Imaginary Word of the Week.: life

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julio 21, 2010

Thought #501

Appreciate simplicity and structure.

julio 19, 2010

Quote #1407

I used to be a scientist but have always been an artist.

julio 13, 2010

julio 06, 2010

Words From The National #818.

Well, you’ve done it again, Bel. Made another masterpiece while I was dreaming. How does it feel to feel like you?
Brilliant sugar, brilliant sugar, brilliant sugar, turn over

Some Things I’ve Been Thinking Of Lately.

I tell you miserable

things after you

are asleep.

Dora Maar.

Conversation 16 by The National.

Donnie Darko.

The truth is…

I own the extraordinary skill of getting myself into the weirdest and dumbest situations in the universe all by myself!

junio 24, 2010

Music And Places #2.

England – The National (Fragment)

Put an ocean and a river/ between everything, yourself and home,

You must be somewhere in London/ you must be loving your life in the rain,

You must be somewhere in London/ walking Abbey Lane…

American Green – She Goes To France

Peace Beneath The City – Iron & Wine

junio 23, 2010

Something Cool Out There: Kitsuné.

Kitsuné Kitsuné

Kitsuné.-

French fashion and electronic music record label created in 2002 in Paris by G. Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke.

Loaëc and Kuroki, who both like fashion and music, got the idea to start a company involved in both areas during a trip to Japan, where they met a lot of people interested in both fashion and music that were not afraid to combine them in different projects. Before co-founding the company Loaëc worked with Daft Punk and also with Thomas Bangalter's record label Roulé.

The name Kitsuné comes from the Japanese word "kitsune" (きつね, 狐) meaning fox. The kitsune is told to have the power to change appearance and face, that also seems to be Kitsuné’s main goal.

Kitsuné has released albums and worked with artists such as The Whitest Boy Alive, Cut Copy, Hot Chip, La Roux, Foals, Yelle, Wolfmother, Klaxons and Bloc Party among others.

Want more Kitsuné?

http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/an-interview-with-frances-kitsune/

http://www.ukadapta.com/e/art/kitsune.html

http://kitsuneshop.topplersmusic.com/catalog/news/

mayo 24, 2010

Thought #894

Dear metallic taste in my mouth, I did not miss you.

mayo 21, 2010

Joshua Petker.

“I used to say I was born in the wrong century. The way overly dramatic kids claim to be old souls living in the present day, I was convinced I was secretly an impressionist painter, meant more for turn of the century's demi-monde opulence rather than today's world of animators, illustrators, and monster movie artists. I didn't go to art school. I don't know all the proper techniques. I learned color theory by doing graffiti, but the story of the graffiti-artist-turned-fine-art-painted has been played out since the mid-'80s. My own life seemed to be working against me. I was convinced I should have been born in 1850.
Then I realized that I was approaching everything wrong. I live in Hollywood, this century's den of inequity and excess. I have eccentric colorful friends that rival the models of Degas and Renoir, I spend nights at Los Angeles bars that could rival those painted by Monet, and as this is 2007 I have access to neon pink and hot orange that I imagine even Van Gogh wouldn't know how to utilize. I am a contemporary painter interested in historic themes. There isn't anything wrong with that. I don't have any art school loans to pay back. I primarily paint women because I'm tremendously influenced by Klimt - and really focused on beauty.”

- Juxtapoz Magazine, October 2007

I’ve been a fan of his work since I first saw it, three or four years ago. Today, while working on some drawings I’ve been trying to finish for months now but failed to get some inspiration I thought of him again and of an interview he did that stuck in my head. Someone doing his own thing and defining his own relationship with art, which is something I really admire.

You credit Klimt as being a major influence to you stylistically. Do you use symbols in your work similar to the way he did? Are they graphics and ornament for you or something more?

JP: I'm not so sure Klimt was really a symbolic painter. I think for him it was mostly about decoration and beauty. And, in that sense I definitely do things similar to him. In my own opinion, Klimt's main goal was to create beauty and I think he felt ornamentation was an acceptable tool for his work. There were artists then and now that think decoration takes away from the intellectual impact of the work – I disagree. Because I too focus almost entirely on beauty I continually look to Klimt for guidance on decoration and mood and believe ornamentation is acceptable considering the intent of our work.