12 October 2012


Alaska 1965: In Praise of big Country from here via oldchum

Inuit Tales...


WHEN THE RAVENS COULD SPEAK

ONCE, long ago, there was a time when the ravens could talk.
 But the strange thing about the ravens' speech was that their words had the opposite meaning. When they wanted to thank any one, they used words of abuse, and thus always said the reverse of what they meant.
 But as they were thus so full of lies, there came one day an old man, and by magic means took away their power of speech. And since that time the ravens can do no more than shriek.
 But the ravens' nature has not changed, and to this day they are an ill-tempered, lying, thieving lot.

11 October 2012






















artist unknown (Port Harrison), Miki (Whale Cove), Kavik (Rankin Inlet)
T
he Eskimo Art Collection of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, no date
Found via stoppingoffplace


Kiki Smith: Behold


Kiki Smith has a solo exhibition at the Timothy Taylor Gallery from 11th - 17th October. Excited? Me? YESSSSSSS!

October 10

Now constantly there is the sound,
quieter than rain,
of the leaves falling.

Under their loosening bright gold,
the sycamore limbs
bleach whiter.

Now the only flowers are beeweed and aster,
spray of their white and lavender
over the brown leaves.

The calling of a crow sounds
loud—a landmark—now
that the life of summer falls silent,
and the nights grow.

--Wendell Berry

Found via evencleveland

10 October 2012






















For Emma.
Screen print wallpaper from here





















HAHA.
It happens....
found here

9 October 2012

Solange!

Solange Knowles knows how to dress. I think i'm a little bit in love with her. blush.




























I love sketch books.
images from here and here.

6 October 2012


from here

1. Origami Unicorn by Origami Roman 2.Nano Origami by Anja Markiewicz both found via found via Anothermag

5 October 2012

Origami Jewellery


From boticca
“Gathering is peculiar, because you see nothing but what you're looking for. If you're picking raspberries, you see only what's red, and if you're looking for bones you see only the white. No matter where you go, the only thing you see is bones.”
 
--Tove Jansson,

4 October 2012

1 October 2012

863.

That Distance was between Us

That is not of Mile or Main —
The Will it is that situates —
Equator — never can —


--Emily Dickinson 

Image from Ffffound.

via iswasandwillbe

27 September 2012


Nancy Reagan on Mr. T’s Lap, 1983.
All the best things happened in 1983.

Source retronaut

The Topkapi Scroll



The Topkapi Scroll, a fifteenth century Timurid pattern book, is one of the few surviving documents to shed light on the conceptualization, theory, and practice of design in the pre-modern Islamic world.
Be clean, work hard, be healthy, be happy, be free.

--Patti Smith.