{artist} kate clark
I’m certain these creatures created by Kate Clark must come alive at night after the lights go out. Isn’t their life-likeness arresting?? If you sit with them long enough (after your initial reaction) their effect is mesmerizing. They manage to be fantastical, creepy and endearing all at the same time! I’m in complete awe of the process Kate uses to create these mythical creatures. She uses real animals ordered from a taxidermy catalog (better they are used for art than to decorate somebody’s den) and then constructs their faces from skin and hair taken only from the animal’s body, down to their eye lashes and eyelids.
Even though Kate is dissecting/deconstructing these animals, her reverence for their beauty and majesty is obvious. Here she is in the studio making her magic:
And here she is at the exhibition itself discussing the finer details of her artistic process, inspirations and what she hopes people will take away from her work.
(Discovered Kate’s creatures on native kee!)
heart in haiti
Incredibly poignant photo series and essay. How much more will Haitians have to bear? Wishing them strength, courage and grace a billion fold.
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snowscapes
Happy New Year! Happy New Decade!
This is the first New Year that I can remember feeling so fresh and full of possibility right from the get-go. I look around and see so many people in my life going through major changes, breakthroughs and challenges. I know change is always rolling forth, but 2010 feels amplified. I’m excited for all of us.
(Above some pics from our holiday in New Hampshire at my mom’s. My first snow storm in almost nine years. It was glorious.)
spiraling light
“Defense experts” suggest this spiral of light filmed in Norway on December 9th (that then erupted into a black-like hole) is a failed Russian test missile launch. Okay. Uh-huh.
dali’s wonderland
Who knew (though it makes sense) that Dali illustrated a version of Alice in Wonderland? I don’t love it, but it’s worth a look see.
victorian love letters
Thank you to Pia for directing me to (the film) Bright Star’s website! Check out how love letters were folded in 1818 and all sorts of other romantic behind-the-scenes goodies from this gorgeous, gorgeous film.
{artist} kim sin hy
Cosmic.
Gold pigment and korean ink on paper. Details and more on But Does It Float
tombstones
Is it weird that I saved this photo of these gorgeous Russian Jewish tombstones from the New York Times and then about an hour later, I sit next to a guy at a cafe reading this book – Carved Memories: Heritage in Stone from the Russian Jewish Pale – about Russian Jewish tombstones. Tell me the odds. This is a synchronicity that, hopefully, means absolutely nothing.
