Heaven and the Earth

I have been looking for some films and images that evoke 1970s dreaminess and haze for a while, but only just now, on a friend's blog, did I find some gold.
Terrence Malick's 1978 film Days of Heaven looks to be one I must see.

Thanks Absorb.

http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/555-days-of-heaven-on-earth-as-it-is-in-heaven
http://www.sarahfobes.com/movie-reviews/oscar-winners-meme-challenge/
http://liebemarlene.blogspot.com/2010/02/days-of-heaven.html
http://theartofmemory.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html

How predictable

Do these kinds of men actually exist? Or is it only in old Hollywood where the men pursue the women because they find them totally awe-inspiringly gorgeous?

I have this Ralph Lauren ad posted on my bedroom wall. Just once, I'd like to be swept off my feet and to dance slowly in a field.
Whilst wearing gumboots and an evening dress.

In the meantime I'll just wait for my phone to ring.
Because surely there's at least a smidgeon of etiquette left in modern society?

I won't hold my breath.

http://www.classicromancerevival.com/blog/?cat=17
http://thenonblonde.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html
mes-parfums.com

Up, Up and Away

I mean what girl wouldn't want a dress made from 15,000 blue balloons?

(http://designerplanet.org/tag/dress/page/2/)

There'll be days like this

Sometimes I feel like I'm trying to blend in, but just don't quite succeed.

Other times I swear little pieces of me fly off, scattering in the wind to find new places to settle, tired of being ignored or mistreated by me.

There are days when I am just a shadow. Struggling to exist, I am caught between the elements that can make me appear or disappear.

Then there are those days where I feel totally smothered by the world, covered in its dust and residue, unable to come up for air.
And then there are todays. Those are the ones where I want to be a part of it, without having to actually be a part of it.
I think I'm just going to crawl into a corner and watch the world go by from there.

http://www.graphic-design-blog.com/2008/12/photography-and-photomanipulations-by.html
http://blog.mycardmywork.com/?p=47
http://www.myspace.com/yendri
http://www.dyscario.com/arts-and-culture/paintings-and-art-photography-by-sandy-skoglund.html
http://www.threeshadows.cn/en/past.htm

Hi Mum

As I've mentioned in the past, my mother likes to email me with blogs and websites she thinks I'd find interesting.

Well yesterday she emailed me with a link to a blog she thought I might be interested in...
It was my own blog.Apparently she doesn't read the words, only looks at the pictures.
Thanks Mum.

(http://www.mrvintage.co.nz/site/mrvintage/images/thumb/HiMum_WHT_150.jpg)

Scrap Keep

I've worked out a way to make crazy, sustainable, wearable art pieces and pass them off as part of my major work collection.

I am going to make a series of collars and pieces of jewellery that utilise all the little scraps of fabric that I've been saving from the garbage since I started the collection.

Not a single piece of fabric has yet made it to the bin. And so yesterday, I spent some time using the scraps to make this neckpiece.

Whether or not it makes the cut doesn't matter. It has made me enjoy the collection again, bringing what I like doing to what the tutors expect me to do.

And there is nothing wrong with that.

Cycle of Life

At the V&A museum in London, you will find an amazing little treasure printed on a wall in the fashion section- "The Fashion Wheel".It's by Ruben Toledo.I was only going to post about that, but then when I googled the man, I discovered a whole crazy world of his fashion illustrations.Once again, I wish I had talent with a pencil.
http://fashionversusart.blogspot.com/2009/11/fashion-illustration.html
roseapodaca.com
www3.fitnyc.edu
55secretstreet.typepad.com
vam.ac.uk