them forming their ideas, their style, and their real lives are shown. 50 years from now are we going to be reading the past blogs of writers? Maybe its a romantic idea in an age where everything and everyone is digital. But I love finding a favorite book and as I flip thorugh the pages, a love note from a high school boyfriend or a movie stub falls out and I remeber the time period I first fell in love with the boyfriend and the book. I can't even imagine reading Wuthering Heights on a kindle (I think that is what it is called). There are some things that I feel are being lost in this digital world and I'm not sure I'm ready to let go.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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