21.8.08

SCATTERED AESTHETICS






SOME PEOPLE HAVE SO MUCH CREATIVITY AND TASTE AND STYLE THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT, THEIR HOMES, THEIR CLOTHES, THE WORK THEY MAKE IS JUST AN EVERYDAY AESTHETIC RITUAL.
FROM HER SHOOTING PAINTINGS, TO HER NANAS AND LARGER SCULPTURES, GARDENS, ASSEMBLAGES, TO THE WAY SHE DRESSES, THE OUTSIDER- WAY COOLER THAN FUCKING JANE BIRKIN, BARDOT, CATHERINE DENEUVE, AND BEFORE BADU AND SEVINGY AN UNDERGROUND ICON OF WHAT REALLY IS IN MY OPINION EFFORTLESS CHIC WITHOUT BOURGEOIS TRAPPINGS LADIES AND GENTLEMAN I PAY HOMAGE TO

!!!! NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE !!!!



MAYA DEREN: 1940'S AVANT FILMSTRESS,

MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON
RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME

GINA X PERFORMANCE: THIS NEW WAVE CHANTEUSE MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M AT A LEATHER BAR IN BERLIN, SMOKING OPIUM AND CRYING, ALLIGATOR SKIN SHOES, SINGLE KISSES FROM THE BELLYBUTTON ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HAPPY TRAIL- ORAL WITHOUT BEING ORAL- TOUNGE TEASING


CAN: PAPERHOUSE-


I AM OBSESSED WITH THE MODERN LOVERS RIGHT NOW: IT'S LIKE THAT SLACKER KINDA VIBE WHERE YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO BAKE ANYTHING BUT YOU WILL TRY YOUR HAND AT SOME BETTY CROCKER WEED BROWNIES AND YOU HAD TO DRIVE REALLY FAR INTO THE SUBURBS TO GET THE WEED BECAUSE IT WAS LESS EXPENSIVE AND YOUR MAN KEEPS ON TRYING TO GET YOU TO GIVE HIM ROAD HEAD BUT YOUR LIKE " STOP PLAYING WITH ME COREY" AND HE HAS FRENCH FRY BREATH AND WHEN HE FIRST PUTS THIS CD IN YOUR LIKE " COREY I WAS LISTENING TO RYAN LESLIE, WHY YOU ALWAYS GOTTA PUT IN SOMETHING DEPRESSING IT BETTER NOT BE BOB DYLAN" BUT THEN YOU REALIZE THAT THIS SONG IS CHILL..........

ABORIGINAL BEAUTY: I THINK ABORIGINES ARE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE ETHNICITYS WHEN IT COMES TO FEATURES. THE COMBINATION OF SUCH DARK FLAWLESS SKIN AND LIGHT HAIR IS STUNNING....AND THESE GIRLS ARE NOT USING DARK & LOVELY BLEACH EITHER!



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