Food. Drink. Entertaining.
I collect recipes that I’ll never make and patterns I’ll never have time to sew. It’s a compulsion. My hard drive is always getting full, as are my email inboxes and bookshelves.
Want to follow along? My collection on Pinterest is always being updated.
Or check out the Dining category…
Artist Jose Romussi found a new application for string art and embroidery–applying them to vintage photographs of dancers. The results are stunning.
Jose Romussi is a Chilean artist currently based in Berlin. He uses fiber arts in new and surprising ways, changing old media into new incarnations. Check out more of his work at JoseRomussi.com.
All images © Jose Romussi.
I probably shouldn’t admit that I first learned about Stephen Shore on Pinterest. I became kind of obsessed with the picture above. I feel like I’ve been in this motel room before, and yet I wish I could buy every object in this room.
Stephen Shore (b. 1947) is a NYC-born, self-taught photographer who sold his first photographs to MOMA at age 14, started hanging out at Andy Warhol’s Factory at 17, and had a solo show at the Met at 24. His color photographs from cross-country road trips in the 1970s, such as the one above, cemented his place among the most critically-acclaimed American photographers, but he has done a variety of interesting projects since then. He even has an Instagram account.
Once upon a time, I was in a club which required its members to send a haiku by text message (SMS), one day per week. Each member had an assigned day (I think mine was Monday, then Wednesday).
It was a great way to spark a little creativity into daily life. I learned a lot about my friends and how they saw the world. I wish I had saved more of them.
Here are just the few of mine that I still have, because I blogged about them on my old site.
12/14/2009
purchasing firewood
promises nice winter nights
i’m totally stoked
-Nic
12/21/2009
‘to my father’
We become our craft?
Doctor can’t understand what
The mechanic can
-nicole
28 December 2009
Little black dresses
And all the right subscriptions
Thought I was ready
7-7-10:
Raw temptation of
sprinklers never fades with age…
Wet grass loves bare feet
7-1-10:
Red-winged blackbird dreams,
Bicycles, reeds in ditches,
was this history?
6-16-10:
Blame music, you could
never live up to sacred
memories of you
June 3, 2010:
‘Late submission’
Priorities change.
Scarlett in the cotton field,
painted backdrop skies.
4-26-10:
Will said there’s a tide,
Take this current. I meant to.
Don’t know what went wrong.
April 19, 2010:
‘Social studies’
At 9, I colored
my state bird blue. The kids laughed.
I still think I’m right.
As you probably know, around these parts, we love Detroit fiercely. The city is exciting and inspiring, not to mention sprawling. Happily for all of us, though, there are lots of folks on Instagram documenting what’s good.
Detroit Happenings:
Detroit Food:
Detroit Art & Architecture:
We’ve already shared some of our favorite art-focused blogs, but today seemed like a good day to share a peek at our social media list. Who doesn’t need a little more beauty in their day, in between shots of their friends’ plates, pop culture memes, and endless sponsored posts? Here are some of our favorite Instagram accounts, managed by folks who specialize in various themes of art, art history, photography, and other creative endeavors, and who never fail to inspire us. Naturally, these are by no means exhaustive lists–drop us a line if you want to share your must-see IGers! And of course, you can find the link to our account over in that nifty box on the right…
A photo posted by Musée du Louvre (@museelouvre) on
A photo posted by MoMA The Museum of Modern Art (@themuseumofmodernart) on
A photo posted by Ali Cavanaugh (@_alicavanaugh_) on
A photo posted by ANDREYREMNEV (@andreyremnev) on
A photo posted by Brooklyn Lamb (@brooklynlamb) on
A video posted by James Gurney (@jamesgurneyart) on
Another Murray. #billmurraysofinstagram #stripes
A photo posted by Jenny D Fine (@jfineoriginal) on
A photo posted by Julia Gabrielov (@juliagabrielov) on
One of my photographs of Johnny Cash 1994 – the Man in Black – born on this day 1932
A photo posted by Danny Clinch (@dannybones64) on
There is a lime-green that is only seen in Spring.
A photo posted by Patricia Lay-Dorsey (@patricialaydorsey) on
A photo posted by Stephanie Baker (@thedancingwind) on
‘Spark the sun off for me’ 🎶 . .
A photo posted by @sejkko on
A photo posted by Humans of New York (@humansofny) on
A photo posted by Oksana Morris (@ksushanyc) on
A photo posted by Murad Osmann (@muradosmann) on
A photo posted by RescuedFilm (@rescuedfilm) on
A photo posted by Deputy Joey Ready (@awesomecameras) on
img006 _ #believeinfilm #foundfilm #classof1938
A photo posted by Class of 1938 (@classof1938) on
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