I was feeling a bit down yesterday afternoon so I took a lovely walk in the sunshine to Crixa Cakes. It’s one of the very strong benefits of my neighborhood (along with Ici, Tail of the Yak, & Ital Calabash) & a cozy place to sit and draw. To be honest, the walk itself cheered [...]
January 31, 2009
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January 30, 2009
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1. Aspen ~ A multimedia magazine of the arts published by Phyllis Johnson from 1965 to 1971. Each issue came in a customized box filled with booklets, phonograph recordings, posters, postcards — one issue even included a spool of Super-8 movie film. Be sure to read Letters from Vali in no. 9. 2. Annie Besant ~ fought [...]
January 23, 2009
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Growing up in Vermont meant summer at Bread & Puppet’s Domestic Resurrection Circus. It was an important part of the formative years of my life, visually, politically, and socially. I was exposed to communal camping, food, working together, art on a scale I hadn’t imagined before, and life life life. We’d camp all weekend, bring [...]
January 22, 2009
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I love coming across groundbreaking female artists from the past, it’s so refreshing and inspiring! By 1921 Madame Yevonde had become a well-known and respected portrait photographer. In the early 1930s, Yevonde began experimenting with colour photography. The introduction of colour photography was not universally popular; indeed photographers and public alike were so used to black-and-white [...]
January 21, 2009
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I spent the long weekend in San Diego, as my mother is there for a month taking care of her parents. For me, being around family is surreal – we are not “family people” inherently, and witnessing behaviours and being around this curious tribe that looks like you and acts like you is strange but [...]
January 19, 2009
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I’ve already posted my love of handmade houses, and so many of them are made of salvage. While the cabin I’m building does have some new materials for warmth, I am using all salvaged windows and doors, and any fabulous elements I find. Aurora pointed me to these amazing photos of the home of art director [...]
January 16, 2009
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I’ve been thinking so much about medicine wheels lately, my hands are itching to make one, to head to the beach for driftwood & magic. One of my favorite things found in Vermont over the holidays is this handmade pouch, hand embroidered probably 100 years ago with this medicine wheel. It tingles with magic when you [...]
January 16, 2009
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I’ve been listening to the “Hair” soundtrack incessantly for the last week, it’s just so uplifting and danceable and captures the late 60s wildness in such a fun, campy way. I keep thinking about the Cockettes (when am I not?) I think being in SF made us all obsessed with them, wishing for cheap Victorians [...]
January 15, 2009
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Recent thrifted finds! 1940’s enamel leaf tray, 70’s saddle inspired bag 70’s clogs 80’s bag (new daily bag), 80’s suede boots How could I pass this up? 80’s boots from Kevin’s mom!, 80’s bag Share/Save
January 15, 2009
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Some seriousness as a break from the pretty! Friday I went with Mary Ann to Pegasus Books, because sometimes on a Friday night the nicest thing to do is to sit in a cozy bookshop with a good friend and read snippets of things to each other. I picked up the newest doris 26, which [...]
