Illustration by the wonderful Oliver Jeffers (@oliverjeffers)
Earth. It's home. So, Earth Day—it's every day.
A Yoshitomo Nara Day
Artwork: Yoshitomo Nara, Beh!, 2003
Beh! (or Blah!) Yep, today felt like this.
beauty is on the street
Artwork: stencil by L.E.T. (@l.e.t._les.enfants.terribles)
Another great stencil work from L.E.T. (@l.e.t._les.enfants.terribles).
Seth in Shanghai
Artwork by Seth, Shanghai construction game, Shanghai 2018
The wonderful artist Seth (Julian Malland) has an exhibition currently at MoCA in Shanghai, Like Child's Play. As part of the exhibition, Seth has created 17 street art works featuring children playing iconic Chinese games from the 70s and 80s. The works feature in neighbourhoods virtually emptied of the population as the areas are due to be destroyed, and as Seth comments, this raises questions about the transformation of the city. Check out some of the work from the exhibition @seth_globepainter, and more of his work at his website, www.seth.fr.
totality
Image by @dso.m42
Such an incredible image popped up on my IG feed today of the moon shadowing the sun by @dso.m42, (@universetoday).
breathe
Image: Breathe by Yoko Ono
“When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: Just breathe.”
Yoko Ono (@_nitch)
hangin' with the hippo
Image: @fundacioantonitapies
Just hangin' with the hippo—as you do...
Hippo featured in the exhibition Allora & Calzadilla at Fundació Antoni Tàpies museum, Barcelona, on until 20 May 2018.
equinox moon
Image: @mathewspaceman 11.4% full moon
Yesterday, the moon was 11.4% full (@mathewspaceman).
It was also the equinox. An equinox moon.
No matter if its waxing, waning, full or new, the moon is always beautiful.
what to read next...
Scrummy...the new reading pile :))
amnesiac
Gearing up to write. Trying to reset my brain/mood with some music. First song that came on shuffle—Radiohead's Amazing Sounds of Orgy from their album, Amnesiac (Deluxe version). A fave.
Not quite sure how that tunes into how I'm feeling...I just like Radiohead...
Check it out.
i see you, you see me
Artwork: wall mural by @cyrcle
Love this!
Created by cyrcle (The Dougs, @cyrcle) in Los Angeles, California, USA, (2017):
“I See You I Am You We Are One”
“You See Me You Are Me We Are Free”
Yes.
black balloons
When two becomes one...
Lithuanian artist, Tadao Cern's (Tadas Cerniauskas) Black Balloons in a glass tank (2016).
cool angel
This popped out at me while I was walking around Melbourne's CBD yesterday: @kambeeno's paste-up of a very cool, happy and zoned-out angel.
Not a bad way to be.
your dinosaur
Image: photo by @kambeeno
Some great advice: NEVER LOSE YOUR DINOSAUR!
DO
Image: From the Lewitt Collection via www.brainpickings.org
I've always loved the Nike statement/philosophy, “Just Do It”.
It cuts through the bullshit—the self-doubt, procrastinations, and the endless excuses to “not do” whatever it is that matters to you.
Seems that American artist, Sol Lewitt, was way ahead of Nike. In this fabulous letter written in 1965 to artist, Eva Hesse, who was obviously going through tremendous doubt about her work, and possibly life, he tells her to cut through the crap and “DO”!
After reading it, I've decided to adopt the KISS (keep it simple stupid) principle and...DO.
This is my new mantra.
Here's an excerpt:
“Try and tickle something inside you, your ‘weird humor.’ You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. If you fear, make it work for you—draw & paint your fear & anxiety. And stop worrying about big, deep things such as ‘to decide on a purpose and way of life, a consistant [sic] approach to even some impossible end or even an imagined end.’ You must practice being stupid, dumb, unthinking, empty. Then you will be able to
DO
I have much confidence in you and even though you are tormenting yourself, the work you do is very good. Try to do some BAD work—the worst you can think of and see what happens but mainly relax and let everything go to hell—you are not responsible for the world—you are only responsible for your work—so DO IT. And don’t think that your work has to conform to any preconceived form, idea or flavor. It can be anything you want it to be. But if life would be easier for you if you stopped working—then stop. Don’t punish yourself. However, I think that it is so deeply engrained in you that it would be easier to
DO”
live & believe
From @cococapitan: “be living is believing you live what you believe”.
Ummm...kind of never stopped living/believing stories...
open up to infinity
Mood. Love my 5preview t-shirt, been wearing their stuff for ages.
Open up to Infinity.
Totally.
what matters
Every day I'm reminded of what matters. I wear my Lise Vanrycke “Love” bracelet 24/7. It's a bit battered (sorry LVR!), but it's always there on my wrist so I never forget what's important.
The cuff I also wear every day, and for ages I thought the matrixy-glyphs were just a pattern until my friend, Hanna, pointed out they were Chinese characters! She made out “truth”, “love” and “know”, and I was so intrigued, I contacted the jeweller, Camilla Gough, and asked for the full text. She replied that she'd lifted the text from a Chinese newspaper and was simply relieved to know she hadn't inscribed the recipe for two-minute noodles on my bracelet! Huh!
It was a relief for me as well :)
little fang
Occasionally great oddball stuff crops up on IG, so while I was looking for some new street art, I came across this: French band, Dionysos' album cover, Vampire En Pyjama. I burst out laughing (well, it appealed to my twisty sense of humour), and given my love of vamps (at least in books and films), I went in search of the album. Sadly, the music did nothing for me, but the visual of a lone vamp brooding in his abode and wearing his jammies definitely made up for it.
But it did bring to mind a song by Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks—Little Fang. With its vamp-positive message, this wonderfully wonky song is about the journeys of a cat vampire called, Little Fang. It's been a roller-coaster of a week, so I kind of want to end it on a light-hearted note. Enjoy!
unexpected
Artwork: by @phlegm_art
So, I was walking down Chapel Street the other day (probably one of my least favourite streets in Melbourne!), and halfway between the fashionista and the grunge end, I happened to look up and saw this: a pretty remarkable artwork by @phlegm_art.
It made being there worthwhile. Almost.