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Someday I want Picasso replicas all over my house. To remind me that something doesn't have to be perfect or even make any sense in order to be beautiful. What is perfection anyway? I'd rather something to have character than be precise and exact.
I love the abstraction. I think to be surrounded by Picasso's works would remind me that I don't have to be so analytical and put so much thought into what doesn't matter...but to instead just...be. The things that do indeed matter will come along organically with time.
While I'm on the subject of art (when am I not), I'd really like to find a textile that makes me think of this painting by Van Gogh (Dance Hall at Arles; 1888)
Maybe I could use the color scheme and make a textile design myself (inspired by this painting) when I get to that point in school. That would be incredible. I wonder what fabric would be best though...it's a painting on canvas, so something like tapestry cotton ottoman fabric to keep it more true-to-form.
Alas, here are a few more works of art I must own someday
(Picasso variation of Velasueqez's Las Menina's)
(Picasso; Mandolin and guitar)
(Picasso; Jacqueline with Flowers)
La vie d'amour, le style d'Amour, l'Amour toujours
I'm so nervous to tell anyone about this blog.
I don't know why...probably because it's still so new and in-the-making, but also because criticism makes me defensive.
I think now would be a good time to get over that.
I'm not really much of a "fashion blogger" in the usual sense. Yes, I can put pieces together to create a somewhat majestic over-all visual effect, and that skill will indeed come in handy when I have the opportunity in the future to assist fashion stylists, and eventually wander off into my own ventures of fashion styling. However, I am not a model (definitely not at 5'2") and I am a bit camera-shy. I will occasionally post pictures of myself in different findings I get overly excited about, but more-so in the future months to come. As I've mentioned before, I am currently camera-less (due to my penchant for choosing new paint markers and & sketching pencils over electronics. This also explains why my cell phone has been shut off, but I sure as hell have a new sketchbook.)
I am not here to pick apart any runway looks. I am a designer, not a critic.
I am a lover of art & aesthetics, and my posts will mostly consist of what I myself find to be inspiring....whether it be artwork, poetry, people, music, garments, or things that are completely random.
I've spent the last six years putting all of my focus and energy into the business side of the music industry, and suppressing my own creativity by putting the creative works of other people first.
So please bear with me as I slowly come out of my shell and become more comfortable expressing my own creative core and sharing it with the world.
For those of you who read this and choose to stick around...I thank you for sharing in my growth and progress.
This will surely be an interesting journey :)
La vie d'amour, le style d'Amour, l'Amour toujours
Today I start my very first official workday at my new job. Well....training, but I still get paid nonetheless. I need the moneyss because it's starting to feel like quite a bland life to live without a good ol' camera (I had an old tendency to break things by accident.) That way I will be able to post my OWN photographs instead of stalking New York Magazine and Style.com.
Anywho, getting dressed for work is sucking the fun out of my favorite part of the day. Dress codes are so restricting....I can only where black or khaki pants (however, I would not be caught dead wearing khaki anything) and a white or black shirt. Shoes seem to be open for discussion, as long as they're not sneakers (duhh) and don't need to be a certain color.
I wish I could take a picture of my outfit, but bear with me for the next few weeks.
I'm pretty stoked I found a picture of the boots I own/will be wearing today :)
I love these to death. They make me feel like a classy pirate.
(Boots by Rampage.)
This is the closest thing I could find to represent the vest I am wearing . Except mine has two sets of buttons, an awesome fold-over collar, and is debatable whether it's actually dark brown or black.
The rest of the outfit is a black long sleeve V-neck, a brown cami, black stockings under black H&M shorts.....pfft, I really wish I never broke my camera.
Use your imaginations!! I am definitely exercising mine as I try to stay within "dress-code" and still feel like myself. It's quite horrid to feel uncomfortable at work, when that is where you will spend the majority of your time. I don't know about the rest of you, but if I'm not comfortable in what I'm wearing, it completely ruins my day. However, this is all sacrifice for the greater good: ART SCHOOL.
Maybe I'll just wear red lipstick. That adds instant class and sass.
Okay, I'm off to go finish getting ready. Should probably also ease up on the chugging of coffee, since I will be spending 5 hours sitting at a training computer. I hope they make me watch those lame 80's/90's retiquette videos. They're my favorite part.
La vie d'amour, le style d'Amour, l'Amour toujours
(
my boyfriend and I....courtesy of Kathryn Turner Photography.) Sooo....lately I have been looking into art schools in the San Francisco area. One was the Academy of Art University, whom I wrote a winning essay for, & won 2 tickets to their senior runway show at New York Fashion Week for last Friday. I am still so sad that I unfortunately couldn't attend, due to prior obligations (i.e.-a retail job interview.) I know, I know....Fashion Week would be worth rescheduling a job interview, but a day job=moving to San Francisco sooner.
I've decided to attend The Art Institute of California - San Francisco for my Bachelors of Fine Art. I've never been so excited in my life!! I'm halfway through the admissions process right now. I'll hopefully be starting out with online courses in April (the day after my birthday!) and then saving up as much as I can to move to San Fran by October so I can start the next quarter on campus :)
It's so ridiculously beautiful, I cannot WAIT to live there :) So much culture and art I am dying to take in. I couldn't begin to imagine a better place for inspiration (in the U.S. at least.) Museums and art galleries and little independent cafés....it'll be pure heaven.
PLUS: many of Condé Nast's publications have branches in San Francisco.
I sense an internship opportunity in the future!
La vie d'amour, le style d'Amour, l'Amour toujours
