ok, so i found this picture while browsing http://lookbook.nu/ and i thought it was incredible. It was posted by Sev Scissors. What jumped out to me about it was the t-shirt (which she cut up herself- using ideas from a tv show she'd seen) and the shoes. I love the fringe in the shirt and the look of the lace up shoes.
-Oh hey, and side note, i got my bangs cut to be straight across again, and it makes me happy! Side fringe is just not my thing.
OK so this post, is dedicate to two things. Ladytron (cool new[to me] band) that i discovered yesterday afternoon and also Escher. Super cool artist and creative person. So i was browsing iTunes for A Fine Frenzy videos and a Ladytron video happened to be in the "people who bought this also bought..." bar. So i clicked on it and through it, found the video for seventeen. Which is actually kind of a creepy song, but you can't help but not want to listen to it over and over and over again, because it has such a cool/haunting/interesting sound to it. This video(above) is for their song called Blue Jeans, which i don't know what it's about yet, but i will figure it out. I love the makeup, the hair, the attitude of the video, and the lack of atmosphere.
OK, second on the list of things to talk/type about today is Escher. Full name Maurits Cornelis Escher. He wasn't the most gifted a math and actual learning, but his drawings, and prints were/are incredible. He died in 1972 at the age of 73. His mind bending, and perplexing works are still great today. (I've got a print of one hanging in my room) I got an email from a friend this morning, asking what my room/house looks like (random i know) which is what led me to want to learn more about M.C. Escher. I've had this picture hanging in my room for a long time, but my parents bought it at a yard sale for like 10 bucks in the late 90's. I've always thought it was cool, but i never really thought about the man who made it until recently.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
So my mom's been doing about a thousand people's hair and it's great and all, but I'm about dyeing(ha ha)of boredom, and i don't have a bicycle and I'm a kid right? yeah. So what's the deal with that. And i spent 40 bucks on a phone the other day, and it's a really super phone, but still. You know. That's a lot of money to just blow away on a phone right? I'm not going to go (google) the name of my phone for you and find a picture, so if you want to know what it looks like it's name is LG Sentio. Yep there it is. So go, go and look it up, because you know you want to. Do it. You're going to aren't you. Wait to give in to peer pressure. Well, anyway, as far as bikes go. My mom's birthday was yesterday, and that was exciting, but i could see that she was kind of bummed when we got her a whole bunch of little stuff, instead of the reasonably priced Bike that she wanted. See that's where our genius comes into play. Hers, and my Dad's anniversary is next week, or the week after that, and my Dad is getting it for her then. Poor women, doesn't even know. I bet she'll be excited. I think so. It's really pretty, and dark red, and it looks kind of "restored vintage". Except for not. I don't know who she's going to ride it with, or when, but she's been wanting a bike for a few years, so we'll make her happy.
So i found myself feeling all inspired last night. But of course it was incredibly too late to come and post something, so i just kept reading my book. Which is actually a really good one for once. I've already read the book of course, because my city's library is full of crap. sorry city. I'm finished with it. Which is a bummer because now I'm pretty much left with a book about Pop Art that actually isn't really that good, and about a thousand copies of the New Era. But back to the inspiration. I had just read a few Teen Vogue magazines, (don't judge me) worked on a friendship bracelet for a couple of minutes, and read my book. But I've been at kind of a thinking/art/creativity slump lately. Just a little one, and doing these things somehow (sort of) brought me out. Thank Goodness! We've all got to go back to school soon, and heading into that without any sort of creative thinking would be total crap. But I actually did some drawing (which i haven't done successfully for a while), and i wanted to write but it's not like you just walk downstairs at 12:00 at night and start writing. Nope. I just kept reading, and note taking, and drawing every once in a while. But I'm happy. Which is always a good thing right? I think so.
