love
11.3.10
And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up.
“[When Vonnegut tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope] Oh, she says, well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And, see some great looking babes. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And, and ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don’t know. The moral of the story is, is we’re here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don’t realize, or they don’t care, is we’re dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And, we’re not supposed to dance at all anymore." K.V.
vonnegut quote via
clear swimming pool
10.3.10
key
I think everyone must have a first memory
of some house, some room, a vivid picture
that will remain deep down in one forever.
9.3.10
8.3.10
so "very discriminating"
or five minutes to deliver an act of generosity that changes everything
"You rock
This is deceptive.
You don't rock all the time. No one does. No one is a rock star, superstar, world-changing artist all the time. In fact, it's a self-defeating goal. You can't do it.
No, but you might rock five minutes a day.
Five minutes to write a blog post that changes everything, or five minutes to deliver an act of generosity that changes someone. Five minutes to invent a great new feature, or five minutes to teach a groundbreaking skill in a way that no one ever thought of before. Five minutes to tell the truth (or hear the truth).
Five minutes a day you might do exceptional work, remarkable work, work that matters..."
Seth Godin
[note to self: five minutes a day seems so do-able, doesn't it? and then there are the days we're able to accomplish even more than five minutes of being a rock star; it all adds up. every little five minutes of effecting change seems like a good thing right now]
Long Tall Sally from Beatles Bible
because we once so loved thrasher
we've had many many skateboards in our house
and they remind me of what seems, now, a bit
simpler time (but i think memory is playing tricks here)
the collection of good things that is secret forts
notes, today, a movie that looks fascinating:
via
by way of saturdays
photo: espnskateboarding
transitory lasts
Finding myself in agreement
with the very lovely and
talented Helen James on
the point she has made here.
Some (somehow pure) images
haunt you forever. It's art when
that happens, and art that needs
to happen to move life ahead. What
remains (to haunt) right now?
Often, it is a little off.
A tad blurred.
A jaunt. A memory.
The glimmer of a thought. A muse.
To place it on the wall,
to hold it still. To inspire.
A spirit caught in time.
Art.
Photo: Wendy Blevan
7.3.10
comedy keeps the heart sweet
the human race has
one really effective weapon,
and that is laughter
please note: a twain festival. here.
6.3.10
5.3.10
bound to be true
"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.
I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound
to live by the light that I have."
Abraham Lincoln
photo: from a photo byShōji Ueda(iphone/sfmoma/2009)
2.3.10
Gretchen and Julia
"Enthusiasm is a terrific quality. The more I think about happiness, the more I value enthusiasm. It can seem cooler and smarter to be ironic, detached, or critical, and it’s certainly much easier and safer to adopt that sort of stance. But enthusiasm is more fun. Enthusiasm is generous, positive, energetic, and social. It’s outward-turning and engaged. It’s unselfconscious, warm-hearted, and kind of goofy..."
1.3.10
See Something
"He didn't like artifice or pretension. Even when it made his process more difficult, he insisted on the real thing. If we were photographing a hand holding a pizza, it had to be the pizza maker's hand. Once when Penn was doing a portrait, the famous subject went on at length about his accomplishments and current work and future plans. Penn listened patiently, and finally, after a very long pause, he quietly said, 'It sounds like you are trying to impress me.'"
Quotes (title and above)
from "Seeing the Light,"
by Phyllis Posnick
Vogue (03.10)
28.2.10
27.2.10
26.2.10
two favorites together
is celebrating the work
of P. Gaye Tapp, a.k.a.
Little Augury (whom
I'll admit being pretty
darn smitten by; adore
her style, her verve, her
charmingly crafted stories
and exceedingly lovely
eye). More, here. Cheers!
artwork: P. Gaye Tapp, Little Augury
website: Parthenia
by the way
Ivan Terestchenko
The colored thread, the braid, theneat scissors. The sweetly elegantneedlework. The spools, the paper,the pins. Simple/a universe.
25.2.10
somos amigos
heard what we heard tonight:
Somos Amigos is changing lives.
It's a marvelous inspiration, a
heck of a lot of (joyfully achieved)
work, and looks to offer one of
those chance-of-a-lifetimes to
make a difference.
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