On Sarah Maple

Gosh I love self-portraits.

There seems to be this giant wave of Muslim women artwork.

I have to say that I am really liking it.

This self-portrait is by Sarah Maple.

She's young, British, and Muslim.

She also has a neat style and is cute (obviously this doesn't give her artistic merit, but hey, it's an added bonus, eh?).

Aesthetics!

http://www.sarahmaple.com/

Enjoy.

My Visit to Philadelphia

Words cannot describe!

Bedroom of My Dreams

So sometimes Jess K. posts myspace bulletins.

And then most of the times they make me laugh.

They usually even have fun photos in them like this:

I mean, how clean and relaxing does that look?

Speaking of relaxing, I'm off to Philly today to be reunited with collegiate friends.

Bye!

Don't Forget Your Floaties!

It's really really hot and humid today. I want to dive right into this ring from Swatch. I saw this in a magazine and was smitten!

It also reminded me of this gem:

Hockney's "A Bigger Splash"

And then of course I thought of this:

Hockney's "Neat Lawn"

Brilliant.

I want a pool and / or sprinkler.

Ducks about Ducks

Sorry for the skipped update! I was on a picnic with some ducks and friends.

Tons of vegan treats and lots of laughs.

Ya know.

For full update visit Jen's blog.

Hair Couture and Paranormal Dinner Parties

One of my dad's favorite movies of all time is "Beetlejuice".

He and I must have watched it one-thousand times while I was growing up.

The most famous scene of course is the dinner party performance of "the Banana Boat Song"

Since I was three, I've always been fascinated with the lady in green during this scene:



Her name is Adelle Lutz and she is half Japanese and half German.

It turns out she is also is a fashion designer and her clothing is weird and worth mentioning as well.
Adorable!

Paris is no Stranger to Controversy

"Be young and shutup"

Forty years ago one warm May, French students and workers took to the streets in protest!

Simply, students were sick of the conservative majority and being put down by the older generations.

Eventually things got pretty violent and as always, the police got REALLY violent and this lent some sympathy to the students.

And then since history repeats itself, France's government collapsed for the neuf-centième time, and a new one was put in place.

More or less exciting than the French Revolution!

So how will you celebrate?

Will you lock yourself up in your Parisian flat with your twin and newly befriended American for a little incestuous menage-a-trois and old timey movie references?


Or maybe center your advertising campaign for your high-end avant-garde couture line around it since, as Vice magazine says, "it went from funny to verboten to fashionable because it went from funny to verboten".

For example this:
Became this:


Either way,

"Je me souviens"
"I remember"

(Which is the slogan for Quebec, but hey, it works here too)