Friday, July 30, 2010

It's so bizarre how life's "things" can be simplified to the base
The "things" are often a great deal more complicated when carried out
Each sentence calls for a certain word
Just as each string of memories calls for a certain image
Sea-blue eyes, but blue, not blue-green

The discovery of my constant motion has always been there
Though it has just been unveiled to me recently

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Photograph From S. DeSocio's Old House


We showered with lavender soap
Light streamed in and dipped us in gold
Did you see the fire in the yard?
All of the trees were alight, they had no faces to show
And I have a kettledrum, I'll hit the Earth with you
And I have a red kite;
I'll put you right in it.

Every fresh page is green and all the grass is drunk
Kept trying to catch the same silver bubble, over and over
But that's the point-- I can't
Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting.
Eat all them thirty three candles

He smiled at me and I looked up into his face and he lit up the room




Sunday, July 18, 2010

Interactive Art

Since I've been in India I've shifted my focus
Fluidity presents itself in a clearer complexity

Hold me in direct sunlight
These threads are my veins -
Veins are the roads to memories
Treat accordingly.

Touch me
I am a photograph; or am I capturing it?
You are truly a Power Ranger






Thursday, May 27, 2010

Sun Drenched Summer

Listening to: Charu's Theme From Satyajit Ray's Film Charulata
As you may have noticed,
one of the first times I posted on this blog I declared my dream to travel.
India was at the top of my list,
one my dreams of travel is finally being realized as I depart to this magnificent faraway land.
Two days from now I will be adjacent to the Indian Ocean
In grapefruit sunsets I'll be engulfed.
I will be ecstatic regardless of anything, because I'll be in India-
If you can't tell I'm beyond excited!
Darjeeling is on repeat..tout le temps :)
Oh and today was marvelous. As one of my last American Days I broke into the Ritz beach, I ate delicious Sir pizza and I swam in my infinite blue backyard.
I love jooyyyy

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Moon Eyes


The other day I happened to meet the most beautiful little girl,
She was very tan and had golden hair and almost silver eyes
She must have been about six.
Her silver eyes became moon shaped and lit up when she spotted my face painting booth.
This little soul was so readable that she seemed like a character from a novel
She hopped into the face painting chair and declared she wanted to be a butterfly.
I painted her little face blue and pink and gave her silver sparkles,
she stared into my sunglasses the entire time acting as if they were a mirror-
She watched herself change into a butterfly
I was entirely fascinated, and she seemed to be as well.
It was a precious moment during a marvelously sun-drenched day.


Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Prose for Dreamers

Some images captivate my thoughts
Recurring until I write them down
If we all lived in a glass bubble world
We could locate a harmony
Visuals of curly creatures swirled

Vertical life
That man in the sky
He can climb, but not fly.

Lavender lids
Human dolls with lavender lids
We curl into each other
As would a plume of smoke

I can't see through the branches
I drifted up, up, up
Met the man whom I thought could not fly
Mistaken was I-

The light patterned his skin octagons
My holographic man.

My sunshine falls like confetti
Liquid metal rain
Hearts pop playing
In galactic skies, everyone fucks freely.

Monday, May 17, 2010

GRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWRRRRR
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!


and thats the e x tent of it.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Wheeeeeeee!

I would just like to say
Lady Gaga makes the world a sparklier and more interesting place
I would love to own some of her outfits and bows.
She also reps hello kitty which is presh of her
I am a fan.
Lavender!?!?! YES, plz. See, the thing is Gags just rocks herself and I think it's cool that she's kind of in between an alien and a doll. aaaaaaand moooonsters!
this dress

Monday, May 3, 2010

and i suppose there will be days like this

I just feel like this blog has become so anticlimactic. I don't know. I have been having the most troubling difficulties writing as of the past couple of months. I suppose writers block does exist. I mean, I was always a bit dubious about the whole "writers block" phenomenon- I'm not really the type to contract a disease like that or even accept it as a possibility. But it's true. Creativity comes in waves, sometimes you can't write things- you just need to live them. It's not like I don't have interesting things going on- exactly the opposite. I left Paris for good (as much as it pains me to say for good, it is true) about a week ago. I was in New York at good old SLC for a week which was a refreshing integration back into normal life. I returned to my home city of Miami yesterday and of course its been inexplicably comforting. I am here for four days then off to Denver to visit my love Austin for a week then back home for a bit and off to INDIA! geez. eez ez. OH OH and omg omg I saw the best thing ever at Sarah Lawrence. One night Raz, Sarah and I were kickin it behind the music building and we saw WILD BUNNIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omgzzzzzz. best. moment. ever. clearly. So now I'm here and stuff and I don't really know. Life is flowin.




Friday, March 19, 2010

you ache just like a woman, but you break just like a little girl

Above is an early Valentino sketch. I find these sketches extremely inspiring, especially because I have been spending a great deal of my time lately creating pages upon pages and dossiers filled up with different collections. I am working on a Pop Art collection at the moment and next month will be an Amazon collection.
i llllllllooooooooooveeeeeee bun buns

Above- Essouira, Morocco. One of the most beautiful places on earth, clearly. I spent my spring break in Morocco and it was one of the most stunningly exquisite and clear experiences of my life. In all honesty, it's a must see if you ever get the chance. Fez and Marrakech are wonderful as well, Fez being more of an old city with a huge ancient medina, somewhat similar to Jerusalem, it seemed holy as well. Marrakech is interesting to check out as the first place you go. I feel like it gives an overall explanation of Morocco, it has everything, dirt roads, orange juice (it's a fresh-squeezed fantasy), souks which mean markets, and delicious food. We stayed in the quaintest places called Riads, they are kind of like a few huge houses and each guest stays in their own house. The best part about the riads is that they serve delicious breakfast every morning and ours had massages as well! It was also about 90 degrees and sunny and beautiful the whole time we were there which makes things exciting. I can't forget to mention that we rode camels.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

The world can be an unfair place at times, but your lows will have their compliments of highs.


I'm leaving. I feel like thats what I say to everyone. Next week I'll be in London for a week which I am quite excited about, Portobello market and the nightlife should be pretty sweet. I am excited to dress outrageously, I hope it won't be bitterly freezing. I am going to meet someone named Roxy. Were staying in her flat because she's Tarryn's cousin and I hear she dresses mad cool. It should be a good time.

Proceed to the day we arrive back in Paris, Tarryn and I have around 24 hours before we leave for Marrakesh, Morocco for a bit of sun and camels. I can't wait for the HEAT. This weather in Paris right now is literally turning me into an ice queen. I always have Tarryn's black fur coat on and the air always sounds like a ballerina's music box has been left slightly ajar. The sky is velvet grey. Anyway, I can already picture the colors of Morocco. Slate blue and blazing orange. I want to bring my floor length, faded cotton skirts from California and long, gauzy summer dresses. Tarryn and I are going to swim in our guest house pool and eat long, spicy luxurious meals and ride camels in the desert. We are also going to walk through the mountains and chill in the huge flower fields. I can't waitttt!!!!

I am also venturing to Goa, India this June and July for two months of volunteer work with young Goan children. I will explain more about this later.

"Strangers on this road we are on, we are not two we are one."




Monday, February 8, 2010

Francesca Woodman


“Every human being experiences his or her own desire; it is part of our personal treasure and, although, as an emotion, it can drive people away, generally speaking, it brings those who are important to us closer. It is an emotion chosen by my soul, and it is so intense that it can infect everything and everyone around me. Each day I choose the truth by which I try to live. I try to be practical, efficient, professional. But I would like to be able always to choose desire as my compassion. Not out of obligation, not to lesson my loneliness, but because it is good. Yes, very good."

Paolo Coelho, Eleven Minutes


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

You do it well, I'm under your spell


valentino circa late 1960's

alber elbaz for lanvin

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Incantations

Antique photographs,
((When you bring someone into your mind every day for years, after a while they just come into your thoughts because you're so used to bringing them there))
Ideas must come from somewhere, inspiration is needed toujours.
Can you have an idea without first being inspired by some other idea?
Paradoxical, really
Artistically, nostalgia is necessary- the forgotten all the more important
Emotions. I guess they're there for a reason.
I could just float away.
Smell can trigger such vivid memories
Then I recall my childhood,
Alee's soft purple sheets and our power ranger pajamas from another life
Now I can bail, I can spend, I can say fuck you and I can fight
Rose flavored champagne? And diamond rain
Enormous eyed children that just don't speak
We cry out of passion, New York, oppressive heat
Life is exquisite.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

be cheerful the holidays are here!

I would like to watch this bunny hop around on my bed. I think it would be presh.
The worn-in cozy pants and super soft sweaters below are perfect to wear on a cool day in Miami in December. I want to roll around in daisy fields until dusk wearing these clothes.
I adore this kitten. Real or fake? No one knows. Obsessed. It's name would be Benedict and it would play with Meliz's puffy, tiny, orange persian cat named Barbara.
I don't know who makes these shoes but they are curious items. Lovely, in a slightly odd way.
Enjoy the cold weather and wrap up in cozy cardigans, big feather pillows, mexican hot cocoa, and watch the snow fall (((I WISH IT WAS SNOWING)))

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

an outfit for- New Years at Plaza Athenee


joys of the good life

So, what it do baby boo (unicorn lovers and dream fairies)? yes, that is hijacked from Alee but honestly it sounds better than whatup, whats good, etc. Anywayzzz, lately I've been marveling in the Miami sun, the cheap, cheap American dollar (I Looooove it), and lavender- clearly my favorite color (btw these are some of my fav items of the lavender season), also I am looking for some frilly lavender socks to pop out over my grey doc martens that look exactly like the ones below ((only grey)). I specifically want the panties and bow from below as well. Those sticks aren't half bad either.

Sitting in my bed now, Its got me thinking about beds and luxurious ones at that- the bed in my room is about ten inches off the ground (good in the first place, because i looove to be high up) it's got four posters draped in huge pink roses, dark purple silk, Indian orange iridescent fabric, a huge purple and feather dreamcatcher, a pink ostrich boa (think along the lines of Satine's elephant in Moulin Rouge), my childhood cutie lion, a few crystals and Indian charms and lavender Pratesi sheets (the best in the world according to me), along with that it's covered in a huge white down comforter (genius in Miami, right?) and on top of that ANOTHER down comforter with a reversible dark pink and orange duvet. The pillows are huge and feathery and I basically feel like a princess as I lounge in it at this very moment. I think it's very important to have a comfortable bed because besides from that fact that it is where you spend half your life (and if you're me you spend three quarters of your life) it's where you dream, and dreams can't be as lucid, colorful, and delicious if you are not in the most luscious bed possible. Another thing that really adds to my room is the Ula Darni lamp above my bed. Ms. Darni is a very special and talented artist who makes gorgeous hanging lamps and chandeliers and hand paints magnificent, colorful flowers and designs on the inside of the lamps. When they are illuminated the colors are brighter by tenfold and just all together fabulous. Below is a photo of a room which I just adore, I think its Gala Darling's or maybe Rita Konig's.

Missing Paris, I somehow came across in one of my blogging extravaganza's this utterly delicious looking macaron, yes macaron hamburger. It's the size of a quarter and tastes just like a normal burger, but bite-sized, precious, and tiny like my favorite French dessert.

Hats can be cool to rock if you have the right style, but I've been on the fence about them for a bit actually. I really like the ones featured below and I was out shopping the other day when I came across a fabulous black lace rimmed bowler kind of hat with a bow on it. Can you say TOTES PRESH? I didn't get it at the time because it was a bit pricey but now I'm thinking I kind of want to go back for it. Don't topple over if you wanna rock the Marie Antoinette hair!
So anyone who knows me knows that American Apparel is kind of the staple of my closet, mainly because it is so easy to mix and match, the colors are DIVINE, the clothes fit like a glove and they are not crazy expensive. Recently I heard that they were having an AmAp rummage sale in the Design District on Friday so of course I am going, but 5,000 people have already RSVP'ed making me think that this is going to be some sample sale-like day with a CRAZYYY line and even nuttier hipsters. Oh, and the best part- whomever can scramble for what they want gets it at the HUGELY discounted price of $2-7. YES, folks you are hearing right, 85% off. My heart is tingling from the joy of that statement. I can only hope they have the hot pink lace leotard with a snap bottom when I get there.
Now people, don't forget to adopt a bunny if possible and glitter yourself daily!


Saturday, December 12, 2009

fairy goo and glitter

First off- check this awesomeness out..Raz showed me and I think this plane could really be coined magical~

Also, I've been thinking about the connection between indigo children and the rainbow family of living light lately and I think I would really benefit from going to one of the rainbow gatherings over the summer (a rainbow gathering is kind of like a gathering of a ton of hippies/hobos/dream lovers/explorers and sky searchers for one month out of the summer. They go camping in the forest, set up teepees or tents, build campfires, eat organic delicious food, play music, attend yoga classes, dance and take drugs.) I think this could be a highly beneficial summer choice. Also, I'm thinking of maybe escaping somewhere to write and explore creativity completely alone..kind of Thoreau-like.

I'm super excited to know about the Northern Lights and I'm really hoping to make a voyage to Finland next semester to see them and stay in an Ice hotel. Belle taught me about them and told me my closet reminded her of a clothing version of the Northern Lights.

I'm also totes mcgoats reconsidering fashion school apres SLC.

I need to buy a rainbow maker but this time a real one with crystals. I'm also debating between getting myself the Blackberry Tour for a holiday gift or the new iPhone. I've always been an iPhone girl and I'm leaning more towards that.

I think I may go to Grassroots in Ithaca with Amy this summer as well.

I'm so stoked I got this nice new chair from Olivia today for my Paris room and its beautifffful and wooden and leather and just luscious.

I want to wear red lipstick all the time. I think I may make it my new look. I've also gotten really into thigh high stockings since I've been living in Paris. They were kind of olden days-y for a while but now I'm thinking of bringing them back. I love the lace and delicacy of them. Despite the absurd prices (40 euros for a pair of tights) I adore Wolford.

I really want to eat some oysters. I've never had them.

Also, does anyone know where I can locate a converter that lets a French phone plug into an American wall? I really should be going to sleep now because I have to be up at 5 am to catch a flight from Paris to Miami. I will be in Miami for the next month. I wonder what I shall do to ring in the 2010 New Years? I can say that I am disappointed to let another year go by and miss the ball drop in person in NYC.

Have a Cartier filled first day of Hanukkah and don't forget to enjoy some very strong eggnog!

I shall leave you lovely readers with this.. the first of Joni Mitchell and David Crosby and the rest are my own creations.








paris is in the background, bonjour miami



Since I've been in Paris I adore lingerie.

And lambs, but that's not a Paris thing, that's a life thing.

Time to bounce.

Photo cred- Craig McDean (last one)

Sunday, November 29, 2009

We sit and I watch you blow O's

italian cities of interest

tuscany (siena)- exceptional vino (fonterutilly)
lake como
portofino
amalfi
capri
genoa

BTW-new RIHANNA CD!!!