From my son’s artwork, to tear sheets of the new Spring collections, to snapshots of the world around us, how do you marry all the visuals that inspire, or otherwise just make us happy?
ALAS! Inspiration from illustrator and designer Timothy Goodman….I’m frantically searching for a permanent marker!
Thanks Timothy Goodman and the Ace Hotel
Addendum: Since I published this post about this little book,” The Tally Keeper’s Folly,” it has somehow attracted enough attention to be invited to participate in the April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate the gift of written word and the beauty of handmade books, the Illahe Gallery in Ashland, Or. .http://illahegallery.com/exhibits/2012/february/ The Illahe Studio and Galleryis staging an exhibit of artist’s books of every size and type! “The Tally Keeper’s Folly” will be there with the best of them! April 6-28. It will be a wonderful exhibit if you love handmade books. Posted Sunday February 12, 1012 at 12-midnight. Can you tell I am a little bit excited!
Front of Book
The Tally Keeper’s Folly – Imaginary People I Know
Oil pastel, watercolor, gouache, collage on muslin 5 x 7 inches
This is a handmade muslin book created by Lynne Hoppe, http://lynnehoppe.blogspot.com/ which I won in a give-a-way. I’ve been saving…
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I hope these actors remember the Costume Designers who help create their character before they even act….
I spend a LOT of time writing. Whether it’s my Life and Laughter column, an article for a magazine or newspaper, a press release or this witty blog, I’m ALWAYS trying to come up with interesting topics, fun words, brilliant sentences, blah, blah, blah. But there are SOME days (I call them “weekdays”) when my brain doesn’t engage and I stare stupidly at my computer screen, watching that irritating cursor blink in my general direction. Mocking me.
Writer’s Block. For some reason, the voices in my head have gone silent.
So I type anything. Lalalalalalalalalalalalala. UMMMMMMMMMMMMM. Peri is cool. I want chocolate. Must quit my writing job. Goats are people, too. This grapefruit is fascinating. Etc, etc, etc. Blah, blah, blah.
Doesn’t usually help.
But I’ve found some things that will get those creative writing juices flowing again:
#1: Wallow in self-pity. This is the point where I admit I’ve been a writing fraud my entire life and I…
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The recent Oscar nominations for Costume Design found me so happy to see a name beyond the usual nominees. Of course, Arianne Phillips designs (nominated for W.E. and previously for Walk the Line) are always beautiful and exciting, and Sandy Powell’s nomination (now totalling 10) was, and is always, equally well deserved. But given that they are, respectively, Madonna’s or Martin Scorcese’s go to gal, they have habitual opportunities to design beautifully, and most probably a certain amount of freedom.
But this year’s nominations were overshadowed by an unlikely contender. The Artist has garnered 10 Academy nods including a Costume Design nomination earned by upstart Mark Bridges. Most Costume Designers are relegated to the arena of contemporary design (no Oscar possible), yet in reality it takes a true talent to stand proudly, and beatifully, in the world of the real and oft mundane. His talent was evident long ago, esp in The Fighter. He’s a laugh to work with and dedicated to good costume design even in the most mundane films. Im happy to see a career changing nomination on his plate.
Here’s a wonderful interview with Mark Bridges on Frocktalk.
another common question I get is , “so how tall is _____”…and when told, they are always shockingly surprised that some actor is not Adonis or Apollonia type in stature.
Here’s the perfect solution from Suck UK for reminding ourselves that “they ain’t all that”.
a film from a fabulous producer…Laura Greenlee
and wanted to add my friend Lali’s recent find at Sundance this week….
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