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"You know who Mae West is? I’m Cinderella in a modern dress, and I wear high heeled wedgies,..."

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:26:52 -0400

“You know who Mae West is? I’m Cinderella in a modern dress, and I wear high heeled wedgies, because those glass slippers are too fragile! I wouldn’t change my image for no one. I created myself. I didn’t turn out exactly this way all at once, though I wasn’t very different when I was a little girl. But in the beginning, I did some tinkerin’”

- Mae West

How art school and growing up killed my art.

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:25:01 -0400

I know just how you feel…

marykmclaughlin:

When I think about painting again or making anything, I get completely overwhelmed. There are so many great images out there, I feel like why bother. It was a lot easier when I didn’t watch television or go on the computer very often. It was easier when I was so naive that I thought I would be a famous artist one day (I really did think that once). It was easier when I was in college with assignments and professors who inspired, challenged and motivated me. It was easier when I had my own studio space and time to spend there.

I am very sad about it. The answer seems easy, just pick up a pencil or a paintbrush and make something. I can’t seem to answer my own inner questions- why must this exist? Who is this for? It’s like I have to have the artist statement written before I can produce the work.

I can formally critique just about anything, but I am so skilled at that, that it blocks my own creativity. Now that I have been making next to nothing for 5+ years, my skills are not refined anymore. Everything I even try to make looks shoddy, leading me to get frustrated and give up.

Even right now, I am thinking that my grammar is probably off, and I lack proper vocabulary and sentence structures.

I hate being like this. I get jealous of everyone else who can happily easily create things.

Still, I hope that when I move into my own place, I can set up a peaceful place and make SOMETHING. Maybe I will rise out of this state of jadedness.

"Her subtext has always been the fury of the kooky, odd-looking girl getting revenge by asserting her..."

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:40:49 -0400

“Her subtext has always been the fury of the kooky, odd-looking girl getting revenge by asserting her own kind of femininity - and trying to move the culture toward her instead of the other way around.”

- Jesse Green on Barbara Streisand in NY Magazine, sept 28, 2008.

Maybe I shouldn’t be bothered that some dude continously tells me I remind him of Barbra, haha.

"At the beginning of my visit, Julie Winship, a Chicagoan who frequently travels east, told me,..."

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:21:57 -0400

“At the beginning of my visit, Julie Winship, a Chicagoan who frequently travels east, told me, “In New York, you’ll be having dinner outside at some bistro near piles of trash, and you’ll feel the subway underneath, and you won’t be able to hear, because of the traffic, and meanwhile, the water from an air conditioner will drip on you, and still you’ll say, ‘But at least we’re outside!’” For sone reason, that really made me homesick.”

- “Chicago Style” by Patricia Marx. New Yorker, sept 14, 2009

"I stopped talking, nothing feeding nothing until nothing was huge and nothing begot nothing. Feeling..."

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:11:26 -0400

“I stopped talking, nothing feeding nothing until nothing was huge and nothing begot nothing. Feeling nothing is not good, but it’s where a lot of people stop and stay. The nothingness is so delusional and numbing. It’s like stretching out in the snow and taking a little nap, and the comfort of discomfort is a scary thing. The lull into nothingness should be feared by all.”

- Jill McCorkle, “PS”. In The Atlantic Fiction 2009

by Bianca Gomez

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:11:00 -0400

by Bianca Gomez

i would like to live here

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:10:32 -0400

i would like to live here

These Japanese boys have style.

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:38:18 -0400

These Japanese boys have style.

"The kids at Woodstock were either the first generation to taste true liberty, or the last generation..."

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:34:03 -0400

“The kids at Woodstock were either the first generation to taste true liberty, or the last generation able to police itself - we’re still working that one out.”

- James Parker, “Long Time Gone”. Atlantic monthly, sept 09

Cat on his head guy! I saw him last summer! soxiam: i’ve had...

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:05:53 -0400

Cat on his head guy! I saw him last summer!

soxiam:

i’ve had this exact same scene in my dream except i was naked.

roborobo:

eiknarf:

dude with a fucking cat on his head…only you new york.

“So what you look like He-Man? I got a motherfucking cat on my hat”

"In Cunningham’s world, dancers are not characters but spatial objects moving in time. And..."

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:45:01 -0400

“In Cunningham’s world, dancers are not characters but spatial objects moving in time. And though they may not follow a melody, they ride the waves of physical rhythm in a similar way. Karole Armitage, now a seminal modern choreographer and a five year veteran of the company, says the Cunningham technique was “totally natural. Merce figured it out; it’s just so deeply right with the laws of physics and our natural selves. As he pointed out, everything is dance movement - walking in dance - it’s just how you incorporate it into the bigger picture. And we all walk without music.””

- NyMag article on Merce Cunningham by Rebecca Milzoff

"A story goes that in his early days with Martha Graham’s company, one of her assistants..."

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:38:03 -0400

“A story goes that in his early days with Martha Graham’s company, one of her assistants pointed to Cunningham and complained, “Martha, he’s doing it all wrong!” To which Graham replied, “Leave him alone. He’s beautiful.””

- Article in NyMag on choreographer Merce Cunningham by Rebecca Milzoff

decidedly low-tech

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:14:06 -0400

decidedly low-tech

"When the economy fell apart I thought, oh no! What’s going to happen to me?And then nothing..."

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:13:04 -0400

“When the economy fell apart I thought, oh no! What’s going to happen to me?And then nothing happened. Because I have nothing. No savings, no investments, no mortgage. It’s like the world is rewarding me for being a transient screwup.”

- Ophira Eisenherg. NY Mag.

"When you dress up, it allows you to confront elements in your personality that are perhaps too..."

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:39:30 -0400

“When you dress up, it allows you to confront elements in your personality that are perhaps too painful to face in the real world. I guess that’s exactly what I was doing. I wasn’t coping very well. Being Pearl- because she’s so fucked up and destructive- it was okay to be a mess when I was her.”

- Natasha Kahn, of Bat for Lashes, on her alter-ego, Pearl. Nylon magazine, April 2009

I’m sorry, Nike, do you have a problem with male (ballet)...

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:45:53 -0400

I’m sorry, Nike, do you have a problem with male (ballet) dancers?! (in CMYK mag)

"…The reproductions also include the constricting armholes and narrow shoulders of yesteryear...."

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:42:18 -0400

“…The reproductions also include the constricting armholes and narrow shoulders of yesteryear. Indeed, in 2001 when the firm reproduced a Marilyn Monroe look - a blouse and capris - “the pants were so tight around the calves, some clients couldn’t put their feet through,” the designer says. “But if it were different, it wouldn’t have been the real thing. I think that’s one of the reasons girls find it fashionable, because the portions are a little distorted. The idea of having real vintage collections, not only vintage-inspired, makes it really unique. It gives you a taste of what you can’t find today.””

- Laudomia Pucci on designing vintage reproductions, in W Magazine (April 2009)

"With the recession, it is very sad. I would be very sad to see so many dresses not sell. And now,..."

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:14:34 -0400

“With the recession, it is very sad. I would be very sad to see so many dresses not sell. And now, all the designers are doing the eighties. I hate the eighties. I did it, and I hate it. When I go see my dresses of the eighties, I vomit.”

- Valentino on leaving design. (in New York Mag)

(via thesecretpostcards)

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:15:33 -0400

(via thesecretpostcards)

I want to live here. (It’s a screen-shot from the movie...

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:37:52 -0400

I want to live here. (It’s a screen-shot from the movie Penelope. I’ve never seen it. Clearly, I ought to)

misstugui:

brerfly:

Reminds me a bit of the Barn House. We have a documentary about the Barn House and were able to explore it several times (one of the good things about living in Indiana for a year and a half).

(via cutewithoutthee)