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Monday, November 29, 2010

Photos Fall 2010-- So Far.

These are my images.
They were created using a film camera and processed using archival chemicals and printed onto light sensitive photographic paper. 
These have not been digitally altered-- only scanned.
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 There are three different Series here. 

1. A Response Through the Lens
2. Boring Bacchanalia
(including Artist Statement)
3. Portraits









lurv.

A Must-Read.

Shutting Themselves In: Hikikomori

lol.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Niki di Saint Phalle Perfume!!!!



From: Perfumesmellinthings.blogspot.com

By Marla

(Marla joins Perfume-Smellin' Things as a contributor. Look for her articles on Tuesdays.)

I confess to being a big fan of French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002). It started when I had my graduation picture taken under one of her enormous Sun God birds in California. Niki was primarily a sculptor, of enormous voluptuous women, the “Nanas”, mythological creatures, and the Stravinsky Fountain in Paris. Her crowning work is the Tarot Garden in Tuscany, adorned with enormous surreal sculptures of the major arcana. To fund the building of this garden, which took many years, she developed a perfume line and designed the packaging and accompanying jewelry. Her creation has had a cult following ever since.

The official notes of Niki de Saint Phalle are woods, jasmine, rose, marigold/tagetes, ylang-ylang, vetiver, sandalwood, patchouli, oakmoss, amber, and musk. In the pure parfum I pick up a little mushroom, though it’s not listed. The scent is a close cousin to the original (black) Shiseido Zen, but heavier on the vetiver and decidedly weirder. There is just a hint of floral (I mostly smell the tagetes and ylang-ylang), a little patch, some resins, and then lots of vetiver and amber that lasts a full day. It’s a true vetiver lover’s perfume, in fact. Of course, it could be that after many years (most NdSP was sold in the 80s and many bottles are more than 15 years old) the florals have faded and the vetiver and woods have taken center stage. It ages beautifully, and is quite a slap in the face with a white glove to the modern fruity, vanillic florals which have been so popular for the last 10 years.

As with many Long Lost Perfumes, it can be found on Internet sites and Ebay. The cobalt glass bottles are particularly stunning in the parfum version, with two entwined, multicolored snakes crowning the rectangular bottle. But the most fun edition for me is the Zodiac Eau Defendue, which were a limited edition and now very occasionally found on Ebay or auction sites. They consist of the 12 zodiac signs and 3 “Fantasy Signs” of Horse, Cat, and Bird (the latter of which she considered her personal animal guardian). From comments I’ve read on MUA, Basenotes, and other blogs, this seems to be love-it-or-hate-it scent. It’s complicated, strange, delightful, and definitely unique. Let me know what experience you have had with Niki de Saint Phalle’s creation.
Nana on cobalt glass bottle.
Obviously, I'd want this one. 
or the Leo Zodiac one. 

Tomorrow. God dammit.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

i love it when my mom laughs super hard at something.
<3.


Niki di Saint Phalle.

Omg. I love her so much. Plus she's gorgeous times a million.
This is her in 1972. :]
She was shooting balloons full of paint.

painting the nanas.

Shooting paintings.
These constructed sculpture/paintings are filled with paint balloons-- then shot at.



nana!!!!
(pronounced NAH-nah)

[will finish this post later-- after a few more cups of coffee and a how it's made marathon]

Monday, November 22, 2010

"Zachariah Silas" Feemster

of the god damn Amorist
is a horrible person
always has been
always will be
he's a sociopath
no soul
stay far away
he will not stop until you are just as miserable as he is
that's how narcissistic sociopaths are
hobbit
douche
fucking ridiculous
k, bye
go die
get the fuck out of my best friend's life
so she can be happy
for once since she met your sorry ass

Sunday, November 21, 2010

You are a the biggest negative influence in my life and often I allow you to upset me and it throws me off of the path in life that I'm seeking to be on. Because of this I am closed off from you until you seek help with your narcissism and your need to control every situation and everyone in your life. Throughout my life you've made me realize just how I do not want to be. And for that, I thank you.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

There are a lot of things that are unnecessary in life...

this, however, is completely pertinent to the success of my happiness.
http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/candid-photography-spy-lens/
I'm just imagining the possibilities.
Holy Jesus of the Latter Day Saints.
Want/Need/GottaHave.

Monday, November 15, 2010

“ The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the Universe to do. ”

Galileo Galilei

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Emily DeRoche Photographs

These are images of my nephews, my sister and my brother-in-law 
@ Wuthering Heights Park in Beaumont, TX. 
Enjoy :]
Daddy(Aaron) and Archer.

Daddy and Aythen.

Archie!!!

Archie. Hey!

Archie sayin' "Shhhhh, Momma!"

He's beautiful when he cries.


This is how he says Hello, now. :]

Like Aythen, like Archer.

Momma (Chrystal) and Archie.
She is a fantastic mother. 
He is a wonderful dad. 
They are a great family.
Thanks for showing that, Em.

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