The Encampment

Posted on October 8, 2007

I just really enjoyed this photograph. Click HERE to see what it’s about.

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Michael Clayton

Posted on October 5, 2007

A New York Times movie review and critics pick. They Call Him the Fixer in a World That’s a Mess

Here’s the IMDb profile: Michael Clayton. I’ve been impressed over the past few years at the movies that Clooney has decided to become involved in. Through these films (Syriana, Good Night and Good Luck) I have really begun to appreciate him as an actor. And to quote the Times article,

“He [Clooney] does some strong work here, especially when he’s nursing his character’s misery or gently squaring off against the young actor (Austin Williams), who plays his son. But he’s almost always good, and he’s a big enough star now that each new role feels as if he’s playing a version of himself. That’s O.K. We need George Clooney, just as we needed Warren Beatty — seducer of heavy hearts and troubled minds, the beautiful bearer of our very bad tidings.”

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The Drop House

Posted on October 5, 2007

A nice little house showcased on Inhabitat. Click here, PreFab Friday, for the whole rundown, including photos, plans and exploded diagram.

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Friendship in Letters and Paint

Posted on September 28, 2007

All these words, ideas, sensations and images are packed into “Painted With Words: Vincent van Gogh’s Letters to Émile Bernard” at the Morgan Library & Museum, a display of manuscripts that is also something more. Although 20 handwritten letters, given to the Morgan by Eugene and Clare Thaw, are at its center, they are surrounded by nearly two dozen paintings and drawings, half of them by van Gogh, including a splendid self-portrait.

“It’s when van Gogh addresses Bernard as an equal, artist to artist, that he is at his most eloquent. When he speaks from love — of art, of an exalted ideal of the artist, of an art fellowship — wonderful things are said, and, as the Morgan show demonstrates, wonderful art was made,” says Holland Cotter.

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Iron & Wine

Posted on September 25, 2007

If you haven’t checked out Iron & Wine’s new LP, The Shepherd’s Dog, I suggest you give it a listen. Here’s link to their store:

I think it’s a wonderfully complex and layered album. Sam Beam achieves something nice with this new release. He is able to depart from his trademarked sound, yet is able to retain feeling of it. While this new album is in the likes of the Woman King EP, it is much better. Beam also retains his poetic style and his meandering storytelling throughout this album. I’m a fan.

Not to mention, I would just love to sit down with this guy and have a conversation. I mean, he has an amazing beard too!

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A Family’s Collection

Posted on September 20, 2007

A nice little slideshow focused on a single-family art collection. Here’s the accompanying article, A Fusion of Cultures in a Family Affair.

I really enjoyed the title of the painting below. [Click on the image to see the whole slideshow]

“Wandering in a Cloud-Filled Valley” by Pu Ru

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Into the Wild

Posted on September 16, 2007

Mother Nature’s Restless Son is the title of an article from the Times about the upcoming movie that’s an adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s book Into the Wild. This adaption was spurred on by Sean Penn who fell in love with the book short after its release in 1996, and who wrote, directed, and even partly filmed the movie.

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People and Their Breakfast

Posted on September 11, 2007

This was too good to pass up. And as I am a huge fan of breakfast in general, I thought it was appropriate. A photo essay from Jon Huck. It’s so interesting and really well done, the photography is good.

Take a minute to check out what other people do during those early morning hours.