Toy Store Galore

This is one of those times that I wish I had a kid....

Imagine Childhood is a site that carries some of the most fantastic play toys for kids...and by that I mean adults should check it out because if you're like me you'll want to buy things from it for yourself! Look at all these discoveries! AND as if this site wasn't already tempting....they sell rocks & minerals!

Kate Potter Portraits

This series of portraits by British photographer Kate Potter is so refreshing. Myself especially, as an avid seeker of cute cat photos, takes for granted the magnificence of a cat. They really are such oddly beautiful looking little creatures and to see them staring at you straight on and framed so simply really makes you reevaluate the species.

When you think about it, animal portraiture is a largely unexplored area of photography. I see Potter's portraits, and I see human like characteristics in these cats most likely because what I associate with the particular poses and format is human NOT cat. It's amazing the effect they have isn't it? 

Think about it. 

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Film To Watch: Synecdoche, NY

*Warning: ONLY watch this film if you are the sort of person who doesn't need to ask a lot of questions when you watch movies!*

Synecdoche, NY  [sih-NECK-doh-kee] ( 2008) is one of the most confusing and complex films I've seen in a lot time. The plot takes a ridiculous series of twists and turns and leaves the viewer a whole lot lost in the time and space of the characters' lives. Problem is, there's seemingly NO rational order to any aspect of this film. 

Despite all this not knowing...I really liked it! "What the heck is going on" is merely part of the whole experience in my mind. The casting was remarkable, with Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Samantha Morton (Mister Lonely), Michelle Williams, and Catherine Keener (The Ballad of Jack and Rose). I think it's in their voices....you just want to listen to them speak. 

I could go on and on about this movie really, but I think that the trailer really embodies the essence of the film, as in you don't know what it's about at the end exactly. OH and check out the soundtrack highlight "Little Person" by Jon Brion (the song in the trailer) sooooo good. 

Our Delicious Raspberry Centered Galaxy

"Astronomers searching for the building blocks of life in a giant dust cloud at the heart of the Milky Way have concluded that it tastes vaguely of raspberries."

Check out this article from the Guardian for more information. Exciting isn't it??

Another Collage Artist: Alexis MacKenzie

Who do you know? Immediately after coming across the artist in the below post, I find Alexis MacKenzie's fantastical clip art/book art collages! I could look at her Flickr account forever. It's wonderfully full of pieces like these and it's honestly hard to look away. I just want to take in every little detail, all those pieces of the past scrambled into something completely modern. Thank you Alexis! 

Clip Art by Eleganterie

I'm a big fan of clip art. I'm not talking about blecky computer clip art....I'm talking about those books you randomly come across in used book stores that are entirely made up of pages literally stuffed with images of pocket watches, classical nudes, and men in top hats. Do you know what I'm talking about?

Anyways...here's an artist by the name of Martin Schmidt from Germany He's got a pretty vast range of art works from Steampunky clip art collages to old polaroids, to ink and acrylic illustrations on old paper. All of them I might add brilliant in their own unique way. 

Found via Not Paper

The Mystery Is Solved!

Hurray! Keli commented below with the answer to who this wonderful artist is! So now I'm able to pay tribute to this wonderful artist Yoko Furusho!