SOMETHING TO SAY

Browsing Art

2009-07-18T11:45:00.000-07:00

Turkish Burhan Doğançay explores torn paper. "Burhan Doğançay is Turkey's most famous living artist. The Burhan Doğançay Museum is the only modern art museum devoted to a single artist in Istanbul. He is known for his "torn paper" style of work. He worked on the Walls series from 1964-1976, creating hundreds of graffiti style works on paper and canvas."

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Howard Finster

Chinese pop artist, Wang Guangyi."Classified in China under the genre of Political Pop, Wang Guangyi’s paintings combine the ideological power of communist propaganda with the seductive allure of advertising."

More art browsing at artnet online auctions.

Dinosaur Designs

2009-07-17T07:56:00.000-07:00

These colors and shapes from Dinosaur Designs make my head want to explode in pure joy.

Michel de Broin

2009-07-16T22:18:00.000-07:00

Michel de Broin's Death Star, sculpture made from residual battery at the end of their duty via House & Home Style Intern Blog.

IF - Hollow

2009-07-16T19:53:00.000-07:00

Yeah, that's how I feel. Hollow "up there". For Illustration Friday.

Jump For Joy

2009-07-16T15:45:00.000-07:00

{Grandma post} Don't ask me why he wanted one for his birthday or why we said "yes" but we now have an enormous trampoline in the backyard. Something that M has wanted for at least 10 years. For some odd reason, just felt right to let him have it. Maybe the last summer he hangs out at home before heading off the college or working next summer. He and D put it together yesterday while B, mom, the animals and I watched on.

Bri in a box

Let the party begin

All Well In The Cosmos

2009-07-16T12:33:00.001-07:00

D and I have been on vacation this week. Mind rest. Getting my life back in shape ... cleaning, ironing, painting walls ... just hanging out at my home, talking to my son, eating whatever mom has made herself for lunch (food off her plate always taste better ... today "we" had bread, balsamic vinegar and oil, cheese, onion) and enjoying down-time. It has been really nice. Going to bed and getting up whenever I want, feels very decadent. And then there is the trampoline ... Grandma post coming soon. Stay tuned, Grandma!

A Matter of Fractals

2009-07-15T17:26:00.000-07:00

Are those fractals you're wearing? They suit you.

Sundance Stackables

2009-07-15T14:25:00.000-07:00

Crazy Eights Stack Rings and Golden glow stacking rings from Sundance.

Facing Your Wine

2009-07-15T09:28:00.000-07:00

Must tell my wine-collecting neighbor about Gut Oggau wine. They assign a person and their personality to each wine. Via the terrific City of Skies.

I love it but would hate to read my own wine "description". Maybe something like this:

"Kim Vintage 1956. A bold and arty red with a nose of sadness. Leaves a little hint of latex paint to the palate. Good paired with dark chocolate and a moonless night full of stars."

Yayoi Kusama

2009-07-14T14:39:00.000-07:00

Flowers That Bloom at Midnight by Yayoi Kusama at Gagosian Gallery .

Mary Temple

2009-07-14T10:35:00.000-07:00

Subtle shadows by Mary Temple are wonderfully sensual. Makes me want to lay down and take a nap in (under?) one. I did something very similar in M's baby room. Hand shadows painted on the wall hardly detectable. You would just catch one in the right light. I painted them while he slept in his crib with stencils and a flashlight held in my mouth. Ah, the good ole days.

Betsabee Romero

2009-07-14T09:04:00.000-07:00

If if you feeling tired, this post is for you. This fabulous work from Betsabee Romero. Carved tires that print and sheltered shadow. Via Twig & Thistle.

A Life Lost

2009-07-13T13:50:00.000-07:00

Get your tissue ready, this puts MJ's death in perspective. A Life Lost Out of the Spotlight - CBS Sunday Morning and the video.

Early Entertainment

2009-07-13T09:25:00.000-07:00

When I was 10 and up ... I watched "re-run movies" on a Saturday afternoons laying on my mom's bed. This is probably why I know films and stars from the 1930's and 1940's so well. I watched a lot of movies.

Bela Lugosi and all things Dracula (1931), "The Bride of Frankenstein" and all Frankenstein movies (1935). To make the perfect afternoon of movie-watching ... The Thin Man with William Powell and Myrna Loy, never missed one then or now. Oh, the draped evening dresses cut on the bias, cocktail hour ... I love that time captured in those movies. Of course, Charlie Chan ... the detective hero of my youth. I own the entire collection. "Bringing Up Baby", "The Philadelphia Story", "His Girl Friday" ... Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Rosalind Russell ... fast paced slap-stick in good clothes. Gene Tierney in "Laura", "Leave Her To Heaven", "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir". Classics! I have mentioned a few of my favorites here ...

So the point of this post is ... imagine my surprise when we were watching CBS Sunday Morning's segment about Doris Day and the kids said "who's that?" My response: Hello? Rock Hudson? "Pillow Talk"? "Please Don't Eat the Daisies"? "Midnight Lace"? "Calamity Jane"? They look at me with a blank stare. They have been neglected. What have I done? I realize the selection of TV movie viewing if vast compared to my afternoon entertainment. What with 100's of channels, HBO, Showtime, On Demand. And then, stations don't really show vintage films anymore. (I hope they haven't lost them). TMC still shows classics. But now are the oldies considered films from the 70's and 80's? And right after that conversation they were off the movies to see Bruno. That is a heavy disappointment to bear as a mother. ;)

And let's don't even talk about the kids missing out on cartoons. Merry Melodies "Fresh Hare" and lots of fun films found on the Internet Movie Archive. I was really looking for the old cartoons filled with singing, dancing flowers that used to grab my imagination and never let go. Remember "Hollywood Picnic" - Color Rhapsody cartoon features some of the best Hollywood personalities of the 1930's in great caricatures including Shirley Temple, John Barrymore, Laurel & Hardy, The Three Stooges, Ned Sparks, W. C. Fields, Edward Arnold, Edna Mae Oliver, Martha Raye, Joe E. Brown and many more. John K. has a fun animation blog. This incredible list of classic cartoons. Found this "Skeleton Dance" by Disney, Iwerks "Balloon Land", "Ants in the Plants". This doesn't mean I don't love cartoons of the day.

"Our Mr. Sun" was made the year I was born. Combining animation and live action, Our Mr. Sun uses a scientist-writer team to present information about the sun and its importance to humankind. The animation! Eddie Albert? A must see.

See-Through Animals

2009-07-12T13:46:00.000-07:00

National Geographic's See-Through Animals.

Saturday Night Picture Show

2009-07-12T09:28:00.000-07:00

Tara and I enjoyed some time at the Kirkland Arts Center listening to artist, bookbinder, collector, Michelle Moode talk about her inspiration and work. She choose not to call it a lecture, rather a "picture show".

I am thinking of participating in the Art House Co-op's The Sketchbook Project. Surface Gallery in Bakersfield.

Modern Quilt

2009-07-11T22:52:00.000-07:00

Don't you love this modern quilt by Erica Sage?

Eye-popping quilt fun set on flickr by a stitch in dye

Loving Moment

2009-07-11T22:11:00.000-07:00

Mom and Pixel having some quiet time together. She is a little princess! (Pixel not mom).

Night Reading

2009-07-11T08:59:00.000-07:00

Owl doing some night reading for Inspire Me Thursday. Art from a long time ago.

Thinking Outside The Box (Pot)

2009-07-11T06:01:00.000-07:00

I like the way David Fung thinks visually! New milk carton concept ... yeah! It's fabulous! It's fun. It's new. It makes me have a big grin.

Student project Artea

Honey Moon "is a promotional wine bottle that would be sent out for the first day of summer" by Lauren Golembiewski. The description makes me weepy and want to get one in the mail!

Re-thinking the matchbox, new version by Fitzsu.

Most of these incredible designs found on The dieline blog, a great place for packaging. Warning: you can spend hours on this blog. ;)

CowPots™, manure-fiber based seed starter pots, are made by American farmers for plant lovers everywhere. These earth-friendly “pots you plant” are made with biodegradable, 100% renewable composted cow manure. As seen on Martha Stewart.

Decorator Series

2009-07-10T23:28:00.000-07:00

I love sneaking a peek into someone's home and here you can ... NYSD house, the Decorator Series. See inside, details and with an interview of several designers. Delicious. At New York Social Diary.

Also found a link to LMD floral ... flowers and table settings. Two of my favorites things.

Add To Shopping Cart

2009-07-10T21:25:00.000-07:00

I love this $72,000 ring, but I really love the option to "add to cart", then "check" out your $72,000 purchase at Adlers Jewelry. "Honey, where is that Discover card?"

Bakery Nouveau

2009-07-10T17:04:00.000-07:00

Bakery Nouveau, a West Seattle Bakery serving pastry, bread, chocolate and more. My neighbor shared some of her goodies from this bakery ... tiny taste of heaven. Really!

Seven Deadly Sins

2009-07-10T09:21:00.000-07:00

Seven Deadly Sins map.

Skyscraper Museum is interesting.

BioScapes

2009-07-09T23:01:00.000-07:00

There is nothing better than looking at world really, really closely ...fish embryo, monarch butterfly wing. Olympus BioScapes 2008 winners gallery is totally worth a click through.

Spike Walker

Gerd Gunther

Erik Weilding