Tuesday, 31 March 2015
mucha
say what you like about mucha - and they do in a strangely poor article in paris review - but you'd be on thin ice if you were going to argue there weren't some mad skillz on view. i'm not the world's biggest fan of figurative painting but i love these, i love their lighting, their construction and mucha's take no prisoners vision. i remember seeing apotheosis of the slavs years and years ago and just being blown away by it
Saturday, 28 March 2015
barbara wildenboer
there's a number of people making things with deconstructed books these days. barbara wildenboer's are my recent favourites. i'm not saying i haven't considered it but cutting up a book makes me uncomfortable for all manner of irrational reasons!
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
mental health
it's rare to hear an article that bridges the divide between the 'opposite' sides of healthcare, particularly mental health care. check out act four of this episode of this american life - it's both sad, poignant and captures something of the sadness i'm sure is recognisable to anyone involved.
home of the brave, the podcast namechecked at the end is also worth checking out
home of the brave, the podcast namechecked at the end is also worth checking out
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Thursday, 19 February 2015
tokyo in fog
an annoyingly intrusive soundtrack but if you like a foggy landscape and/or tokyo turn the sound off and check this out
Saturday, 7 February 2015
uldus bakhtiozina
there was no possibility i wouldn't be loving uldus bakhtiozina's russian fairy tale inflected collection russ land
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
einar nerman
it's a great shame there's not much in the way of sheet music about these days outside of second hand shops. a browse of these can reveal some cover art gems. here's einar nerman for starters
Monday, 2 February 2015
Sunday, 1 February 2015
Sunday, 5 October 2014
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
the last post
and that i guess will have to be that and this, more or less, the last blog post. nearly made it to seven years but not quite.
final scores on the doors were (in ascending order) claribel alegria, bertolt brecht, elma mitchell, william maxwell (hurrah!), carol ann duffy, pauline stainer and finally, the dark lord of them all, margaret atwood.
what's mediated the decision? too little time, too little motivation maybe? browsing back i have to say i'll miss the blog. of course i'll be about on the behemoth that is facebook but it's not the same. not as good, not as pleasant but kind of more useful. certainly i don't have the enthusiasm i once did. which isn't to say i'll never post on here again just that, if i do, it'll be a lot less frequent. i will however continue to respond to comments.
in the meantime thanks to everyone who's read, posted, followed or interacted with the blog in whatever fashion. it was a good run and there's plenty to look back over.
take care and switch off the lights on your way out.....
final scores on the doors were (in ascending order) claribel alegria, bertolt brecht, elma mitchell, william maxwell (hurrah!), carol ann duffy, pauline stainer and finally, the dark lord of them all, margaret atwood.
what's mediated the decision? too little time, too little motivation maybe? browsing back i have to say i'll miss the blog. of course i'll be about on the behemoth that is facebook but it's not the same. not as good, not as pleasant but kind of more useful. certainly i don't have the enthusiasm i once did. which isn't to say i'll never post on here again just that, if i do, it'll be a lot less frequent. i will however continue to respond to comments.
in the meantime thanks to everyone who's read, posted, followed or interacted with the blog in whatever fashion. it was a good run and there's plenty to look back over.
take care and switch off the lights on your way out.....
Friday, 4 April 2014
classic book covers
remastered....
there seems to be a lot of book covering remixing going on at the moment but these xmen ones are particularly well realised even if you don't know much about the comic
there seems to be a lot of book covering remixing going on at the moment but these xmen ones are particularly well realised even if you don't know much about the comic
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Monday, 31 March 2014
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