I stumbled upon Samantha Casolari's 2018 Director's Reel, which is basically a mash-up of highlights from her recent video work. Casolari is a photographer and video artist based in New York who works across portraiture, fashion, music, film, contemporary culture and dance. What hooked me in was the melding of mood, movement, colour and a killer song by American electronic duo, Boy Harsher, Suitor. Check it out, and you can listen to the track on SoundCloud here. You can also check out Casolari's work at her website www.samanthacasolari.com and on IG @samanthacasolari.
the world is a song
Photo: Chalkie Davies
Love musician/artist David Byrne's POV of how the world “works—
"I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe...I wouldn't be surprised if poetry...in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes and designs...is how the world works. The world isn't logical, it's a song."
(source @_nitch)
apollo and daphne
Artwork: wall mural by Bosoletti & Jarus, Apollo and Daphne, Berlin, 2018 (photo by @nikakramer)
Incredible mural by Argentinean artist Francisco Bosoletti (@bosoletti) and Canadian artist Young Jarus (@youngjarus) in Berlin, 2018—the myth of Apollo and Daphne inspired by Ovid's version in Metamorphosis.
slowdive
Feels like Sunday—song by Slowdive, No Longer Making Time.
Check it out.
pale blue dot
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...