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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

vacay

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I'm going on a cruise to the Bahamas this Friday. Yea, really.
It's my parent's 40th wedding anniversary so we're all packing up and celebrating on the water. I wasn't overly enthusiastic about the trip at first but now I can't stop thinking about it. My mind has been wandering all afternoon. These restored vintage vacation flicks have been fueling my daydreams.

(check out creepster naked guy)

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A little mid week intensity.

Allison Schulnik !

truisms

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I love revisiting art, books, and films. You often grow and interpret things differently or catch some subtlety. Jenny Holzer's truisms are a perfect example of work that reads way differently to me than when first introduced. I'm more of a jaded cynic now than I was in art school.

My desk jockey days have changed my perspective on several of these trusisms.

A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS ARE CRACKPOTS

ABSOLUTE SUBMISSION CAN BE A FORM OF FREEDOM

ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE

ACTION CAUSES MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT

ALIENATION PRODUCES ECCENTRICS OR REVOLUTIONARIES

AT TIMES INACTIVITY IS PREFERABLE TO MINDLESS FUNCTIONING

BOREDOM MAKES YOU DO CRAZY THINGS

CONFUSING YOURSELF IS A WAY TO STAY HONEST

DREAMING WHILE AWAKE IS A FRIGHTENING CONTRADICTION

EXPIRING FOR LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL BUT STUPID

HUMANISM IS OBSOLETE

HUMOR IS A RELEASE

IT IS MAN'S FATE TO OUTSMART HIMSELF

LACK OF CHARISMA CAN BE FATAL

LOVING ANIMALS IS A SUBSTITUTE ACTIVITY

MUCH WAS DECIDED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN

MURDER HAS ITS SEXUAL SIDE

OFTEN YOU SHOULD ACT LIKE YOU ARE SEXLESS

PEOPLE WHO DON'T WORK WITH THEIR HANDS ARE PARASITES

ROMANTIC LOVE WAS INVENTED TO MANIPULATE WOMEN

SLIPPING INTO MADNESS IS GOOD FOR THE SAKE OF COMPARISON

SLOPPY THINKING GETS WORSE OVER TIME

TAKING A STRONG STAND PUBLICIZES THE OPPOSITE POSITION

THE IDEA OF REVOLUTION IS ADOLESCENT FANTASY

THE MOST PROFOUND THINGS ARE INEXPRESSIBLE

TIMIDITY IS LAUGHABLE

WISHING THINGS AWAY IS NOT EFFECTIVE

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

great find: Eveline Tarunadjaja

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F is for Fondling my Fatty bits during Fruity Foreplay

Eveline Tarunadjaja

I don't want to sound like some wolf crier but oh my god did I flip out when I discovered this work. This piece in particular stopped me dead in my tracks. I have yet to come across an illustration that is more me. I'm crazy about fruits (obviously), I love clean linear drawings, dream about long hair and I obsess over my 'fatty bits'. My partner in crime has been away for the past 6 days and I totally plan on recreating this scene when he gets back.

bird folks

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My bf calls me chick-o-dee on occasion and I call him coo-coo bird. I squealed when i spotted these old bird people illustrations. I hope we look slightly less dumpy as geriatric lover birds.

Aleksandra Kopff

sexy perky chick:

dumbo shop- pajara
buttoned up prude chick:

oh my cavalier: ghost bird
m-f headless bird:

Matthew Feyld

thank you.

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This Amy Brown illustration goes out to all of you lovely blogger pals who left such sweet comments on yesterday's bf bday post. I love this awesome community.
Also, If you haven't checked out Amy's blog I strongly recommend you do. Her drawings have had me cracking up all morning.