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