3.20.2012
Eye Candy
Tadao Ando, Church of Light
Those Eyes
Aernout Overbeeke
Ainu Woman with traditional tattoo
Anish Kapoor
Inopportune Stage 2, Cai Guo-Qiang
Hanging Coffins of the Bo people, Xingwen County, Sichuan
Musings: Inspiration - Bill Tikos of "The Coolhunter"
Passion Passion Passion
"Some people dream of success, others make it happen. Of course, you can dream as much as you like but waiting for things to happen gets you nowhere. Get active and start making things happen.
Whatever journey your path takes you on, the most important thing is to have passion in what you do.
How many of you went to college, got your degree, and ended up doing something totally unrelated to your major? Studying it did not make you passionate about it. It wasn’t your path.
Education or even talent aren’t worth much without passion. So do the stuff that you love and you've always wanted to do because without it, you'll feel stuck and unfulfilled. If you work in a bank but your dream is to be a naturopath, then make those changes now. Make this year the turning point in your life. When you do what you love you will be rewarded — it will just flow naturally.
Look at those around you who just make things happen. They have a clear goal in mind and they know where they want to go. They don't always have a plan but they have the passion and the tenacity to make it work, and they achieve their goals as the end result.
Trust us when we tell you this. If something important to you, you WILL find a way. If it isn't, you'll find an excuse. It’s that simple. Find your way. Make it work, whatever it takes. Are you 10 kilos heavier than you should be? It is simple: Commit, go to that gym every day, no excuses, and train until you lose those 10 kilos. When you accomplish this, you'll have the confidence to do more. Set a goal and make it happen.
Want to stop smoking? Stop making excuses, take control of your circumstances before they take control of you.
Success isn't just about what you accomplish in your life, it's about what you inspire others to do and when you do accomplish something as simple as quitting smoking or losing weight, you'll inspire others to do the same. Anyone can change the world, and everybody should try. And it all starts with your own life.
Stop waiting for the perfect time to do what you want to do. Do it now.
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone, so get used to being uncomfortable. It won’t kill you. Do you need a sign? Here it is."
Whatever journey your path takes you on, the most important thing is to have passion in what you do.
How many of you went to college, got your degree, and ended up doing something totally unrelated to your major? Studying it did not make you passionate about it. It wasn’t your path.
Education or even talent aren’t worth much without passion. So do the stuff that you love and you've always wanted to do because without it, you'll feel stuck and unfulfilled. If you work in a bank but your dream is to be a naturopath, then make those changes now. Make this year the turning point in your life. When you do what you love you will be rewarded — it will just flow naturally.
Look at those around you who just make things happen. They have a clear goal in mind and they know where they want to go. They don't always have a plan but they have the passion and the tenacity to make it work, and they achieve their goals as the end result.
Trust us when we tell you this. If something important to you, you WILL find a way. If it isn't, you'll find an excuse. It’s that simple. Find your way. Make it work, whatever it takes. Are you 10 kilos heavier than you should be? It is simple: Commit, go to that gym every day, no excuses, and train until you lose those 10 kilos. When you accomplish this, you'll have the confidence to do more. Set a goal and make it happen.
Want to stop smoking? Stop making excuses, take control of your circumstances before they take control of you.
Success isn't just about what you accomplish in your life, it's about what you inspire others to do and when you do accomplish something as simple as quitting smoking or losing weight, you'll inspire others to do the same. Anyone can change the world, and everybody should try. And it all starts with your own life.
Stop waiting for the perfect time to do what you want to do. Do it now.
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone, so get used to being uncomfortable. It won’t kill you. Do you need a sign? Here it is."
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Excerpt from The Coolhunter
Design/Urban Design: The opening of High Line Section 2, NYC
The high line in NYC is a new open space development built on abandoned elevated railroad. It stretches from the meatpacking District to the Hudson Rail Yards in Manhattan, approximately 1.5-miles long. The project was a collaboration between landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, architects Diller Scofidio+ Renfro and planting designer Piet Oudolf.
Thorugh a strategy aptly called “Agri-tecture”(a merger of agriculture and architecture), the high line surface is digitized into discrete units of paving and planting which are assembled along the 1.5 miles into a variety of gradients from 100% paving to 100% soft, richly vegetated biotopes. Inspired by the melancholic, unruly beauty of this postindustrial ruin, where nature has reclaimed a once vital piece of urban infrastructure, the new park interprets its inheritance.The long paving units allow for the public to meander in an organic way, exploring different parts of the park. The highline itself creates a place for refuge in the heart of the city, seamlessly transitioning from the frantic pace of the city to the otherworldly landscape above.
This project shows just how the surreal can be turned into the real. It used the existing urban blight and turned it into a place for people. A project like this shows us how cities (even heavily cosmopolitan ones) can be taken back to its organic roots through the use of plantations which not only improve the city aesthetically but also create an element of environmental sustainability.
Photos courtesy of Dezeen
3.19.2012
From the Film Reel: "Meet Joe Black" - Lightning Could Strike!
"To make the journey and not fall deeply in love well, you haven't lived a life at all."
Best fatherly advice ever? Lovely scene. Enjoy.
Eye Candy - Stardust Melody
Loren, 1957
"Have you ever been in love?" "Abso-fucking-lutely"
Candid Sinatra in a suit. YES.
Robert Montgomery
Winston Churchill, 1952
Just when you thought perfection wasn't possible.
Mae West - “A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.”
Kurosawa and Mifune
Buster Keaton, 1928
Obama. Reminiscent of an M.C Escher painting
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