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Nails| Out of this World
Art| Outdoor Sculptures
The best thing about the summer is that there are more things to do and see outside. These are some outdoor attractions in different cities. via www.architecturaldigest.com
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| Long Island City, NY Encapsulated in a matrixlike metal cage—like an otherworldly sea urchin in a lobster trap—the structure is made from a titanium-treated nylon fabric that neutralizes nearby pollutants, effectively cleaning the surrounding air. And the spikes themselves are activated, emitting music and a light mist, for revelers looking to cool off. On view through September 8; momaps1.org |
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| Château de Versailles, France One of the outdoor pieces, Blue Champagne, comprises two 30-foot-tall candlestick-like structures (one seen here) studded with thousands of LED-lit Champagne bottles and installed in shallow pools near the palace’s terrace. It’s a display of bubbly extravagance that seems to conjure the spirit of Versailles’s most famous resident, Marie Antoinette. On view through September 30; vasconcelos-versailles.com |
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| The Rainbow: Certain Principles of Light and Shapes Between Forms by Michael Jones McKeanBemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska (A manmade rainbow on display twice a day everyday) |
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Levitated Mass by Michael Heizer
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art On view indefinitely; lacma.org Look at this boulder! That's a nice boulder! |
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| Light Shines Out of Me by Anya Gallaccio Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, Scotland One of several new commissions at the bucolic Edinburgh sculpture park, Gallaccio’s Light Shines Out of Me is a dazzling otherworldly crater lined with amethyst crystals and volcanic glass. The Scottish artist often incorporates elements of nature into her sculptures and installations, and this piece—a kind of imaginary excavation—alludes to the rich and unexpected wonders that lie beneath the earth’s surface. On view indefinitely. jupiterartland.org |
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The Civic Center Plaza, near the San Francisco Asian Art Museum. This has motorized petals that breathe in and out. |
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Art| Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo has been one artist that she was in my peripheral memory an artist mainly because of the eyebrows. Reading her biography, Mzzzz Kahlo was a very interesting woman. Read her biography: here.
Today is her birthday! Happy Birthday!
Today is her birthday! Happy Birthday!
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| Two Nudes in a Forest |
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| A Few Small Nips |
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| Four Inhabitants of Mexico |
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| Ford Hospital |
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| My Birth |
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| No Hope |
Makeup| Read My Lips
Like most African-American women, the space around my lips are dark and so, I never really wanted to do much with the area. More and more, i find myself wanting to play around with some looks. Here's som inspiration.
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| this has to be a sticker, right? too perfect. |
all images via fuckyeahmakeup.tumblr.com
Words| On Creation
[I don't write in this space ever but this came to me and I thought I would share]
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A friend and I were talking about creating things. Ever since I was a child, I created things...places, situations, dances, lesson plans, trips, everything but never friends. I was always afraid of spirits and imaginary friends seemed like spirits that visited and I stayed away from that like I've stayed away from crack and herpes.
The things we were talking about creating were children and I'm at an impasse on that subject but the beings that I've created in my stories were birthed from me. I nurture them even in my dreams. I shape them, admonish them, guide them, lead them wrong, set them right and I write as furiously as I can until they jump up from the page and are in full flesh, blood, veins...These are the spirits that stalk me night and day.
This book that I am writing, it comes from my fingertips as if I were speaking to an old friend about lives that I've already led. On the train yesterday, I felt like a mad scientist outlining furiously in my pen and pad laboratory. I feel like I have opened up places of myself I didn't know were closed. Something inside of me has changed because of this process. It must be said.
I just really hope I'm not secretly a crap writer.
The book will come out soon and the most fond memory I have of writing it so far is being on the C train after another long day at work. I'm fighting off exhaustion with Pepsi, my crack of choice, and I decide to write an outline. Putting words in a sentence on a piece of paper is cool but the outline is the foreplay. That's where the magic happens. I can see the big black and white chess board with all the pieces that I can maneuver at will. So, out of nowhere, a plot twist comes to mind and I start laughing completely like an evil genius. It was a real laugh that came from my belly in the voice of Dr. Evil. It was the most awesome thing ever.
I just really hope I'm not secretly a crap writer
This book that I am writing, it comes from my fingertips as if I were speaking to an old friend about lives that I've already led. On the train yesterday, I felt like a mad scientist outlining furiously in my pen and pad laboratory. I feel like I have opened up places of myself I didn't know were closed. Something inside of me has changed because of this process. It must be said.
I just really hope I'm not secretly a crap writer.
The book will come out soon and the most fond memory I have of writing it so far is being on the C train after another long day at work. I'm fighting off exhaustion with Pepsi, my crack of choice, and I decide to write an outline. Putting words in a sentence on a piece of paper is cool but the outline is the foreplay. That's where the magic happens. I can see the big black and white chess board with all the pieces that I can maneuver at will. So, out of nowhere, a plot twist comes to mind and I start laughing completely like an evil genius. It was a real laugh that came from my belly in the voice of Dr. Evil. It was the most awesome thing ever.
I just really hope I'm not secretly a crap writer
Architecture| The Treehouse
Ok, admittedly, this is not a treehouse. However, when I first saw pictures of this amazing residence, that was the first thing that came to mind. Meant to be a zen-like escape, it is just that and more. Beautiful, sturdy and green....I just have one question: can I spend the night? (and possibly never leave) Read the entire article here.
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