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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
a grand day out...and planning a for a fashion show with Made by Lex...
yesterday...after a conference call and a few hours of making stuff,
the BV girls headed out in Jane's Subaru, in another rain storm...
at 1:30 we arrived at the home of Alexis M. , of Made by Lex,
to work on styling for the upcoming fashion show ( tba )
by 1:35 we all had our original outfits off and were busy accessorizing an array of lovely, half finished gowns that Alexis has made from scratch and by re-arranging several thrift store finds.
amidst the billowing 1950's nighties and linen boy shorts, we adjusted and rummaged and tried on outfits. we rifled through our trunk of jewelry. we mixed lace with chains, bare shoulders with leather, and deep necklines with high collars ala 16th century via 1980's - Prince.
in Alexis's tidy, artistic studio....we plotted. we laughed. we pinned. we spent an exhilarating afternoon talking about Valentino, MC Queen, and Ricci. we discussed fabric and color, our obsessions and inventions.....
all the while Alexis's three, beautiful girls sat quietly and read to eachother or napped.
we left feeling so lucky. and so happy to be a part of an ever growing circle of talented, wonderful friends.
stay tuned as the adventures continue.......
the BV girls headed out in Jane's Subaru, in another rain storm...
at 1:30 we arrived at the home of Alexis M. , of Made by Lex,
to work on styling for the upcoming fashion show ( tba )
by 1:35 we all had our original outfits off and were busy accessorizing an array of lovely, half finished gowns that Alexis has made from scratch and by re-arranging several thrift store finds.
amidst the billowing 1950's nighties and linen boy shorts, we adjusted and rummaged and tried on outfits. we rifled through our trunk of jewelry. we mixed lace with chains, bare shoulders with leather, and deep necklines with high collars ala 16th century via 1980's - Prince.
in Alexis's tidy, artistic studio....we plotted. we laughed. we pinned. we spent an exhilarating afternoon talking about Valentino, MC Queen, and Ricci. we discussed fabric and color, our obsessions and inventions.....
all the while Alexis's three, beautiful girls sat quietly and read to eachother or napped.
we left feeling so lucky. and so happy to be a part of an ever growing circle of talented, wonderful friends.
stay tuned as the adventures continue.......
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
texture.....
i have been thinking about the texture of things ever since jane and i went to the legion of honor last tuesday to see
the cartier exhibit. ( the following blog link has a really nice overview of the show )
http://widespreadlife.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/cartier-legion-of-honor
while i'm thinking about texture, just now, i realize that i am running a strand of my hair over my lips. i have done this
for as long as i can remember...it's something to do while i'm thinking. it's very textural in a way, and it makes me wonder about the nature of texture. texture is a sense. it's a touch. a visceral feeling...but texture can be perceived visually with as much accuracy and sensitivity as with touch....
ahhh...cartier...
if you have never seen 1,000 diamonds, clustered together in a filigree tiara....well, i'm sure that you can imagine it anyway...
it is the texture of ice and sky and light magnified, multiplied and fractured.....
as i walked through this exhibit, i asked myself; if one diamond, one bit of platinum filigree is enough to be beautiful, why pile it up? why contextualize something already too exquisite, in a way that reduces it's singular value by multiplication?
texture.
to create a tapestry. a landscape, a forest, a creature, skin, feathers, fur, scales, ripples, rainbows, effervescence, bubbles, quills, silk, petals......slippery, sparkly, rough......to describe all of the things of life. with a vocabulary of gems....
the cartier exhibit. ( the following blog link has a really nice overview of the show )
http://widespreadlife.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/cartier-legion-of-honor
while i'm thinking about texture, just now, i realize that i am running a strand of my hair over my lips. i have done this
for as long as i can remember...it's something to do while i'm thinking. it's very textural in a way, and it makes me wonder about the nature of texture. texture is a sense. it's a touch. a visceral feeling...but texture can be perceived visually with as much accuracy and sensitivity as with touch....
ahhh...cartier...
if you have never seen 1,000 diamonds, clustered together in a filigree tiara....well, i'm sure that you can imagine it anyway...
it is the texture of ice and sky and light magnified, multiplied and fractured.....
as i walked through this exhibit, i asked myself; if one diamond, one bit of platinum filigree is enough to be beautiful, why pile it up? why contextualize something already too exquisite, in a way that reduces it's singular value by multiplication?
texture.
to create a tapestry. a landscape, a forest, a creature, skin, feathers, fur, scales, ripples, rainbows, effervescence, bubbles, quills, silk, petals......slippery, sparkly, rough......to describe all of the things of life. with a vocabulary of gems....
Saturday, May 1, 2010
long day's journey..
i have been thinking for a while now about how one gets from one place to another.
i talked at SV high school a few weeks ago at a career day forum. my co-panelist spoke about the rambling, tangled path from point A to point B. i have been thinking a lot about choice, luck, desire, hard work, direction, ambition, talent, and friends....
i wonder how decisions are made, and not made. i wonder why choices are made. i wonder why some people have burning desires for things that others don't want at all. i wonder, when i look at a pile of beautiful, broken bits of things...why i decide to put some together, and how many, much better combinations i am missing.i wonder how one choses the subject for a painting.
i wonder if one choses from a collection of available objects ( colors?friends? lovers? ) based on the contextual appeal, or if one just knows the right thing when it comes along....
i am currently, more than ever in my life, surrounded by amazing, talented friends. i feel like i would chose each one a million times over to be a part of my life. i've been realizing that being successful is really just being connected to people that you adore and respect and that feel the same about you. .....your friends love what you're doing, and you love what they do....there's mutual support that takes no extra effort. is there anything better?
i notice all of the time that a mutual influence spreads through ever widening circles so quickly. i am noticing how much the creative thoughts, ideas, inspirations, obsessions and creations of each of my friends has an influence on everyone we know.
is it luck, or magnetism, or astrology, or context that we are in such good company? did we make decisions in the past that lead inevitably to these meetings and influences?
at the end of the day, i feel incredibly lucky to be in such good company, and a part of what ever tangled mess it is that is my life.
i talked at SV high school a few weeks ago at a career day forum. my co-panelist spoke about the rambling, tangled path from point A to point B. i have been thinking a lot about choice, luck, desire, hard work, direction, ambition, talent, and friends....
i wonder how decisions are made, and not made. i wonder why choices are made. i wonder why some people have burning desires for things that others don't want at all. i wonder, when i look at a pile of beautiful, broken bits of things...why i decide to put some together, and how many, much better combinations i am missing.i wonder how one choses the subject for a painting.
i wonder if one choses from a collection of available objects ( colors?friends? lovers? ) based on the contextual appeal, or if one just knows the right thing when it comes along....
i am currently, more than ever in my life, surrounded by amazing, talented friends. i feel like i would chose each one a million times over to be a part of my life. i've been realizing that being successful is really just being connected to people that you adore and respect and that feel the same about you. .....your friends love what you're doing, and you love what they do....there's mutual support that takes no extra effort. is there anything better?
i notice all of the time that a mutual influence spreads through ever widening circles so quickly. i am noticing how much the creative thoughts, ideas, inspirations, obsessions and creations of each of my friends has an influence on everyone we know.
is it luck, or magnetism, or astrology, or context that we are in such good company? did we make decisions in the past that lead inevitably to these meetings and influences?
at the end of the day, i feel incredibly lucky to be in such good company, and a part of what ever tangled mess it is that is my life.
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