The past few days have been rather damp and dreary, making me
ravenous for rich, saturated color – electric, fluorescent hues that make
my brain tingle. I’m getting pretty bored with the staple neutral palette
that seems to be the fashion uniform these days, though don’t get me
wrong – I love me some black, grey, taupe and ballerina [...]
Préfète Duffaut “États-Unis, France et le Canada supportent Haiti”
Forgive the radio silence, I’ve been brewing lots of
exciting notions + tidbits in the last week to be in
evidence soonly. More than that though, my mind has
been on Haiti, and it was hard to write about my relatively
extraordinary life and all the comforts I enjoy [...]
Saturday, November 21, 2009
(Forest Queen by Lindsey Carr)
At last, I am rousing myself from my haze of hiding
in the tiny seed-pod cave. I have been handed a giant
mug of strong coffee (oh dear!) and am experimenting
with not taking painkillers with the aim of actually
accomplishing something for the first time in days.
If you could combine these two creatures, it [...]
Friday, November 13, 2009
Okay so, on this coming Monday, the 16th of November,
I will be going into the hospital to have surgery to remove
a large ovarian cyst. This has all happened quite quickly,
so I’m still processing a lot of information and emotion
and have been having a pretty hard time knowing how
to deal with it. I’m very blessed in [...]
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Have you ever seen a ghost? Have you ever felt one?
Visual apparitions are rare. I waited my whole life to see a clear one.
I’ve always noticed the amorphous, ephemeral shades:
thin wispy white ones, bulbous black blobby ones, and
the darting quick grey cat ones. The human form eluded me,
until I moved to New Orleans. I hope [...]
Saturday, November 7, 2009
I am haunted by phantasms, of late-
kept company by their tittering laughter,
told stories and been diverted by
flashing eyes, white hands fluttering.
A chorus of ghost girls has come to tea.
Glittering masks and bony arms,
they’re always hungry but never
say much. They seem to be smoking,
but you can’t smell it. Strange
ladies, these friends who are
here, and not. Glamourous, [...]
I just realized how little time I have to get my act together regarding
my Halloween costume! I think I have mostly everything I need,
provided my bustier arrives in time – fingers crossed!
I am on the hunt for the perfect eyelashes, but I’m not
even certain that what I want exists anywhere.
I’ll bet Miss Doe Deere would [...]
Photo by Nils Juul-Hansen
This is from a shoot we did with Nils last year for the Disko De Los Muertos
posters, I just dug up them up again! I was in such a design frenzy
at the time, that I neglected to give the individual images their due:
they are so many fabulous ones, but I put [...]
Thursday, October 22, 2009
“Gypsy Interiors is a series of portraits capturing the private world of these outwardly loud,
vivacious people. Here he finds a rich and profound intimacy, hidden but exhibited among
antique furniture, tapestries, paintings, religious images, china, staircases and mirrors,
set into large rooms or sometimes minimized in empty spaces waiting to be filled.
Images of women sitting on elegant [...]
Friday, September 18, 2009
A quick Magic Windows update from afar,
these are actually all Austin related images
that I’ve been meaning to show you for awhile..
Don’t worry, the New York edition of Magic Windows
is shaping up to be pretty great. Just you wait!
A friend of mine from teenage days recently dug up some pictures
taken by my best friend all throughout [...]
