feathers, needle, and thread by Alabama Chanin



Sorry for the longer-than-usual absence. I've been moving into my new house, hanging pictures with lots of exposed hanging wire, and searching for a cheaply-priced-yet-quirky-elegant chandelier to display on my new front porch.

Wish me luck.

Loving the leaves and trees, as well as the idea of a large statement bracelet.

Front and Center bird bark cuff from Bettula

Shaded Leaves bracelet from Poetica

I saw Blumenfeld's Manina in Berlin and I am amazed at the photographic talent it took to not only capture this image, but to manipulate it during the printing process. It's a mastery of a photographic technique which is, by nature, experimental and nearly impossible to control.

Also, it reminds me of my mother.

I've been reading Zoli by Colum McCann and it's making me want to make something gypsy. A chandelier out of found objects, a long long skirt with colorful layers. Also, how might one go about sewing a gold coin into one's hair...?



Set Designs from Sahara Widoff: http://www.lundlund.com/prop-stylists_set-designers/sahara-widoff#8975

Do you ever fall in love with complete strangers for an instant?


Because of the curious way they walk on the sand, the number of forehead wrinkles that form above their eyebrows as they speak to you in passing, the swatch of color their t-shirt adds to their surroundings?
Blue-grey today.

P.S.

I hope you have found the Polaroid gizmo that's available for download. Turn any digital picture into a jpg that resembles something like an actual Polaroid.

You can't hold it in your hands, but it's more than nothing.

www.poladroid.net

It's funny how much you can get lost in the simplicity of a few images. When I still had (and could somehow afford) polaroid film, I rode with my camera in the front seat with me on the long drives between my two Texas homes. Usually, the three hours spent on I-35 between the DFW Metroplex and Austin don't yield much other than construction delays and a variation on the same billboards you saw last time (3 pairs of boots for $114!, Does Advertising Work?... Just Did!, and the every present CARL'S).

But, sometimes, when I feel antsy, I pick a Ranch Road and head off into the winding roads between fields and search for a perfect line of horizon to capture. There's something everlasting about an uninterrupted meeting between land and sky. Perhaps it's just the beauty of line, perhaps something more?