10 Saturday Sep 2011
Posted in Art, Garden, Photography, Reflections
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© Oil painting by Mona Currie
Peonies are the overblown floozies of the garden. – Mona Currie
These flowers are the happiest when they are the center of attention.
06 Tuesday Sep 2011
Posted in Photography, Reflections
© Joan Currie
…nothing wondrous can come in this world unless it rests on the shoulders of kindness.
Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna
The ripple effect from acts of kindness is truly wondrous!
06 Tuesday Sep 2011
Posted in Fashion, Photography, Reflections
© Lauren DiMarco – detail
If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I will never know happiness. For I am possessed by a fever for knowledge, experience, and creation. – Anaïs Nin
A penny for her thoughts…
Model: Lauren DiMarco
05 Monday Sep 2011
Posted in Fashion, Photography, Reflections
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© Lauren DiMarco
…[she] supplies the beautiful incandescent flesh, the fulgurant voice, the abysmal eyes, the drugged gestures, the presence of a body, the incarnation of our dreams and creations. – Anaïs Nin
Poetic beauty personified…
Model: Lauren DiMarco
02 Friday Sep 2011
Posted in Photography, Reflections, Relationships, Writing
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© Lauren DiMarco
The beautiful pure freedom of a woman was infinitely more wonderful than any sexual love.
D. H. Lawrence from Lady Chatterley’s Lover
That said, she can have both…
Model: Lauren DiMarco
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27 Saturday Aug 2011
Posted in Art, Crafts, Design, Photography, Reflections
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© Knitted by Joan Currie
I know well that happiness is in little things… – John Ruskin
I stayed up late finishing another throw – and really enjoyed designing the generous fringe! The inspiration for the colors came from Nirvana’s Come As You Are performance video – Rome 1991 (the green spotlight on Kurt Cobain’s hair, especially).
25 Thursday Aug 2011
Posted in Art, Crafts, Design, Photography, Reflections
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© Knitted by Joan Currie
Yarn spun in this luxurious way turns a simple knitting project into high art!
I just finished knitting this very textured wool throw and love the result! The King of Rock and Roll’s Blue Suede Shoes kept me on task.
24 Wednesday Aug 2011
Posted in Photography, Reflections, Writing
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© Lauren DiMarco
Il lui dit que le chapeau lui va bien, très bien même, que c’est…original… un chapeau d’homme, pourquoi pas? elle est si jolie, elle peut tout se permettre. – Marguerite Duras
In The Lover, a movie based on Marguerite Duras’ novel, L’Amant, the male lead character meets his beloved for the first time when she is wearing a man’s hat. The hat suits her perfectly and is utterly charming – and seductive.
Model – Lauren DiMarco
23 Tuesday Aug 2011
Posted in Art, Crafts, Design, Fashion, Photography, Reflections
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©Joan Currie
All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind. – Bob Ross
I am fascinated by the beautiful shapes and colors in this section of a strand of beads from West Africa.
21 Sunday Aug 2011
Posted in Design, Fashion, Photography, Reflections
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© Joan Currie
No matter how artful the photographer, no matter how carefully posed his subject, the beholder feels an irresistible urge to search such a picture for a tiny spark of contingency… – Walter Benjamin
The safety pins on the belt loop looked charming…
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