Thursday, July 29, 2010

winslow homer, black+white+brown

fisher girl with net, 1882

 flamborough head, england, 1882

 girl seated, 1880

going berrying, 1879

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

life goal number....eh, i've lost track already

yes, i still want to own a vespa when i grow up.

never mind the fact that i still don't know how to drive, much less ride a motorbike, much less ride a bicycle without being just a little bit wobbly (i imagine that might be a bit of a deterring factor).

i love the lines!  besides, it's so fun just to go around saying "vespa."  like reese witherspoon in the movie, penelope.

i snapped this photo from the top of one of barcelona's "bus turistic" last summer - mostly because i liked her bag.

not a vespa, it would appear, but she still looks rocking cool.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

kinda creepy?

Well, I still can't remember the name of that one painting that I was thinking about in my ordinary day
 post a while back.

But I did come across this painting by George W. Bellows, an American artist (1882-1925).  It is of the artist's wife - but I find her expression and pose vaguely unnerving.  Not only because her face looks so...well, blank, there's absolutely nothing hiding behind her eyes..., but because I feel like everyone looks like that at least once in a while, when they're really tired.  Oh goodness, I hope I don't look like that too often...

Emma in a Purple Dress, 1920-1923

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

intriguing.

one of my faves at boston's mfa - 

john singer sargent
the daughters of edward darley boit

Saturday, July 17, 2010

collage #1 in below the surface

This is what I came up with.


That's right, Keira Knightley's head has been replaced with a suit of armor helmet.

I felt bad cutting off her head.  The whole Oscar ensemble was rather nice.

Can you spot it? (the head, that is).


Oh, and after looking through all those magazines I was left with a moderate amount of mess in my room...


how lovely.


Conclusion: either MIT has been messing with my head way more than I realize, or this chemistry lab is driving me mad.

Friday, July 16, 2010

skeletons in the closet

omg i seriously want a shirt like this....

i have a lungs shirt, gray's anatomy style, but it's kid-sized.  the shirt fits me but the size of the lungs is mildly ridiculous.


http://lookbook.nu/look/887177-casual-mint-green