things you find

Things you're happy to find when you move into a new house:

Forgotten TreasuresForgotten treasures, like the tiny opossum fetus my father gave me over a year ago. He arrived in a plastic Dixie cup floating in wintergreen rubbing alcohol. I made him a better habitation... then forgot about the lil fella until now.

Things you're unhappy to find when you move into a new house:
Miscellaneous & unidentified droppings
yuck. enough said.

dandy critters

Mr. Meerkat is eye-rapping me.
I kinda like it.

VICE: DANDY CRITTERS

PHOTOS BY WILLIAM SELDEN
STYLIST: SAM VOULTERS
Art direction: Kim Jones
Coordination: Kylie Griffiths
All clothes and accessories: Dunhill SS10

art of the hunt

Jan Weenix II
Falconer's Bag, 1695; Dead Hare and Partridges,1690, The White Peacock
Oil on canvas

We finally found a beautiful apartment, life was grand, then got screwed, now we're back on the prowl.

Monday links

It's been a long while since I had the time to get lost on the internets and curate some links.
Sit back and enjoy my idle time.

Chosil Kil ' Living with Andis' (installation detail)

• excuse you, mister
  
• before & after
• hidden context. Of Ignorance and or Mystery
• little wolf: let's make some memories. Beautiful.
  
• all blinds should have drawings
  
• the ego has landed: cat & dog
• swoon: nest of light
  
• kitties. succulents.
• delightful
  
• mirrored specs so I can check my makeup
  
• Kermit dollar bill, wtf
• peaceful food photography

clusterfuck-ish

vs.

Céline Clanet: Máze & miami traffic

Clusterfuck:
Large quantity of confused people in a disorganized manner.

Sorry I'm late, it was a real clusterfuck on main street.

Which would you rather face?
I'm getting off the island and facing Miami's fierce weekend traffic. Fack.

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Tessa Bunney from Hand to Mouth

My favorite Wool&Misc drawing.

visual xanax©

The epitome of visual xanax©

Tom Huber

I owe you 15¢ Gracie.

wolf ball

Tomoko Konoike; Zen Fantasia Installation view, 2006

#1 dog mom

ESB's momversations post has been resonating. Although I am far from being a mommy, I am one proud dog mom. One of my favorite things about meeting new people is the opportunity to pet chat. I'm usually the first to whip out the ole iphone to flip through dozens of Parker pics. I was happy to meet a fellow chiwa enthusiast the other day who shares my obsession.

Meet Loki:


Loki's mom showed me a few normal looking photos of her Chi, but this shot made me lose it.
Here you see him wearing a homeopathic herbal eye patch to cure a mild case of puppy conjunctivitis. His just take the damn picture look is killing me. Pet parents are just as weird as one's with human babies.

long time no links

souls of light

• cutest children's book ever
• cheapskate cards
  
• peach boy needs a home
• sailors!
  
• Campbell's Campbell
• Armadillo facts
• ara peterson worship tower
• Quit your job and work on Standard Time
• father & son
  
• for you twilight freaks: art inspired by
• curiosity
  
• The place where I was born: Clinton, Iowa
• Castings: Uma is banging but Viggo has slight methface
• book of space
• beaver who builds the best lodge
• ticking time bomb
  

pedestaled

Caspar David Friedrich
The Tetschen Altar, or The Cross in the Mountains (1807)

I keep my babies on an altar.
22.5kt gilded pet crate

perfect recipe

3 - parts Daniel Day Lewis as the Butcher

2 parts Marcel Dzama
1 - cup melancolie and the infinite sadness
½ tsp of vaudeville
a dash of soul to squeeze video

yields one Paolo Ventura winter series:

Paolo Ventura Winter Stories

Digital C-Print 40 x 50" ed 5

❣

Thank you for being a great friend.
__________________
insert Golden Girl's theme song

julia fullerton-batten
deer, 2008 c-print

who tossed the fox?

source

ew.

Christian Rex van Minnen via my love for you

I watched the documentary Food, Inc. this past weekend. It touches on the corporatization of America's food, factory farming, meat contamination, and sustainability. It was as horrifying as food documentaries come. I'm not going to lie though, after watching it I still had a craving for a Chipotle burrito bowl. Those are hard to fight. Of the many topics covered I found the idea of cloning animals for feed really disturbing. I had no idea scientist and farmers were still cloning animals, let alone cloning for consumption. I can't articulate why I find this to be so gross, but it just is.
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The FDA has admitted that meat and milk from the offspring of cloned mammals such as cows, pigs, goats and sheep could very well have already entered the food supply in the United States.

"In January, the FDA declared that foods derived from cloned animals and their offspring were safe for human consumption. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, however, asked food companies to voluntarily maintain a ban on products from clones. The voluntary ban did not extend to the offspring of cloned animals."

"Consumers are likely already eating meat and drinking milk from the offspring of clones."

till death

Get ready Parker, you're coming with me.

A queen's pet gazelle was readied for eternity with the same lavish care as a member of the royal family. In fine, blue-trimmed bandages and a custom-made wooden coffin, it accompanied its owner to the grave in about 945 B.C.- animal mummies; National Geographic

Laura Meyers You All Look the Same to Me, 2008

Oil paint, oil pastels, collage on canvas; 61 x 68 inches

mine, all mine

Can you hear my insane cackling?

Eeek! I gifted myself this depression-era fox fur shrug from safeasmilkvintage (cutest shop name ever).
I can't wait to meet this furry fellow! Check out that face and coloring. I'm going to wear the hell out of this woodland friend.

preservation

Yesterday I stumbled upon Neon Tights, a cute group themed drawing blog. Last week's theme was childhood pets and their eventual death. This drawing below is my favorite.

Oskar's brother josef's budgie "sigge" got jammed in the door by mistake:

I still think about my early pets like the 11 year old goldfish who turned gray, my brother's carnivorous snapping turtle and Lady, my tabby who would religiously crap on my parent's bed. Each of these pets suffered a shitty demise. Anyone who frequently visits MM or follows my tweets should know that I am absolutely obsessed with my chiwa Parker. We cherish this little weirdo so much that we've already brought up the unpleasantness of her death plans. Surprisingly to Ben, I've been hesitant about taxidermying her. Its fine with other animals but not my furry soul mate. I'd rather preserve her tiny bones than mount her in some bizarre coerced way.

Hyungkoo Lee's Tom & Jerry

I've been looking into some alternative animal preservation techniques lately like freeze dry preservation.
Here are a few resources: Pet Preservation Is the Latest Thing in the Taxidermy World, petpreservation.com

Print give-a-way

I'm giving away two Ryan Berkley prints to one lucky MM reader this week!

Free goods just in time for the Holidays. Whether these are for you, or as a gift for someone you care about, these guys will be enjoyed. Anyone who's ever clicked on Etsy, browsed arty craft blogs or visited an Urban Outfitters has come across Ryan Berkley's animal portraits. Now's your chance to score my two favorite guys: the karaoke singing bat and hungry billy goat.

5x7" -Both are digital archival prints created from original pen and ink drawing. Comes with backing in plastic sleeve just for you - all ready to pop in a frame. All images by Ryan Berkley Illustration

To enter just leave a comment stating what you plan to do with the winning prints.
For extra bonus points-- anyone who leaves me a Haiku will be offered 2 additional entries to win. The winner will be announced next Tuesday December 8th.
Goodluck!