Kristiana Parn

I was immediately drawn to Kristiana Parn's lovely paintings when I went to the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn, NY today. Her artwork has all the elements I could ever ask for: sleepy bunnies and other adorable animals slumbering in a marshmallow dreamland... on wood panels! I really wanted to buy a few prints (only $20!) but I liked too many of them! Soon, when I am settled in the new home, there will be lots of walls to adorn with her prints :] I'm so delighted to be acquainted with her artwork.

Cate, I know you're not too fond of some animals, but I hope you can make exceptions to Kristiana's critters :D

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Cracks (2009) by Jordan Scott

I love everything about this film: the cinematography, the fashion, the complex characters, the buildup of the storyline, everything. Eva Green's powerful performance as Miss G left me speechless. New favorite actress. The end.

Lost Things by Angela Kohler

A lovely stop-motion film to brighten your day.

source: Angela Kohler

Honey Girl

Would you like a piece of duck?

Journey to the last matriarchal society in China

Lugu Lake, Yunnan, China

Andrew Wyeth

Really, I think one’s art goes only as far and as deep as your love goes.

I don’t paint these hills around Chadds Ford because they’re better than the hills somewhere else. It’s that I was born here, lived here — things have a meaning for me.

I do an awful lot of thinking and dreaming about things in the past and the future — the timelessness of the rocks and the hills — all the people who have existed there. I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure in the landscape — the loneliness of it — the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show.

I think anything like that — which is contemplative, silent, shows a person alone — people always feel is sad. Is it because we’ve lost the art of being alone?

When I die don't ever worry about me. I don't believe in being there for the funeral. Remember that. I'll be flying far away, off on a new tack. Something new that's twice as good.

source: WSJ, Google Images