THIS MOVIE IS AMAZING. I AM OBSESSED.
Friday, January 22, 2010
"That isn't writing; it's typing."
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles."
-Jack Kerouac, 1959
-Jack Kerouac, 1959
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2004.
"Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappoinment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is you want, and not let the cattle stand in the way."
Janet Fitch - White Oleander
I was 17 when I wrote that down in an old notebook. I must have thought it was important. I guess it struck a nerve.
I don't really know how to react to it now. It's kind of a beautiful piece of writing, but the sentiment certainly doesn't hold quite the same appeal. I am glad that I don't believe it quite so fervently as I did at 17.
They say truth is beauty and vice versa; I don't think this piece is pure example.
Janet Fitch - White Oleander
I was 17 when I wrote that down in an old notebook. I must have thought it was important. I guess it struck a nerve.
I don't really know how to react to it now. It's kind of a beautiful piece of writing, but the sentiment certainly doesn't hold quite the same appeal. I am glad that I don't believe it quite so fervently as I did at 17.
They say truth is beauty and vice versa; I don't think this piece is pure example.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Heart Skipped a Beat/The xx
please don't say we're done
when i'm not finished
i could give you so much
make you feel like never before
welcome, they said welcome to the floor
it's been a while
and you've found someone better
but i've been waiting too long to give this up
the more i see, i understand
but sometimes, i still need you
sometimes, i still need you
i was struggling to get in
left waiting outside your door
i was sure
you'd give me more
no need to come to me
when i can make it all the way to you
you made it clear
you weren't near
near enough for me
heart skipped a beat
and when i caught it you were out of reach
but i'm sure, i'm sure
you've heard it before
when i'm not finished
i could give you so much
make you feel like never before
welcome, they said welcome to the floor
it's been a while
and you've found someone better
but i've been waiting too long to give this up
the more i see, i understand
but sometimes, i still need you
sometimes, i still need you
i was struggling to get in
left waiting outside your door
i was sure
you'd give me more
no need to come to me
when i can make it all the way to you
you made it clear
you weren't near
near enough for me
heart skipped a beat
and when i caught it you were out of reach
but i'm sure, i'm sure
you've heard it before
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Ceremony/Joy Division/Galaxie 500
this is why events unnerve me
they tell it all a different story
notice for whom wheels are turning
turn again and turn towards this time
all she asks is the strength to hold me
then again the same old story
world will travel oh so quickly
travel fast and turn towards this time
oh i'll break them down, no mercy shown
heaven knows it's got to be this time
watching her, these things she said
the times she cried
too frail to wake this time
oh i'll break them down, no mercy shown
heaven knows it's got to be this time
avenues all lined with trees
picture me and then you start watching
avenues all lined with trees
picture me and then you start watching
avenues all lined with trees
picture me and then you start watching
watching forever, forever
watching love grow, forever
letting me know, forever.
they tell it all a different story
notice for whom wheels are turning
turn again and turn towards this time
all she asks is the strength to hold me
then again the same old story
world will travel oh so quickly
travel fast and turn towards this time
oh i'll break them down, no mercy shown
heaven knows it's got to be this time
watching her, these things she said
the times she cried
too frail to wake this time
oh i'll break them down, no mercy shown
heaven knows it's got to be this time
avenues all lined with trees
picture me and then you start watching
avenues all lined with trees
picture me and then you start watching
avenues all lined with trees
picture me and then you start watching
watching forever, forever
watching love grow, forever
letting me know, forever.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Yayoi Kusama
Biography:
Started to paint using polka dots and nets as motifs at around age ten and created fantastic paintings in watercolors, pastels and oils.
Went to the United States in 1957. Showed large paintings, soft sculptures, and environmental sculptures using mirrors and electric lights. In the latter 1960s, staged many happenings such as body painting festivals, fashion shows and anti-war demonstrations. Launched media-related activities such as film production and newspaper publication. In 1968, the film "Kusama’s Self-Obliteration" which Kusama produced and starred in won a prize at the Fourth International Experimental Film Competition in Belgium and the Second Maryland Film Festival, as well as the second prize at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Held exhibitions and staged happenings also in various countries in Europe.
Returned to Japan in 1973. While continuing to produce and show art works, Kusama issued a number of novels and anthologies. In 1983, the novel "The Hustlers' Grotto of Christopher Street" won the Tenth Literary Award for New Writers from the monthly magazine Yasei Jidai.
In 1986, she held solo exhibitions at the Musee Municipal, Dole and the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Calais, France, in 1989, solo exhibitions at the Center for International Contemporary Arts, New York and the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England. In 1993, she participated in the 45th Venice Biennale.
Began to create open-air sculptures in 1994. Produced open-air pieces for the Fukuoka Kenko Center, the Fukuoka Municipal Museum of Art, the Bunka-mura on Benesse Island of Naoshima, Kirishima Open-Air Museum and Matsumoto City Museum of Art, in front of Matsudai Station, Niigata, TGV's Lille-Europe Station in France, Beverly Gardens Park, Beverly hills, Pyeonghwa Park, Anyang and a mural for the hallway at subway station in Lisbon.
Began to show works mainly at galleries in New York in 1996. A solo show held in New York in the same year won the Best Gallery Show in 1995/96 and the Best Gallery Show in 1996/97 from the International Association of Art Critics in 1996.
From 1998 to 1999, a major retrospective of Kusama’s works which opened at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art traveled to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Walker Art Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.
In 2000, Kusama won The Education Minister’s Art Encouragement Prize and Foreign-Minister’s Commendations. Her solo exhibition that started at Le Consortium in France in the same year traveled to Maison de la culture du Japon, Paris, KUNSTHALLEN BRANDTS ÆDEFABRIK, Denmark, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, KUNSTHALLE Wien, Art Sonje Center, Seoul.
Received the Asahi Prize in 2001, the Medal with Dark Navy Blue Ribbon in 2002, the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officier), and the Nagano Governor Prize (for the contribution in encouragement of art and culture) in 2003.
In 2004, her solo exhibition "KUSAMATRIX" started at Mori Museum in Tokyo. This exhibition drew visitors totaling 520,000 people. In the same year,another solo exhibition started at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo In 2005, it travelled to The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Matsumoto City Museum of Art.
Received the 2006 National Lifetime Achievement Awards, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Losette and The Praemium Imperiale -Painting- in 2006.
In 2008, Documentary film, (near equal) series, the fifth. [ Yayoi Kusama, I adore myself.] was released.
Appeals to my own obsessive tendencies.
Started to paint using polka dots and nets as motifs at around age ten and created fantastic paintings in watercolors, pastels and oils.
Went to the United States in 1957. Showed large paintings, soft sculptures, and environmental sculptures using mirrors and electric lights. In the latter 1960s, staged many happenings such as body painting festivals, fashion shows and anti-war demonstrations. Launched media-related activities such as film production and newspaper publication. In 1968, the film "Kusama’s Self-Obliteration" which Kusama produced and starred in won a prize at the Fourth International Experimental Film Competition in Belgium and the Second Maryland Film Festival, as well as the second prize at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Held exhibitions and staged happenings also in various countries in Europe.
Returned to Japan in 1973. While continuing to produce and show art works, Kusama issued a number of novels and anthologies. In 1983, the novel "The Hustlers' Grotto of Christopher Street" won the Tenth Literary Award for New Writers from the monthly magazine Yasei Jidai.
In 1986, she held solo exhibitions at the Musee Municipal, Dole and the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Calais, France, in 1989, solo exhibitions at the Center for International Contemporary Arts, New York and the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England. In 1993, she participated in the 45th Venice Biennale.
Began to create open-air sculptures in 1994. Produced open-air pieces for the Fukuoka Kenko Center, the Fukuoka Municipal Museum of Art, the Bunka-mura on Benesse Island of Naoshima, Kirishima Open-Air Museum and Matsumoto City Museum of Art, in front of Matsudai Station, Niigata, TGV's Lille-Europe Station in France, Beverly Gardens Park, Beverly hills, Pyeonghwa Park, Anyang and a mural for the hallway at subway station in Lisbon.
Began to show works mainly at galleries in New York in 1996. A solo show held in New York in the same year won the Best Gallery Show in 1995/96 and the Best Gallery Show in 1996/97 from the International Association of Art Critics in 1996.
From 1998 to 1999, a major retrospective of Kusama’s works which opened at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art traveled to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Walker Art Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.
In 2000, Kusama won The Education Minister’s Art Encouragement Prize and Foreign-Minister’s Commendations. Her solo exhibition that started at Le Consortium in France in the same year traveled to Maison de la culture du Japon, Paris, KUNSTHALLEN BRANDTS ÆDEFABRIK, Denmark, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, KUNSTHALLE Wien, Art Sonje Center, Seoul.
Received the Asahi Prize in 2001, the Medal with Dark Navy Blue Ribbon in 2002, the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officier), and the Nagano Governor Prize (for the contribution in encouragement of art and culture) in 2003.
In 2004, her solo exhibition "KUSAMATRIX" started at Mori Museum in Tokyo. This exhibition drew visitors totaling 520,000 people. In the same year,another solo exhibition started at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo In 2005, it travelled to The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Matsumoto City Museum of Art.
Received the 2006 National Lifetime Achievement Awards, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Losette and The Praemium Imperiale -Painting- in 2006.
In 2008, Documentary film, (near equal) series, the fifth. [ Yayoi Kusama, I adore myself.] was released.
Appeals to my own obsessive tendencies.
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