ladies room, Earls'

My friend took me to a chic restaurant
in Vancouver, and this was what they
did for the ladies room! *meow~~*

Feb, 2009

korean masters exhibit 2009

My mother brought me to this exhibit,
and I felt myself quite drawn to the
Korean musical equipments; drums
and the headgear.

personal shrines

I was looking up what the difference
was between an altar and a personal
shrine, and ended up with a whole
bunch of images for all kinds of shrine.

This one is a book cover, which is quite
similar to the visual treatment of
"altered art" me thinks.

I also realized, due to my own roots,
my aesthetics regarding a personal shrine
is decidely Daoist... and changed my Facebook
status accordingly!

dala horse

such a happy horse!

beauty of craft!

& tradition...


(i was looking for something to put on my
new pink-jelly-covered-diary some months ago)

gotta laugh a little

like this kitty here!

humour, they say, is the best medicine...

urban chic

oh, perfection!

frumpy to foxy in 15 minutes flat

Alas! A book for people like moi!

I tend to be one of those people who have

a very wide range of "groomedness."

So much so that sometimes people don't

recognize me! I think this is more of a

family trait, than a unique gift of mine.

When we're super groomed we're Up There;

but when we don't, we sorta Fall Apart.

But now that I'm in my 30s, and my body

doesn't automatically look as lean and trim

as it did in my 20s, I have to pay more

attention to these things...

Hence a need to further streamline my wardrobe,

tone down my makeup(gone are my clubbing days),

avoid certain things to appear more youthful (eg. some

jewelry makes you age 10 years and some make you

look 5 years younger! Pearls VS trendy new stuff),

and then, there are the aesthetic generational gaps

(ie. I won't wear layered stuff with leggings, I'll just

stick to my straight-cut and boot-cut slacks, and the

in-between look of "skinny jeans" which I will wear

only on certain occasions), finally the new joys of

hair-styling and nail care.

OK. Well. I do plan to get trim!

I've bought a book to help me with this goal!

the 50s look

There's something so *exquisite*
about the 50s look -

so sophisticated, chic, timeless,
and "appropriate" -

it's as if the beautiful curves and
lines of the Japanese woodblock prints
have taken on human form...

-

The only problem with this is
that although it's admiringly beautiful
to look at, I'm not all bought in for the
90s idea of luxe and casual comfort.

Our generation is more about
*wearability* and "mobility*
so I guess this look is best left
for viewing on walls.

Ah. Sad, sad.
We are a generation for
"wearable leisure-bility"
for the "masses."

Baik, Jong-Hoon

This is a painting I wanted to buy...

But haven't done so yet....

Spotted it at the Graduate Exhibit of

Painting department, Hongik University,

Grad School, last year.

de Chirico

The second picture above haunts me, always.
I found the other two paintings and fell in love
with them both! For some reason though,
I much prefer his earlier works to his later works.
(Interesting that I feel somewhat similar to Picasso's oeuvres...)

Haunting is *awesome*!

hiroshi sugito

this Japanese painter was my *big love* of 2008 -

i saw his work at Biennale in Korea -

i found some of his works in jpg, a youtube of him,

and made a group for him on Facebook.

i think he's a genius...

it's so cool too that he was a student of Nara.

..

Nara's Desk & Team (?)

Hehe, this is what I need ~
A desk for doing work I love,
and a team of trustworthy helpers!

^^

Yoshitomo Nara

How can you not love Nara...
















and his dog... ^^?

Isabelle Arsenault

I think her works are just exquisite!
Especially the series she did on Children.
I would love to be able to do something like this!

http://www.isabellearsenault.com/

Moomin

Something that looks like an ink drawing...





















This feels more like high-art, in print...











This one is more commercial but still holds emotional value...













In 3D form... they are so adorable!!!



















The characters have form and feeling,
but there is so much information available
from the world around the character...
as evident from this card...

Google Moomin -
Wiki has good info on the author.

Emily the Strange

There is something so haunting yet charming about this girl.

I feel there's something succinct, reserved & tough, totally individual about her.

A confidence and self-awareness maybe?

Google "Emily the Strange" for more info.

2 Awesome Blogs I Found

http://galadarling.com/
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/