Old delusions, new diversions

Chloé, pre-fall 2013

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:32:52 -0500

Chloé, pre-fall 2013

estimfalos: Storm & Hiding Figure, Daniel Arsham

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:23:37 -0500

estimfalos:

Storm & Hiding Figure, Daniel Arsham

Photo

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:09:48 -0500

artpedia: Francis Bacon - Reclining Figure Study No.1&2,...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:24:27 -0500

artpedia:

Francis Bacon - Reclining Figure Study No.1&2, 1961. Ballpoint pen and oil paint on paper

From the Tate Gallery, London:

These two works on paper by Bacon are the only ones in the display in which the page has been filled. As the pose remains the same, they may have served as colour studies and even responded to Mark Rothko’s contemporary work (seen in London in 1959). The male nude and horizontal bands (derived from a sofa against a wall) are common to a series of Bacon’s oil paintings from 1959 and 1961. The sketches appear to be later, as an impression of writing from another sheet but visible on ‘Reclining Figure, no.1’ gives his address as ‘7 Reece Mews’, the studio which he occupied in the autumn of 1961.

Photo

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:36:01 -0500

suicideblonde: Valentino Couture Spring 2012

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:27:00 -0500

suicideblonde:

Valentino Couture Spring 2012

vogueweekend: Details at Valentino Haute Couture Spring 2012

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:26:06 -0500

vogueweekend:

Details at Valentino Haute Couture Spring 2012

crematorie: Edward Krasinski Untitled, 2001.

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:40:31 -0500

crematorie:

Edward Krasinski Untitled, 2001.

bosconos: “New Frontier” in Harper’s Bazaar Thailand december...

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:10:28 -0500

bosconos:

“New Frontier” in Harper’s Bazaar Thailand december 2012 by Nat Prakobsantisuk

vlynx: dream sequence (2012)

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:08:08 -0500

vlynx:

dream sequence (2012)

bodyfluids: Jemma Baines backstage Rochas S/S 2013

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:30:28 -0500

bodyfluids:

Jemma Baines backstage Rochas S/S 2013

atavus: Marina Abramović - Rhythm 10, 1973

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:53:30 -0500

atavus:

Marina Abramović - Rhythm 10, 1973

sosuperawesome: Kayleigh June, on Tumblr

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:26:54 -0500

sosuperawesome:

Kayleigh June, on Tumblr

likeafieldmouse: Philippe Halsman’s Iconic Portraits: 1. Jean...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:23:35 -0500

likeafieldmouse:

Philippe Halsman’s Iconic Portraits:

1. Jean Cocteau (1949)

2. Salvador and Gala Dali (1941)

3. Audrey Hepburn (1955)

4. Anthony Perkins (1958)

5. Winston Churchill (1951)

6. Albert Einstein (1947)

7. Bobby Fischer (1967)

FORTH

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 02:22:43 -0500

january- cold

february- i’m consulting the whisking archive for material and the word is “bizarre”. 100% perfect girl

march- embarrassing, caroline (aime 9, must count for something)

april- suicidal, blubbery (i.e. fat), bukowski (i remember mostly how my stomach dropped when i didn’t make usa(j)mo. did a lot of growing)

may- suicidal

june- zadie smith, especially suicidal (awesomemath)

july- sidewalk poetry, calories (hospital internship)

august- rhcp, value, style.com

september- especial non-anxiety, the time i licked forehead (math prize for girls)

october- fashion, walt whitman, pablo neruda (hurricane sandy, psat)

november- rhcp somehow, “otravida, otravez”. cold (“invierno”). crying (pumac)

december- jenn, not suicidal but anxiety

demons: solipsism, (some) math, motor control (absence), calories, cheilitis

thank you: jenn, marnie(+brené brown), mom(+dad+bryan+amy tan), caroline (you won’t read this), andy(+louis), jinny tiffany cindy cindy, ~~those who smiled at me (jessica, rachel, bo (<3), sabrina, rachel, michelle, james, julia, shefain, eunice, yumiko, oishi, kristina, aish, alexa, max, max, nat, connie, mackenzie, tyler, and so on)~~, flesh, heart, brain, blood, millat iqbal, the red hot chili peppers, back stretches, independent gym class, linguistics, math, mind

go; do

New Year’s Eve, Grand Central Station, NYC, 1969. Photo...

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:57:42 -0500

New Year’s Eve, Grand Central Station, NYC, 1969. Photo by Leonard Freed

"The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough."

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:57:17 -0500

“The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.”

- Let The Great World Spin (via creationinthought)

atavus: Julianne Swartz - Placements, 2007

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:01:57 -0500

atavus:

Julianne Swartz - Placements, 2007

cherryls: thetentsofbryantpark: Alexander McQueen Resort...

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:49:39 -0500

cherryls:

thetentsofbryantpark:

Alexander McQueen Resort 2013

TumbleOn)

"As soon as teenage girls start to profess love for something, everyone else becomes totally..."

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:54:00 -0500

“As soon as teenage girls start to profess love for something, everyone else becomes totally dismissive of it. Teenage girls are open season for the cruelest bullying that our society can dream up. Everyone’s vicious to them. They’re vicious to each other. Hell, they’re even vicious to themselves. It’s terrible.

So if teenage girls have something that they love, isn’t that a good thing? Isn’t it better for them to find some words they believe in, words like the ‘fire-proof and fearless’ lyrics that Jacqui wrote? Isn’t it better for them to put those words on their arm in a tattoo than for them to cut gashes in that same skin? Shouldn’t we be grateful when teenage girls love our work? Shouldn’t that be a fucking honor?

It’s used as the cheapest, easiest test of crap, isn’t it? If teenage girls love a movie, a book, a band, then it’s immediately classified as mediocre shit. Well, I’m not going to stand for that. Someone needs to treat them like they’re precious, and if nobody else is ready to step up, I guess it’s up to us to put them on the path to recognizing that about themselves.”

- a character from The Devil’s Mixtape. (via valjeans)

Every now and then, something comes along on your dash that opens your eyes and makes you question assumptions you didn’t even realize you were making.

This former teenage girl fell in love with Rush, RPGs, Russian literature, ancient history, sci fi flicks, and Led Zeppelin. I’d say she had pretty good taste. So why have I always defaulted to marginalizing or dismissing the tastes of other teenage girls? Why have I always counted the large teenage female presence in fandom as a black mark against it, or at least something that needs to be explained or surmounted for older fans to participate or engage? Why have I assumed that teenage girls as a whole are incapable of critical analysis or meaningful engagement with the same media that I enjoy, when it was the critical analysis and meaningful engagement of a teenage girl that got me into much of the same media I enjoy now?

Wow. Talk about not even recognizing the patriarchy at work.

(via sabrea)

seriously, this just made me feel like a fucking asshole, which is always a sign that i’ve learned something important.

(via methodistcoloringbook)

I think I like the commentary above more than even the quote itself. It’s cool when just a quote can make people really rethink their positions.

(via feministdisney)