the surfer's journal

I learn so much from friends


I admire their
passion / POV


I carefully study their technique,
approach to subject matter,
visual communication


Tyler Manson,
a friend and filmmaker
has influenced my awareness
of composition and storytelling
in the film format


quiet, minimal, intimate




even for the
non-surfer, you find
yourself wanting to listen


I have learned that
like architecture, surfing
is an art and science


its about design,
proportions relative
to nature and the zen
of letting it all go to
catch the wave


1. Terry Martin
2. Dan Malloy & Dane Reynolds
3. Richard Kenvin

an american detour

leitchen is to tree as
drama is to architecture



I think my 10th grade science
teacher called this relationship:


mutualistic-symbiosis


when two different organisms
can't live without the other.


3 episodes of such


1. scaling the eiffel tower
in rené clair's paris qui dort

2. classical symmetry in
last year in marienbad

3. a Christ statue
carried via helicopter
over st peters in
la dolce vita

at the same time,
daring and imaginative
unprecedented

sabrina bignami
casa orlandi

in praise of

theatre, irony,
homage, surreality
in interior spaces

do you see where I'm going with this...

I'm still hung up on europe.

the light, the composition of space.
the paring of materials, proportions,
the subconscious nod to history.

why do I make such
blanket, broad, vague

ambiguous statements?

1. i'm inarticulate
2. i'm changing


I'm unable to
express a new shift
in my aesthetic.


what once was boring
to me has suddenly become
illuminating, enlightening
my greatest muse yet!


has this ever happened to you?


I'm embarrassed to say
that I have built a building
without a foundation.


in school,
i slept through all of
classical european art and
awoke for 20th century
architecture.


I must relearn the abc's
remix my palette, change
my tennis grip, etc. ha!


I need your help


share with me
1 thing i should know
about the early days of art.


...an artist, a painting
an event, a town, a method,
that you think is invaluable to
the history art and the way we
perceive the world today...


top: francois halard
bottom images via mozart

it's beautiful here, isn't it...




luigi ghirri

there is something about european art.


ah!
can you help
me pin point it?


I have this feeling
that we americans,
never quite get it.
or achieve it


even when we try.

the following posts
will share a common thread


rome
carl jung
guy maddin
federico fellini
isabella rosselini


mid-century is overplayed.
I would like to see more surreal,
classical, dare i say, baroque interiors?

(ouch, i just bit my tongue)


ah, what the hell!

give me history
irony, passion,
cinema!


dare to be honest

belarusian towels




all kinds of wood stacks
over at the fat of the land

jeanne moreau

1. when she paces the
streets to miles davis in
l'ascenseur pour l'échafaud

2. dresses in ultra victorian
and masculine wear
in jules et jim.

3. and sings

the amazing technicolor dreamcoat

gravel & gold


when I return to the bay
it's a necessity to visit the gold girls.
Lisa, Cassie and Nile represent
everything I love about SF


humble
warm, funky
generous


from my mother's stories,

gravel & gold makes me think
of the first hippie dress shops
in mill valley, sausalito
haight ashbury


imagine,
augustin lesage
and the mamas of
the papas opening
a store together


no new age hippie garb here.
they have an incredibly sophisticated
sensibility for local craft, vintage
textiles, and striped shirts


stop by
say hi

the spice islands





pronounced memories
of taste, touch, smell, sight


thinking of the days
when i was a little
one in indonesia


sticky skin
sticky pink rice
sticky rainforest


nutmeg
tea tree oil
mosquito nets


and palms were
used as unbrellas


and you?


taste, touch & smell
of childhood...



artist: jessica williams
hemp net: asakaya

pared down elegance

mats gustafson


like the salty taste
of holy water


humble yet sacred


so they say...
water was made into wine.


not the reverse

a crime scene of food

kathryn almanas

just got home


the wedding was epic

i'll give you an update
once I get some sleep

a dress story

when i was 18
my mother's friend, lusia,
from Milan, gave me the first
dress she ever made.


an original
liberty print.
1972.


luisa is now a big
designer so it means
a lot to be the sole owner
of this incredible piece.


although, i've never worn it.
maybe because I was saving
it for an occasion like this.


I like to stick my hands
in its deep pockets


so bohemian


ps: I would share more pics
but I know some of you
will be at the wedding!

jens reinert

sorry for being so absent


i'm in ojai for
my sister's wedding


this whole week is a lot like
that movie rachel getting married.
lots of good friends, musicians, mattson 2
a continuous wedding celebration!


ps: i've never felt like a new yorker until now.
i'm sure I stick out like a sore thumb
around all these pure blood
california surfer folks


like woody allen
visiting annie hall
in los angeles.

driving down to ojai today




not sure if I
will have internet
down there.


iris bodemer

point - never





Issue 00

32p stitched
b&w on salmon pink
First Edition. Edition of 50.
Published by Point Never Press






Ryan Heywood, John Isaac,
Mark Warren Jacques, Alex Kopps,
Josh Lazcano, Richard Sarson, Nicholas Venaglia
In California Being Young Is Everything
by Michael Fordham

sometimes you just need to cut
the surfer out of the wave

and add more water

1. a gift from a talented friend
Marialidia Marcotulli

2. mom's succulent
3. a mushroom

an artist's statement

sluice, 2009
kate mccguire


ps: ivy style

the color of
anna karina's
sweater




1. kobenstyle pitcher
2. james p. williams
3. saint james

great lengths

1. simon watson
2. chanel couture 1998
3. john clang via but does it float

tom stoppard's

traveling bookcase

If I could do kindergarten
all over again

monokraft


do you see the connection?

take a deep breath


ph: ann weathersby

there are setbacks

but there is always
a road ahead



clear or murky
paved or unpaved

take it easy
this weekend


i'll be reading your poetry

and away it went

wubet

i have 1 and 2
but not 3!


do you have
an extra copy of
Apartamento 3!?


i think it's sold out

;(

are you experienced?

if not.
these 2 things will
blow your mind


augustin lesage

but does it float


experienced?
or was it a let down

agnes martin

together wing to wing and oar to oar


a line from
"The Master Speed"
by robert frost

make your own bed skirt
and forget to cut off
the loose fringe

Carouschka's
home in sweden

ph: martin löf

PS:

I want to read a poem
for my sister's wedding

I'm looking for something real.
not necessarily about love.

something quiet.
on nature, life, water
I don't know.
simple.



any ideas?

I think we need something

bright to cheer ourselves up

matt connors

via here


I'm thinking red

heidi merrick

vanguard journalism

Something has been on my mind
for the past couple of months

our dear friend's

Laura Ling & Euna Lee
have been detained in
North Korea since march,
and they face trial
June 4

as you may know,
we have no diplomatic
relations with N. Korea

it seems like yesterday
we're all having dinner in nyc,
sharing adventures...
celebrating.

gosh we miss
them terribly and
we already feel a
great void in
journalism


tonight
and every night
until they are free,
light a candle with us
or in private


San Francisco Vigil
steps of city hall
wed. June 3
6PM

just the kind of direction

i need these days


i'll go with
lamp


Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

jute and canvas



if i were to give up
all my shoes...


I would be content
with just 1 pair of
espadrilles


but which color?
ah! that's the tough part

ph: mdb
ph: asako narahashi

point anywhere...and shoot.

this photo
right now.


and you?


what speaks
to you at this
very moment?

environs, 2008

i should not be
posting in my photo class
but I just remembered her name:


amelia bauer


and I didn't want to forget.

portrait of a girlfriend

the front door garden





a publicly appealing way to use
every inch of urban space
in tokyo, japan






well, just as long as you tend to your pots



via gota

ph: tsuyatsuya

bone and warm tones

ted muehling apt
and georgia okeeffe's studio





natural selection

more okeeffe
more muehling


ps: the only necklace I
wear is a muehling

minimal and thorny

colorblock dress



designed by
ellsworth kelly

sanary, france
1952


michael was so
kind to send me
this photo


ps: i can't find
any information on
kelly as a designer.
can you?

nori morimoto




panels

far from brooklyn

so my plan is to eat
only what's in the garden
and fish from the bay


finally embracing
the iphone camera

ps:
summer
on super8

happy cows come from california

from ph:
dylan coulter




les concerts a emporter

by

vincent moon


love the aesthetic
the lingering vérité


ps: the troubadours,
strolling minstrels of
everything I love
about music

1. patrick watson
2. fleet foxes
3. arcade

west with the night

I have learned that if you must leave
a place that you have lived in and loved
and where all your yesterdays
are buried deep...

leave it any way except a slow way
leave it the fastest way you can



never turn back.
and never believe that an hour
you remember is a better hour
because its dead.

passed years seem safe ones, vanquished ones,
while the future lives in a cloud,
formidable from a distance.

the clouds clear as you enter it


excerpt by

beryl markham
"west with the night"


if only i could be so brave.
but I can't leave new york just yet.


good bye to all that

manhatta

maurice sheltens

citroën

shaker symmetry

give a good cook
a sparse table setting


shaker via remodelista


shaker village
of pleasant hill

ph: thomas merton

kees goudzwaard

cool name

via here

the most creative
person in my life


is my mother


the day is yours!

soft parcel






TAF

soft parcel, 2009
upholstered collection
ph: Joakim Bergstrom

via malo