PRETTY THINGS
I like pretty things.
I want to surround myself with them, collect them, create them, and share them.
This will be a work in Progress. A collection of reminders that there are some incredible passionate people out there making this whole being human thing feel more manageable
.
I want to surround myself with them, collect them, create them, and share them.
This will be a work in Progress. A collection of reminders that there are some incredible passionate people out there making this whole being human thing feel more manageable
.
“Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower”BY RAINER MARIA RILKEtranslation by Joanna Macy + Anita Barrows
Quiet friend who has come so far,
feel how your breathing makes more space around you.
Let this darkness be a bell tower
and you the bell. As you ring,
what batters you becomes your strength.
Move back and forth into the change.
What is it like, such intensity of pain?
If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine.
In this uncontainable night,
be the mystery at the crossroads of your senses,
the meaning discovered there.
And if the world has ceased to hear you,
say to the silent earth: I flow.
To the rushing water, speak: I am.
Sonnets to Orpheus II, 29
Quiet friend who has come so far,
feel how your breathing makes more space around you.
Let this darkness be a bell tower
and you the bell. As you ring,
what batters you becomes your strength.
Move back and forth into the change.
What is it like, such intensity of pain?
If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine.
In this uncontainable night,
be the mystery at the crossroads of your senses,
the meaning discovered there.
And if the world has ceased to hear you,
say to the silent earth: I flow.
To the rushing water, speak: I am.
Sonnets to Orpheus II, 29
You deserve a lover who wants you disheveled, with everything and all the reasons that wake you up in a haste and the demons that won’t let you sleep. You deserve a lover who makes you feel safe, who can consume this world whole if he walks hand in hand with you; someone who believes that his embraces are a perfect match with your skin. You deserve a lover who wants to dance with you, who goes to paradise every time he looks into your eyes and never gets tired of studying your expressions. You deserve a lover who listens when you sing, who supports you when you feel shame and respects your freedom; who flies with you and isn’t afraid to fall. You deserve a lover who takes away the lies and brings you hope, coffee, and poetry.
*Frida Kahlo
*Frida Kahlo
http://www.hannaquevedo.com
http://www.streetartutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/banksy_street_art.jpeg
Sagaki Keita via www.thisiscolossal.com/top20
“We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Warship_diagram_orig.jpg
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/12/time-lapse-images-of-nude-dancers-created-with-10000-individual-photographs/
http://news.distractify.com/culture/she-sits-on-the-ground-and-begins-to-move-when-shes-done-she-finds-herself-seated-upon-a-hypnotizing-masterpiece
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/guilherme-kramer-we-see-people-in-the-crowd
http://www.julienpacaud.com/Le-Monde
http://www.theoldphotoalbum.com/2010/10/weegee-arthur-fellig-people/#more-3119
http://beautifuldecay.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/brian-dettmer12.jpg
http://graffart.eu/blog/2009/06/picasso-light-graffiti/
http://www.jeremygeddesart.com/popups/largepinkp.html
http://www.visualnews.com/2011/04/05/intricately-patterned-animal-illustrations
http://design-milk.com/unwoven-light-an-installation-by-soo-sunny-park/#!bPLHy4
http://www.earthporm.com/incredibly-intricate-hand-cut-paper-art-maude-white
http://www.fubiz.net/en/2014/07/27/destroyed-paintings-by-cesar-biojo/
We have come to be danced
Not the pretty dance
Not the pretty pretty, pick me, pick me dance
But the claw our way back into the belly
Of the sacred, sensual animal dance
The unhinged, unplugged, cat is out of its box dance
The holding the precious moment in the palms
Of our hands and feet dance.
We have come to be danced
Not the jiffy booby, shake your booty for him dance
But the wring the sadness from our skin dance
The blow the chip off our shoulder dance.
The slap the apology from our posture dance.
We have come to be danced
Not the monkey see, monkey do dance
One two dance like you
One two three, dance like me dance
but the grave robber, tomb stalker
Tearing scabs and scars open dance
The rub the rhythm raw against our soul dance.
We have come to be danced
Not the nice, invisible, self-conscious shuffle
But the matted hair flying, voodoo mama
Shaman shakin’ ancient bones dance
The strip us from our casings, return our wings
Sharpen our claws and tongues dance
The shed dead cells and slip into
The luminous skin of love dance.
We have come to be danced
Not the hold our breath and wallow in the shallow end of the floor dance
But the meeting of the trinity, the body breath and beat dance
The shout hallelujah from the top of our thighs dance
The mother may I?
Yes you may take 10 giant leaps dance
The olly olly oxen free free free dance
The everyone can come to our heaven dance.
We have come to be danced
Where the kingdom’s collide
In the cathedral of flesh
To burn back into the light
To unravel, to play, to fly, to pray
To root in skin sanctuary
We have come to be danced
WE HAVE COME.
by Jewel Mathieson
Not the pretty dance
Not the pretty pretty, pick me, pick me dance
But the claw our way back into the belly
Of the sacred, sensual animal dance
The unhinged, unplugged, cat is out of its box dance
The holding the precious moment in the palms
Of our hands and feet dance.
We have come to be danced
Not the jiffy booby, shake your booty for him dance
But the wring the sadness from our skin dance
The blow the chip off our shoulder dance.
The slap the apology from our posture dance.
We have come to be danced
Not the monkey see, monkey do dance
One two dance like you
One two three, dance like me dance
but the grave robber, tomb stalker
Tearing scabs and scars open dance
The rub the rhythm raw against our soul dance.
We have come to be danced
Not the nice, invisible, self-conscious shuffle
But the matted hair flying, voodoo mama
Shaman shakin’ ancient bones dance
The strip us from our casings, return our wings
Sharpen our claws and tongues dance
The shed dead cells and slip into
The luminous skin of love dance.
We have come to be danced
Not the hold our breath and wallow in the shallow end of the floor dance
But the meeting of the trinity, the body breath and beat dance
The shout hallelujah from the top of our thighs dance
The mother may I?
Yes you may take 10 giant leaps dance
The olly olly oxen free free free dance
The everyone can come to our heaven dance.
We have come to be danced
Where the kingdom’s collide
In the cathedral of flesh
To burn back into the light
To unravel, to play, to fly, to pray
To root in skin sanctuary
We have come to be danced
WE HAVE COME.
by Jewel Mathieson
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/06/ridiculously-detailed-spray-paint-and-stencil-work-by-kris-trappeniers/
Bluebird
Charles Bukowski
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?
http://youtu.be/mmWZOsVtqR0?list=PL53C9EC57ED87B70B
Charles Bukowski
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?
http://youtu.be/mmWZOsVtqR0?list=PL53C9EC57ED87B70B
http://images.juno.co.uk/full/CS304360-01A-BIG.jpg
http://news.distractify.com/culture/sculptures
Edel Rodriguez http://edelr.com/index.php
http://news.distractify.com/culture/sculptures
http://beautifuldecay.com/2014/06/20/kerouac-inspired-journey-lost-america-will-make-want-hit-road/
A beautiful series of faces hidden and exposed in topographical maps....
http://edfairburn.com
http://edfairburn.com
Nothing like a creator at work.... the link below show's his Really interesting light stencils but this shot of him working moved me...
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/01/light-stencils-in-vietnam/
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/01/light-stencils-in-vietnam/
http://www.wisdomportal.com/Cats/Halsman-DaliAtomicus(1306x1038).jpg
A cathedral built from 55,000 LED lights.....http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/01/a-cathedral-made-from-55000-led-lights/
http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/rid/sue7.jpg
For some reason the page wouldn't let me download the image but check out this page and the really subtle work done in the supermarket.....
http://www.artnet.com/artists/liu-bolin/supermarket-ii-series-hide-in-the-city-a-Zkwo9LTndvvr8jumNTgWMw2
http://www.artnet.com/artists/liu-bolin/supermarket-ii-series-hide-in-the-city-a-Zkwo9LTndvvr8jumNTgWMw2
http://www.we-find-wildness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/25478_orig.jpg
Compilation from Strandbeest on Vimeo.
http://bryanchiao.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/03/picture_16.png
http://fantastic.library.cornell.edu/dbgfx/800/F036-006.jpg
http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=12306
http://www.designboom.com/tools/WPro/images/10y/xf4.jpg
Scary moments on post it noteshttp://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/interview-mysterious-postit
www.viraldoza.com/22-far-away-perspectives-famous-places-will-change-way-see-forever
http://m.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/11/national-geographic-photo-contest-2011/100187
This link blows my mind....
MRI Scans Of Fruits And Veggies Are Astounding And Mildly Frightening
http://beautifuldecay.com/2014/04/18/mri-scans-fruits-veggies-astounding-mildly-frightening/
MRI Scans Of Fruits And Veggies Are Astounding And Mildly Frightening
http://beautifuldecay.com/2014/04/18/mri-scans-fruits-veggies-astounding-mildly-frightening/
New Portraits Drawn with Coffee, Tea, and Ink by Carne Griffiths
http://www.123inspiration.com/new-portraits-drawn-with-coffee-tea-and-ink-by-carne-griffiths/
http://www.123inspiration.com/new-portraits-drawn-with-coffee-tea-and-ink-by-carne-griffiths/
Hepburn, 1959
KRIS KUKSI
A Presumptuously Pagan Celebration, 2013
https://artsy.net/artwork/kris-kuksi-a-presumptuously-pagan-celebration
A Presumptuously Pagan Celebration, 2013
https://artsy.net/artwork/kris-kuksi-a-presumptuously-pagan-celebration
The Mini Book of Major Events by Evan Lorenzenhttp://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/the-mini-book-of-major-events-by-evan-lorenzen/
The 13 Coolest tattoo Artists in the world
(according to some guy)
www.hypeseek.com/the-13-coolest-tattoo-artists-in-the-world/
(according to some guy)
www.hypeseek.com/the-13-coolest-tattoo-artists-in-the-world/
http://www.wetheurban.com/post/83326560391/art-sunsets-viewed-through-shattered-mirrors-by
In this series you can see German artist Thomas Kellner Deconstructing iconic Architecture by offering many perspectives on the same well known monuments.
http://www.thomaskellner.com/artworks/portfolios/monuments/
http://www.thomaskellner.com/artworks/portfolios/monuments/
Everything is Waiting for You
Your great mistake is to act the drama
as if you were alone. As if life
were a progressive and cunning crime
with no witness to the tiny hidden
transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny
the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely,
even you, at times, have felt the grand array;
the swelling presence, and the chorus, crowding
out your solo voice You must note
the way the soap dish enables you,
or the window latch grants you freedom.
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.
The stairs are your mentor of things
to come, the doors have always been there
to frighten you and invite you,
and the tiny speaker in the phone
is your dream-ladder to divinity.
Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into
the conversation. The kettle is singing
even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots
have left their arrogant aloofness and
seen the good in you at last. All the birds
and creatures of the world are unutterably
themselves. Everything is waiting for you.
-- David Whyte
http://lovehawk.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/oatmealfull.jpg
http://davidhale.org
As individual images, I don't know if I would include Banksy in the Pretty pretty things section. At the same time banksy uses art to call out the ridiculously Hypocrisies and tragedies of city living; I find this skill And message of his breathtaking. To me the beauty does not lie in the strange drawings of rats with paint rollers, or starving african children wearing a "I hate Monday's" T-shirt; the beauty iies in the passion of the creator. Banksy cares enough about his message that he uses the cityscape as his canvas . Without fame, without permission, I can't help but shake the feeling that he can't help causing trouble....
http://triggerpit.com/2011/06/27/banksy-guerilla-art-wrapped-in-mystery-and-controversy-35-pic/
http://triggerpit.com/2011/06/27/banksy-guerilla-art-wrapped-in-mystery-and-controversy-35-pic/
www.viralblasts.com/amazing-quotes-from-people-smarter-thlovehawk.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/oatmealfull.jpg/
avaxnews.net/charming/drawn_with_pencil_and_pen_by_rafael_araujo.html/
triggerpit.com/2011/06/27/banksy-guerilla-art-wrapped-in-mystery-and-controversy-35-pic/
davidha
Body Art Paintings of the Omo Valley Tribe
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Body-art-painting-omo-valley-Tribe/7101611/
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Body-art-painting-omo-valley-Tribe/7101611/
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THE SUICIDE KID
by Charles Bukowski
I went to the worst of bars
hoping to get
killed.
but all I could do was to
get drunk
again.
worse, the bar patrons even
ended up
liking me.
there I was trying to get
pushed over the dark
edge
and I ended up with
free drinks
while somewhere else
some poor
son-of-a-bitch was in a hospital
bed,
tubes sticking out all over
him
as he fought like hell
to live.
nobody would help me
die as
the drinks kept
coming,
as the next day
waited for me
with its steel clamps,
its stinking
anonymity,
its incogitant
attitude.
death doesn't always
come running
when you call
it,
not even if you
call it
from a shining
castle
or from an ocean liner
or from the best bar
on earth (or
the worst).
such impertinence
only makes the gods
hesitate and
delay.
ask me: I'm 72.
by Charles Bukowski
I went to the worst of bars
hoping to get
killed.
but all I could do was to
get drunk
again.
worse, the bar patrons even
ended up
liking me.
there I was trying to get
pushed over the dark
edge
and I ended up with
free drinks
while somewhere else
some poor
son-of-a-bitch was in a hospital
bed,
tubes sticking out all over
him
as he fought like hell
to live.
nobody would help me
die as
the drinks kept
coming,
as the next day
waited for me
with its steel clamps,
its stinking
anonymity,
its incogitant
attitude.
death doesn't always
come running
when you call
it,
not even if you
call it
from a shining
castle
or from an ocean liner
or from the best bar
on earth (or
the worst).
such impertinence
only makes the gods
hesitate and
delay.
ask me: I'm 72.
CARNOVSKY
This is some of the coolest work I've seen in a while.....
http://www.carnovsky.com/RGB.htm
This is some of the coolest work I've seen in a while.....
http://www.carnovsky.com/RGB.htm
Sometimes looking at someones sketchbook
is like getting a chance to spend some time in their head....
it can be really pretty in there....
www.behance.net/Gallery/Sketchbook/340060/
is like getting a chance to spend some time in their head....
it can be really pretty in there....
www.behance.net/Gallery/Sketchbook/340060/
Shake the dust from Anis Mojgani on Vimeo.
really interesting graffiti art in China:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2392721/DALeast-Breathtaking-work-secretive-Chinese-graffiti-artist-world.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2392721/DALeast-Breathtaking-work-secretive-Chinese-graffiti-artist-world.html
www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/09/gorgeous-painted-birds-by-adam-s-doyle/
www.funatiq.com/images/100-history-personalities.jpg/