February 23rd, 2010

Everything is Extraordinary

“In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.”
~ Aaron Rose

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February 4th, 2010

I ♥ A Collection A Day

I stumbled upon A Collection A Day, 2010 around the beginning of this year when the web was flooded when many-a new yearly projects. And while most were gearing up for their participation in Project 365 or Grace in Small Things among many other challenges, illustrator Lisa Congdon planned to undergo a slightly different task in 2010. She created a blog, A Collection A Day, in which she plans to post a photograph of one of her numerous collections each day for the entire year!ⁱ About this undertaking, she explains, “I am embarking on this project because I love my collections, and I want to document [...]  and share them with whoever might be interested in looking at them.” And interested, I am!

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1. Occasionally, she will draw an imagined collection. (»)

January 18th, 2010

Decluttering

“Do not covet your ideas. Give away everything you know, and more will come back to you… The problem with hoarding is you end up living off your reserves. Eventually you’ll become stale. Somehow the more ideas you give away the more comes back to you.”
~ Paul Arden

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December 17th, 2009

Waltz of the Snowflakes

I’ve been so wrapped up with university lately that I haven’t had the time to properly prepare myself for the holidays just yet. Appalling, I know, with only a little over a week before the big day. I raided my closet for Christmas decorations this afternoon and look what I found…

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November 23rd, 2009

Picspam… We♥It

“I like…boys on swings, and girls on skateboards. I like babies in high chairs. I like pharmaceutical medicine wrappers. I like people in hats with big eyebrows – I like people in hats with big eyebrows and big moustaches. I like water caught in spiders’ webs. I like wearing all my clothes at once. I like people who don’t smile. Ever. And I like people who smile. I like hair that goes on and on. [...] In some ways I love…everything. It’s less…less of a thing than ‘like’…less distinct. Less…particular. I like things that I like but I love everything. There’s more choice than ‘like’. Because even the worst things have things to love in them. I love things so much I feel like I could float away.”

~ Cassie Ainsworth, from Skins

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