Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Splash

I was glancing at Black Book Magazine's website and stumbled upon these photos by Art Director Alex Sum. I quite like them. 

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Damien Rice "Me, My Yoke, and I"

I love everything about this. There is a rather decent chance that Damien and I are soul mates. 


Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Temperley London, Resort 2009

My fast approaching semester in London might be leading me down a winding road of anglophila... Alice Temperley's collection as a whole is a bit... chaotic - something to file in "favorite outfits" not "favorite collections." Still, despite lacking a strong cohesive fibre, these resort looks are undeniably beautiful.



Monday, June 8, 2009

Anis Mojgani performs "Milos"

Nothing has ever made me feel more safe than this.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Necessities

It would be untruthful to say there are only a handful of books that have changed the way I see the world around me. Yet, it is with absolute honesty that I can say there are only a handful of books that have changed the way I think about how I see the world around me. I'm not sure where exactly it lies, but Letters to a Young Poet is without question within reach. 

In the early 1900s a young German poet sent his work to Rainer Maria Rilke, asking him for advice on how to mold himself into a writer. For the next five years, Rilke sealed his wisdom and his heart into envelopes addressed to the young poet. After Rilke's death, the letters were bound and published, leaving us to crave letters of such honesty and beauty addressed to us. 

In one of his letters, Rilke talks about the futility of a life lived without passion. With words alone, he drops us into a world that necessitates throwing every piece of ourselves into something. For the young poet, it is the desperate, unending passion for his work. For Rilke, it is making clear the power and pleasure of love. It is left to us alone to mold of head and heart passions to call our own. The subject and context are not important -- the presence of passion is indispensable:

"Believe that with your emotions and your work that you are taking part in the greatest." 

It is impossible to deny that there is something inherently entrancing about people who have conquered the manifestation of passion within themselves. So many of my brilliant and beautiful friends have found what it is that drives them, or, perhaps just as importantly, lent thought to the cognition of living passionately. I adore them. I'm addicted to every moment of conversation that comes with brightly lit eyes and words spilling faster than our mouths can organize. I want to know every heart that beats wholly with the passion that keeps it from crumbling. Please teach me your mind -- how does it work?

Metacognition is a big word for a simple idea: knowing about knowing. It's a dangerous idea -- thinking about thinking. The risk of getting lost is great, and overwhelmed greater. Still, it seems the risk carries a weight far more enticing than the safety of a mind left unexplored.  

Friday, June 5, 2009

My Little Sister and Her Screen Prints

My beautiful little sister has this unbelievable, instinctual sense for print and textile work. She's been working on some screen printing that I am totally and completely obsessed with: a few parts Andy Worhol with a dash of Rorschach ink blot. I love love love.