versailles

when a minimalist

falls for the ultimate display
of excess, grandeur, gold leaf
 and wait...a hall of mirrors

 guilty


is it a sin?
or is it crime?



loving you the
way i do.

ph:  le portillon

 

my move was

so sudden

but i'm slowly

piecing my apt together

as i listen to the SAINTS vs. colts

Ferlinghetti, 1970

the door to the invisible

is visible

the hidden door

is not hidden

i walk through it forever

not seeing it

i am what i am

and will be

what i will be

back roads to far places

by lawrence ferlinghetti

framed flesh

i can't stop thinking

about a single man

so i tore paper

into the nude

my uniform:

nude & black

manu bracelet

repetto flats

ps:


as if toogoood
pulled the colors

from bitches brew

where did i pull this?

of course,
toogood


thanks.

arts & science

on the first

day of summer

i'm going to cut

some white lace
wrap my feet 

vanessa bruno

avec lou doillon

 le bel été

ps:

chase 

the tear

what type on you?

what type are you?

not sure if

i'm traditional

or progressive.

evencleveland

is archer hairline

i'm plastica
herbert post 

(1932)



and you?

gerhard richter

howdy rob.

does this look

familiar?

i made a mental note

when i was going through

your book shelves

 gerhard richter

overpainted photographs

i think 2 or 3

needs a honest

hipster tag line

unhappy hipster

"it was comforting to know

that the neighbors had

stopped speaking"

by

unhappy hipsters

do the right thing

the word

on the street

do the right thing

has this

incredible

faith in us

to know what

is right, a priori

and yet the great beauty

and ugliness of humanity,

is that we all interpret

the good word

differently.

ph: lee cerré

ira glass storytelling

don't quit

via alabama chanin

moving

tomorrow

i would like

to invest in one

 new piece.

paul mccob desk

in blonde or black.
 

but i going

to have to work

for it.

ps: BOF auction for haiti

art cerre

last weekend

i smelled his cologne

and pocketed

his swiss army knife

my father
on his father:


Art was a simple man
with a profound understanding
of what was right, what was fair
and what was the best way
to treat people.

with that as his coda,
he ran the course hard,
without cutting anyone off,
and kept pumping all the
way to the finish.


that's life


 it feels right
to post this now

 

days with my father
by phillip toledano



ps: grandpa Art
mailed me architecture
clippings from newspapers.
he was a special part of

2 or 3 things.


i feel a
great void.




ph: phillip toledano

waist down

waist down

 miuccia prada

skirts 
via here 

l'allure en douce
ph: max farago

summed up

summed up

in a few words

via inside

newwork

newwork

scattered

paragraph

blocks

like mies

nyc

nyc.

to begin a

new chapter.

see you on the

other side.

kate moss sweater

the simplicity of style

wrap a sweater

around your waist

or throw on an overcoat

no fuss.

you can't miss

the morning market

raphaël daliaporta

organs

make me

well up with tears

via: 365blanc 
ph: raphaël daliaporta 

lucie rie

lucie rie

the heath of europe

maurizio pellegrin

white gloves

il segreto del 723

maurizio

pellegrin

a single man

a single man

 tom ford

lusting for:

a tan suede jacket,

white pants, cat eyes

and the schaffer house

ps

soft focus

1. uta barth

2. enzo mari calendar

3. unknown

butlers & Geshias

the art of service

"a man cannot call himself

well-contented until he has done

 all he can to be of service

to his employer."

the remains of the day

by kazu ishiguro

when working for others

is more than a job, but an etiquette

to honor, respect and embody fully.

butlers and geishas

work everyday towards

creating and maintaining

an atmosphere of order

and refinement.

it's a seamless

choreography of

restraint and
perfection

mastering this

aesthetic presentation

is a daily design challenge.

each movement thoughtfully

calculated and considered.

indeed it's a bit

obsessive and old school,

but i'm absolutely fascinated by

this self-gratifying ambition of the few

to instill beauty and dignity in the

most ordinary living routines.

like all art,
it's something to
appreciate.

  

ph: peter granser
via studiopatró 

general store

serena mitnik-miller

captures the lightness

of sand, sea and sky

and knows
how to curate
the feeling.

the calm clarity
of being underwater.
inside a shell. a rising
air bubble. a womb.
quiet. assured.
at peace.


...and the few
familiar things
you would have
by your side.



general store

is this space.





ps: i'm interested
to know what 3 things
form your comfort blanket?
make you feel at ease
with yourself in this
weighty world.



ps: serena's blog

 

credit: serena mitnik-miller

turn off projector

back in the states

trying to keep

my mind off baja.

work helps.

jack kerouac

No time for poetry but exactly what is

jack kerouac

rica and esteban

meet rica

and the mule he

named john deere

rica and esteban

farm on the property.

they use the most

basic tools.

 esteban is 70

and uses his bare feet

to prepare rows of soil

rica rigs an

old metal plow

to a mule

for rica and esteban,

 it doesn't take more

than 2 or 3 things

to grow food:

1. seeds

2. fertile soil

3. hard work

a good new year's

resolution is to not

 doubt our potential

to grow, harvest,

and create.

life is in

our hands.

signs on a door

some dude nailed

these signs on his door

not sure about

the last sign

feliz año nuevo!

baja

blue skies, blue sea

and sand all around

my dad's land is now growing

maize, frijoles and sweet potatoes.

 There he is above, with my sister,

filming the surfers at pastora.

the waves have

been huge.

 at night, our windows

rattle with the shore break.

mexico bound

mexico manana

i wish i had faith

there's nothing like

christmas eve mass

in mexico.

dia de los muertos

is also an experience

off to the

baja desert

hasta luego

y feliz navidad!

walt cotten

he used to tell me

he got claustrophobic

when there were too

many trees around.

walt cotten

was a true boy

of the desert.

walt always liked

being on top of the world,

places of long vistas

and

wide   open   spaces

words by beth nelson

1. unknown

2. desert gloves by walt cotten
3. walt's studio, molino street, LA by beth nelson
4. walt's studio, molino street, LA by beth nelson
5. beth in sevilla by paul redmond
6. muley point by walt cotten

mexican serape

eureka

the perfect

mexican serape

1930 / 40's


via r4h 

found my animal

on a walk with
found my animal

you get a better hold

and a better look

with some jute

my friend

bethany makes

rope leashes for

adopted dogs

and you can wrap

the rope around your body for

a more comfortable hold,

like a fisherman.

this is how

we did it in mexico.

it made our little guy

look a bit tougher.

rip DUKE

BUY A ROPE



ph: nadav benjamin 

studio toogood

 studio toogood

corn craft 

I'm going to say it

right here and right now.

I want to work

for toogood.

ph: tom mannion

Kate Moss at 15 by corrine daye

15 by corrine day

 

"i was just having a laugh.

Corrine just wanted to bring out

everything that i hated

when i was 15.

my bow legs,

the mole on my breast

 the way i laughed."

- kate moss

ph: corrine day, kate, 1990

les halles

les halles

Paris 1962

before les halles,

the "belly of paris"

was torn down

for 800 years

les halles was the

central wholesale

market of paris

 

brewing revolution

with its pungent cheeses,

loitering thieves, lively cafés

and jungle of steel arcades.

"sending the blood of life

through every vein of the city"

 emile zola 

le ventre de paris

can't live without

a triangle and t square

a glue stick!

what are
your tools?

just 1 prop
a chair.

charlotte gainsbourg

a model of simplicity

5:55 and IRM