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You have to watch a friend of mine's work. Her name in Siba Sahabi and the latest works of her are all made in paper. She made ceramic in paper. Impressive work, the material and the work which has been put into the making of it, a fragile feeling like the one you get from very thin ceramic.http://www.sibasahabi.com/
- "What a beautiful film!" -"It is so beautifully shot!" -"Everything is so well done!" My friend kept whispering to me during the movie 'A single man' by Tom Ford. I think everyone in the cinema heard and probably agreed. It is a very beautiful film. With a strong story which captures you from the very start and keeps you in this tight story. It is plays out during just one day, though memories keeps moving us back and forth in time. It is a beautiful portray of a man who begins with telling us about himself "It takes time in the morning for me to become George, time to adjust to what is expected of George and how he is to behave. By the time I have dressed and put the final layer of polish on the now slightly stiff but quite perfect George I know fully what part I'm suppose to play." It paints a portray of a heartbroken man, wrapped in sorrow unable to see the world around him and the people trying to reach in to him. It is capturing and recognizable in its feelings. We might not all have lost a lover to death, but we can all feel with the terror of losing someone loved and we can recognize the feeling of depression when we see it in Colin Firth's George. The only thing bringing me slightly out of the story is a part played against Julianne Moore. She is perfect in her role, but did we really need this part of the story? It is the only time when Colin Firth's George takes a step out of his character's cloud of depression and to me it doesn't fit. It is something to do with the connections between the two actors which doesn't feel 'right'. What is is? Well maybe they are just both too good and they cancel each other out. I just don't believe in their dinner scene.
One very interesting feature Ford makes is a very nice work with the colors of the film. It goes from light grayish polish over everything in George's life including himself, to Kodak chrome colors in the vividness of the world around. Not doing the old trick with different colors of memories and the now, but playing with it to fit the mood of George. It is a strong part in the telling of the story.
The film is so well made and tight, with so many memorable quotes in it, together with great actors performances and beautiful sets which makes it a joy to watch.To leave you with another great quote which captures the essence of the movie "For the first time in my life I can't see my future. Everyday goes by in a haze, but today I have decided will be different."If you want to read the plot or more about the film here is the IMdb link.
www.terringphoto.com - Nice photography. Not pretentious our conceptual, just straight up good, interesting photos.
Photo belongs to Björn Terring and is from his blog.
Woo woo woo, super cute! What to say about a purse in the form of a old school letter? It feels like leather and have everything not printed but sown on to it, as the 'Air Mail' sign and the 'address' (save your pennies 4a rainy day). It is produced by disaster design and you can find more super cute and many 'too much cute' on their sales site temptationgifts.com. I fell for the letter of course as I'm weak for all things referring to old school things in a new form - especially in the form of purses, letters, books or pens...
temptationgifts.com
If you are interested in painting, you should keep an eye on Jim Harris. His work is outstanding when it comes both to technique as well as the virtuosity of his use of the medium. He is a painter and he is good. Please look at his work at: http://www.jimharris.nl/
Oh, and know that his last paintings are painted in the 'Oude Kerk', the oldest church in Amsterdam. Were amongst others the wife of Rembrandt, Saskia, is buried. One of his paintings is now made into poster which can be bought at the church, at the Amsterdam History Museum or I guess you can contact Jim him self for a copy. His address you can find on his site together with all his work.
The letters of Vincent van Gogh have been published on the site www.vangoghletters.org . Amazing to read and amazing that all the letters are put up at this site.This will take many of my free hours to read. I was going to buy the letters in book form, which is a beautiful crafted series of books, but to have it on the web with hyperlinks, translation, footnotes and illustrations is, again, amazing. The letters are a part of our cultural heritage and I'm glad that they are viewed that way, so that anyone can access them. They contains Vincents thoughts about life and most of all his and other artists work. I personally enjoy the references to the places I know, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Brussels, Winschoten(!) and many more. I love the thought that Vincent once walked the same streets which I walk today. And I love to find out his views on art. The site is very well designed. It makes perfect use of the medium with an easy to use interactive design. This is for anyone who is interested in history, Vincent as a person and the mind of a great artist.
Enjoy all the hours of reading!
www.vangoghletters.org
A favorite magazine of mine, for many years now, is Found Magazine. It satisfies my every need of imagery. I can spend many hours browsing through their archive of found notes and pictures. It amuses me tremendously to read and imagine were these notes comes from and who or were the photos were taken. It is a view in to other peoples life's, far away or maybe very close to mine. Could it be my neighbor who lost some of those notes or who's photo were found lying on the street? The notes often contains so strange and contradicting messages which makes my mind buzz from all the stories it makes up of who the writer is or who the receiver might have been. Then were it's been left and if the intended receiver really got the note or the content of the message. So if you have some hours to spend or just want a laugh quick-fix go to Found Magazine and see 'the find of the day'!
Both images in this post comes from Found Magazine.
How much can you love just one brand? It is hard to admit that I love most things Muji makes. OK, far from all, but a too big % for me to feel comfy with myself as a consumer. I don't, generally speaking, want to buy to many things. Not to clog my life with or my apartment, or give an inch to the growing mountain of garbage. I say no to all bags at department stores, try to buy products without wrappings and not buying products which I know takes a big toe on the environment; are some things I try to think of, but the world will have to live with all the notes I've made on numerous of pages in far to many notebooks...And as I get in to Muji, the temptation for a new notebook or just a small little pencil is too big.This time I notices the very nice notebook with a zipper bag as a cover. I want to use it immediately to organize myself. To write up my thoughts and save extremely 'important' pieces of paper, which I can tuck in to that little zipper. It feels like my life will finely be in order. ( I have not started using this yet, but when I do, this will definitely happen).The second thing I want to tell you about is their beautiful pen. They have several, but this one is a new variety on the old bic-pen. (which is a beautiful thing in it self as well). This pen has 5 colors to change in between, with a click. The colors are well composed, all of them are in light pastel colors instead of the four classic (blue, red, green, black) the colors are black, blue, light blue, red, pink and orange. The color mix is very attractive as well as the design of the pen. Made in see-through plastic where you can see the colors and the functionality, makes it both fresh and childhood-remembrance-attractive.
I have located the Muji stores in Berlin, Barcelona, United states and in Stockholm you can find them inside the store of Åhlens. For more places and the online shop.
'Third Drawer Down'. What a brilliant name and after examining the site, what nice products! Artifart all the way. Several products of the very funny David Shrigley. His salt and pepper shakers 'Heroin & Cocain' are sublime! And his greeting cards make me laugh so much. His simple messages shows just how important ideas are in creation of just anything.Third Drawer Down are collaborating with established and emerging artists and produce limited edition textiles, objects and stationary items.Other artists work reprecented by Third Draw Down are for ex.: Miranda July, Chicks on Speed, David Bromley, Jason Polan, Ed Ruscha, Duchamp, Koons and many more. They are situated in Melbourne, Australia and I guess anyone with their ways past would enjoy a stop by at their store at 93 George Street, Fitzroy Victoria(if you look up this street, there are so many art related institutions and shops that it seems to really be a place to visit!). All we others can visit their website and drool over the things we almost can afford.
(the images are from third drawer down website)
" I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."
"The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation."John Cage 
John Cage composer, writer, philosopher and artist have said "I have nothing to say, and I am saying it, and that is poetry as I know it". This is just one of his most famous observations and that along with many more are collected in a pocket diary for 2010. Trivial facts from Cage's life and his excellent quotes are put into a dairy form. Very nice to use and to read his quotes/thoughts on a daily basis and a good introduction to him and his work. I found it in a book store, but you can order it of the internet.
"The daily warmth we experience is not transmitted by sun to earth but is what earth does in response to sun."
