tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104728742024-03-12T21:41:26.593-07:00A beautiful life.A diary of the things that move me.Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.comBlogger586125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-54443661615474592612012-05-18T10:51:00.002-07:002012-05-18T10:51:36.449-07:00It's Friday. Find joy today. [c/o Ane Brun]I knew this song. And I liked it. But watching the video has made me love it even more. The storyline is trippy. There's a man. He's in a hospital. He finds freedom. He loses it. He ends up in hysterics, imagining himself on a beach trying trying trying to float away. But before he ends up stranded, tied to a dozen balloons in attempts to fly away, he finds joy and he dances and he smiles.<br />
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<i>[Thank you to our fellow bloggette at <a href="http://walkthiswayla.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Walk This Way LA</a> for the reintroduction.</i>]Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-63282184739888485942012-03-10T08:28:00.002-08:002012-03-10T08:30:33.683-08:00Yoga + Dining + Community.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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- <a href="http://www.herakut.de/">Herakut</a> at LeBasse Projects, Chinatown last week.<br />
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I just bought a print from Becca's online etsy shop. I bought it cause Becca <i>gets</i> it. Also because her prints are only $22 (less if you buy before January 31st while her New Year's sale is going on). And lastly, but not insignificantly, because Becca donates $2 from each sale to the <a href="http://www.warl.org/" target="_blank">Washington Animal Rescue League</a>. Aaah, a philanthropist too--Becca, you <i>are</i> amazing!<br />
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Oh, also because I'm a Leo and us lions like to see pictures of ourselves. We're totally narcissistic and we accept this about ourselves.<br />
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Check out <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/rmkall" target="_blank">Becca's etsy shop</a>. Check it out <i>now</i>!<br />
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Today is the [extended] last day of <a href="http://www.mrbrainwash.com/" target="_blank">Mr. Brainwash</a>'s art show in Los Angeles. Whether or not you like the man's work, it's 80,000 square feet of positive messages and creative use of space. And that's worth seeing.</div>
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Not much til my rad friend Mark Macinnis brought 'em all together for a sick benefit event this Saturday. Mark directed an incredible film called <a href="http://urbanrootsamerica.com/urbanrootsamerica.com/Home.html" target="_blank">Urban Roots</a> about the urban farming movement.<br />
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Artist <a href="http://www.anthonyjamesstudio.com/" target="_blank">Anthony James</a> was then inspired to create some pretty amazing sculptures.<br />
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James and Mark are now working to raise money to establish farms in underprivileged urban schools through the <a href="http://urbanrootsamerica.com/urbanrootsamerica.com/PutFarmsInSchools.html" target="_blank">Field of Dreams</a> initiative.<br />
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I'd tell you to join. But I'm sure you already realize you should. See you there.<br />
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MOMAI<br />
711 Hampton Drive<br />
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The incredible song, if you're wondering (you must be), is by <a href="http://awolnationmusic.com/">Awolnation</a>.
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In Austin this week I discovered a store called <a href="http://spartan-shop.com/" target="_blank">Spartan</a> (more on Austin later, promise). At Spartan, I discovered the most perfectly merchandised boutique I've ever seen and this pillow collection by <a href="http://www.coralandtusk.com/" target="_blank">Coral & Tusk</a>. The brand makes other things but I am a sucker for decorative pillows. True story.<br />
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The pillow above is appropriately named '<a href="http://coralandtusk.myshopify.com/collections/homeandgifts/products/man-eating-tiger-pillow" target="_blank">man eating tiger</a>.' It is incredible in so very many ways.Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-34476734262791459502011-11-01T18:39:00.000-07:002011-11-01T18:40:40.791-07:00The beautiful Balloons of Bhutan.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/jonathan_harris.html" target="_blank">Jonathan Harris</a> is a photographer and a micro-storyteller and a traveler and a personal hero of mine.<br />
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When I describe art I always say: I don't know about art. I just know what I like.<br />
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I know that the richness and colors in Jonathan's work is as moving and incredible as it gets for me.<br />
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Harris' latest released project, <a href="http://balloonsofbhutan.org/">Balloons of Bhutan</a>, visited the region of <a href="http://www.bhutan.gov.bt/government/index_new.php">Bhutan</a> where happiness reigns supreme. He used balloons to measure the happiness and wishes of 117 residents.<br />
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Writes Harris on his site documenting the project, "Instead of "Gross National Product", Bhutan uses "Gross National Happiness" to measure its socio-economic prosperity, essentially organizing its national agenda around the <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fedens%2Fthailand%2Fbuddhism.htm&ei=wZ6wTpCHJ6mZiAKA4ZAG&usg=AFQjCNHDQVK6C2ugrrSPfxFWrnloWffd6Q&sig2=r8JVXImnPvDgVCiXMQebag">basic tenets of Buddhism</a>."<br />
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A beautiful project about a beautiful region of the world and its beautiful people.<br />
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<a href="http://balloonsofbhutan.org/">http://balloonsofbhutan.org/</a>Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-5539826176299120162011-10-20T21:23:00.000-07:002011-10-20T21:23:48.214-07:00LA gets a piece of Glen Ligon.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Glen Ligon's work is smart, it is beautiful, it is a commentary on black America, it will be on show in a <a href="http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/glenn-ligon-america?utm_source=ForYourArt+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5d14fc5ff5-PLAN_ForYourArt_October_20_26_2011&utm_medium=email">mid-career retrospective at LACMA</a> starting Sunday.<br />
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Consider the following part non-sequitor and part warning. Glen Ligon is a Wesleyan graduate. This is a general guarantee of awesome.Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-51419683828462829612011-10-11T07:55:00.001-07:002011-10-12T14:10:41.410-07:00Radical Face plays LA tonight.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/P8a4iiOnzsc" width="560"></iframe>
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Radical Face has no pretensions. You can hear it. You can see it in Ben Cooper's unkempt facial hairs and the clear freedom in his bad button down shirts. Radical Face is powerful and makes gorgeous sounds.
Radical Face <a href="http://www.bootlegtheater.org/music.html">plays LA tonight</a> at the Bootleg Theater. Let's go.
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Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-89845805875355896152011-09-22T11:47:00.000-07:002011-09-22T11:47:45.917-07:00RIP Troy Davis.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The United States government--the one that aims to create peace in every other nation on this planet beside our own--should feel something far more devastating than shame for its actions yesterday.<br />
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I am not a religious person and I do not believe in an afterlife. But
Troy Davis did. And so, Mr. Davis, I hope that you rest in peace.<br />
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[<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/us/final-pleas-and-vigils-in-troy-davis-execution.html?hp">NY Times: Troy Davis Executed</a>] Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-54991448355823550292011-09-11T20:34:00.000-07:002011-09-11T20:34:07.758-07:00Tonight.<div style="text-align: center;">
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To be concise: Lykke Li makes beautiful sounds that I want to listen to.</div>
Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-2890007919133829792011-09-07T08:42:00.000-07:002011-09-07T08:42:44.521-07:00Appreciating Richard's art in this digital age.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We live in a time when you can search for 'farm art' on Google (there was a reason at the time for my interest in agriculture art beyond time wasting on the internet, I assure you), come up with an image like this, fall in fast love with it, and then contact its maker via Twitter within minutes to inquire. Of course, sometimes the artist might reply to you with a complete loss of words himself for when he made it, where it is, or how I might get my hands on it. But, as I live in this modern time as well, I can drag it, drop it, and upload it to share with you all in this digital archive of Things. I. Love.<br />
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And, of course, thank you to <a href="http://h099.com/">Richard Hogg</a> for creating a piece that moves me so. Even if he doesn't know where its original is.Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-3331456650904135282011-08-19T17:46:00.000-07:002011-08-19T21:26:34.002-07:00Your girl got dicked by Ricky Powell. Photos on display.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ricky Powell (well, his photos) are coming to LA. Actually, they're here. Tomorrow night, <a href="http://www.houseofexposure.com/blog/">House of Exposure</a> presents 'Dicked by Ricky Powell.'
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Photos from $250 - $2000. 8 1/2" x 11" prints of the famous Basquiat/Warhol pic for $50. Lollipops with Basquiat and Warhols' sillhouettes. Priceless. But at this event, $10.<br />
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Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-85671630605603525032011-08-08T23:23:00.000-07:002011-08-08T23:25:36.205-07:00A lullaby by Little Joy.To my friend who introduced me to Little Joy and to this song, I cannot offer enough thank yous. If lullabies were written for the children in all of us, I would ask to be rocked to sleep nightly to this sweet, sweet song.<br />
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A few faves, newly appreciated after my studious Sunday telly watching.<br />
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This week a child touched me. Not metaphorically, but really. She actually reached out and touched me. It happened on Larchmont. I was holding a bright blue wallet and she waddled on up--this adorable little girl--and she just touched my hand and stared at me and smiled. It happened on Thursday.<br />
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The world is a magical place for a child on a Thursday on Larchmont when a woman who must appear very old to her--and tall too--meanders down the street holding a fabulously bright color in her hand.Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-10703717369865594442011-07-28T13:13:00.000-07:002011-07-28T13:13:53.505-07:00Music is my boyfriend.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At least it's about to be. I just downloaded <a href="http://www.spotify.com/us/hello-america/">Spotify</a>. It's saying hello to America. So I figured the least I could do in the name of America, was say hello back.<br />
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I'm looking forward to seeing how/if/when the new service changes the way I consume music. Like, perhaps I'll start to appreciate Gaga or something. Though probably not.Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-66165292531975526812011-07-27T07:43:00.000-07:002011-07-27T07:43:46.909-07:00Coveting: Death and the Maiden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Perhaps it is not every girl's desire to hang a 34" portrait of a skeleton in full embrace with a svelte blonde above her desk. But something's got to fill the space left by the removal of what was once a 5' tall upside-down Jesus which proudly and with great Jesus-like stoicism graced my now barren wall panel for nearly 4 years. And what better to replace one painted icon which made people incredibly uncomfortable than with another--equally awkward, if not sacrilegious--piece of art.<br />
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I want this <a href="http://mkgallery.com/Store/Edward_Walton_Wilcox.php?item=Giclees#">print by Edward Walton Wilcox</a>. I want it now. I want it framed and wrapped in a black bow that offers just a hint of the gothic nature of the subject inside. I want to enter my studio and fall asleep each night with the image of undying--or already dead as the case may be--love reminding me of life and living.<br />
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<i>Death and The Maiden</i><br />
<i>giclée on canvas</i><br />
<i>edition quantity: 25</i><br />
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<i>Available at the <a href="http://mkgallery.com/Store/Edward_Walton_Wilcox.php?item=Giclees">Merry Karnowsky Gallery</a>. </i><i><br /></i>Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-85701613098485102422011-07-23T09:00:00.000-07:002011-07-23T09:00:21.582-07:00It's Saturday and your life is not that bad.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's Saturday morning and I'm in Florida and it's humid as a sauna in a broke down spa in the Tropics. And I've complained a bit, I'll admit, in the last 36 hours about the temperature and the permanent dew that has affixed itself to my face and the hairs that won't stop frizzing, even on my arms.<br />
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But then I saw this picture this morning--from my air conditioned accommodations--and understood [though I already knew it] that the heat in Boca Raton, Florida is not that bad. At least not when you're merely hopping from hotel room to convertible to manse on the water.<br />
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The caption beneath this photo in the LA Times...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Peshawar, Pakistan — A young girl with her head partially covered with flies stands outside her family home on the outskirts of the city, in northwest Pakistan.</i></span><br />
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To be in your wee years, and to know flies on your small head--<i>that</i> is bad. That is terribly, cruelly bad.<br />
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[Image Credit: Fayaz Aziz / Reuters via <a href="http://framework.latimes.com/2011/07/22/the-week-in-pictures-45/">LA Times</a>]Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-39238958177137577402011-07-05T12:44:00.000-07:002011-07-05T16:48:09.843-07:00Kate Bush danced like she wanted to.30 some odd years ago, the music video hadn't yet developed its affinity for special effects, half naked girls, and cameos by film stars. It was unrefined and shot in one take in the woods with its star in a modest, long red dress and dancing like she's never danced before [and thankfully not many have danced since].<br />
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Questionable dance moves aside, the song is beautiful. And beauty's something modern day music doesn't always promise nowadays either.Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10472874.post-91736629454970905622011-07-02T18:44:00.000-07:002011-07-02T18:44:11.064-07:00The spectacular Ryan McGinley and his subject's spectacular butt.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CcQArU0gqhc/Tg_HTxWO9_I/AAAAAAAAC6Q/5FhMRYsY4E4/s1600/ryan-p911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="331.25" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CcQArU0gqhc/Tg_HTxWO9_I/AAAAAAAAC6Q/5FhMRYsY4E4/s400/ryan-p911.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>Take away the spectacularness of the buttocks of the man pictured above and what you're left with (those of us who are decent and good and not completely sexually deviant and can take our eyes away from such perfect buttocks) is the spectacularness of this photograph by Ryan McGinley on display now at LA's new OHWOW Gallery.<br />
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Group Exhibition: <b>Post 9-11</b><br />
June 30 - August 27, 2011<br />
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OHWOW Gallery <br />
937 N. La Cienega<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90069Jessie B. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12648793579874232930noreply@blogger.com0