<i>"Look for comfort now, within these walls</i><br /><i>For all these different days yeah, these autumn ways </i><br /><i>Will slowly disappear. Will slowly fall apart, </i><br /><i>Drifting slowly, drifting clear"<span style="color: #666666;"> - Neil Halstead</span></i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEeyVjWYlyuDUpxEKXFnraEEqQ_biApZkpRLFkZbhW4X9_8XE_sNUlzUkHuB9mDLWra7-HQq-DZ4cAniaX0SJj-1JW9lDu9qYPNhJ-mF0pwoLsa-UnDEzhKoR-ZYkD8C0368JLu2jC5s/s1600/KINFOLK+DINNER+037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEeyVjWYlyuDUpxEKXFnraEEqQ_biApZkpRLFkZbhW4X9_8XE_sNUlzUkHuB9mDLWra7-HQq-DZ4cAniaX0SJj-1JW9lDu9qYPNhJ-mF0pwoLsa-UnDEzhKoR-ZYkD8C0368JLu2jC5s/s1600/KINFOLK+DINNER+037.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i>(all photos by David John)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.kinfolkmag.com/dinners/"><b>Kinfolk Magazine</b></a></span></i> hosted a dinner party in Los Angeles this weekend to celebrate autumn's arrival in the Arts District in downtown at the<a href="http://www.apolisglobal.com/common-gallery/"><b> Apolis Common Gallery. </b></a>  Danielle, of<a href="http://www.paperpalate.com/index.html"><b> Paper Palate</b></a> created a mouth-watering, multi-course meal for us all, while a local beer brewer, <a href="http://www.handsomecoffee.com/"><b>the Handsome Coffee </b></a>Crew, and a local ice cream maker on a bike kept us mildly intoxicated and on a steady sugar-caffeine high. Bundled herbs were tied to the painted white beams of the spare warehouse, casting shadows as the night crept in, and everyone cozied up to the dinner table.  New folks interested in conversation and delicious crafted food (pumpkin tacos, slow cooked pork, and heirloom tarts).  Thank you to Nathan and Julie from Kinfolk for the invitation, and for Raan & Shea Parton at Apolis for having us for the evening. <span style="color: #666666;"><i>- David</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xijIj-N9fs4"><i>"I got my headphones on and I won't hear a sound, </i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>no it's all broke down, eyes out on the road but no one comes along."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEK4NDgukOdw8wDpthK_o2IVD61Qr9RHIayrMCkP5mpyXXiihhbixv4s4z1KW3raaSXz9knlHTna0i7cU_E157XvX_tSKtMRhZPnZokYR08SnIqMOare8A3wqzvHO-U50CHCzosiLgENM/s1600/kin+dinner+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEK4NDgukOdw8wDpthK_o2IVD61Qr9RHIayrMCkP5mpyXXiihhbixv4s4z1KW3raaSXz9knlHTna0i7cU_E157XvX_tSKtMRhZPnZokYR08SnIqMOare8A3wqzvHO-U50CHCzosiLgENM/s1600/kin+dinner+2.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRZocx0vP8IfLFfHwpeuoFO7TZAkrbbtc_xmvt1YTHt0X41qF-htNICMjxatL9ui1KjOKH1Zktk-EtGK48iacq6UQ6zw7wJ3UQFcghpZ52AIbcb8JN7kQG-P9BEanTvxjpPNJxhFsgxE/s1600/kinfolk+dinner+apolis+los+angeles+dinner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRZocx0vP8IfLFfHwpeuoFO7TZAkrbbtc_xmvt1YTHt0X41qF-htNICMjxatL9ui1KjOKH1Zktk-EtGK48iacq6UQ6zw7wJ3UQFcghpZ52AIbcb8JN7kQG-P9BEanTvxjpPNJxhFsgxE/s1600/kinfolk+dinner+apolis+los+angeles+dinner.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNaaZAlGJr75dLy5gCD94sEWtI_hjsak78-TTOJy2VXSKSVug6btCfMcazF_3nqYTgu182DKqdAesCxrW1ZPe0Dsjuyh-DOAttalysq1V6SOkurSI_nfeQU_a-Y5aQax52DWXZZ4ysGU/s1600/kinfolk+dinner+apolis+los+angeles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNaaZAlGJr75dLy5gCD94sEWtI_hjsak78-TTOJy2VXSKSVug6btCfMcazF_3nqYTgu182DKqdAesCxrW1ZPe0Dsjuyh-DOAttalysq1V6SOkurSI_nfeQU_a-Y5aQax52DWXZZ4ysGU/s1600/kinfolk+dinner+apolis+los+angeles.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpD6Ocp2j8kIwRv_-yh2MemlNizry5C49UfGxQhJ34OAiSsjMJCyizQ8b6QzFbWQ7d2XwbK-EhRVNH3PHWq0CS9_mz54HO1IA7TOUEexd3IWDpRq7xTihdLj47mVOInsHQK7cHyvuCF4/s1600/KINFOLK+DINNER+016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpD6Ocp2j8kIwRv_-yh2MemlNizry5C49UfGxQhJ34OAiSsjMJCyizQ8b6QzFbWQ7d2XwbK-EhRVNH3PHWq0CS9_mz54HO1IA7TOUEexd3IWDpRq7xTihdLj47mVOInsHQK7cHyvuCF4/s1600/KINFOLK+DINNER+016.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstQW1fNUnCD7-r6wxkvY9OVMImL_StfyyUuuipKkik8NsfT2_93kOg_Jkl8r7afO9bcItiyb7CrGRuWoN094puObV5AboXyl7erHt0G5PElJwB7G4bea6y403G7vBG4t2yKWLov2sFdE/s1600/KINFOLK+DINNER+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstQW1fNUnCD7-r6wxkvY9OVMImL_StfyyUuuipKkik8NsfT2_93kOg_Jkl8r7afO9bcItiyb7CrGRuWoN094puObV5AboXyl7erHt0G5PElJwB7G4bea6y403G7vBG4t2yKWLov2sFdE/s1600/KINFOLK+DINNER+007.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.kinfolkmag.com/"><i><b>go to Kinfolk Magazine here...</b></i></a><br /><br />"Kinfolk is a growing community of artists with a shared interest in small gatherings. We recognize that there is something about a table shared by friends, not just a wedding or once-a-year holiday extravaganza, that anchors our relationships and energizes us. We have come together to create Kinfolk as our collaborative way of advocating the natural approach to entertaining that we love."<i><b><br /></b></i>

"Look for comfort now, within these wallsFor all these different days yeah, these autumn ways Will slowly disappear. Will slowly fall apart, Drifting slowly, drifting clear" - Neil Halstead(all photos by David John)Kinfolk Magazine hosted a dinner party in Los Angeles this weekend to celebrate aut…

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<b><a href="http://www.hedgegallery.com/#/exhibition_9/">"Hedge Gallery</a></b> is pleased to present the American debut of<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Sam Orlando Miller</b></span> with a solo exhibition of new works in glass and silver.  <br />                      <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjX1GmrMx133Ke9kriwArJaXAMwZDfc_Eg71VUFgs38UDxvrSOdIV4ISlYOeSssbgWHIXT0-K5S48q-O9C9hjwpCpWSBe7JR0zJUYypFhoxXNQIQSj8FMnY9FnY3gsDFE8ohNgRMFouFM/s1600/som-emailer.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjX1GmrMx133Ke9kriwArJaXAMwZDfc_Eg71VUFgs38UDxvrSOdIV4ISlYOeSssbgWHIXT0-K5S48q-O9C9hjwpCpWSBe7JR0zJUYypFhoxXNQIQSj8FMnY9FnY3gsDFE8ohNgRMFouFM/s1600/som-emailer.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“What preoccupies me the most with my work is the constant shifting between the imagined world and the real one,”</b></span> says Miller, “making this series of sculptures is an attempt to reconcile these seemingly incompatible worlds. Cutting out pieces of sky to hang on the wall, I thought, how could I do that?”  Born in London in 1966 Miller grew up in the family silver trade. <br /><br />Surrounded by English craftsmen he learned not only how to work with precious materials, but a skillful approach to making beautiful objects. In 1987 he graduated with a degree in fine art. He ran a successful London design business creating objects and interiors. In 2002, compelled by a desire to spend time in a rural landscape, he set up a studio in a remote part of Italy where he makes his work alone."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGo7e3V1pea37opbWT3LBgn8lRgeN9hJi-dHL7KYkfDxpuADNs5-EKRQ3sST_mGnHqqFNTX-Mgi6OMUP8HyFS46t0uBHlPahbL6T58OXcajvK-a6QTzvOJuG6JJH1AJl8UiIeB7n41uU/s1600/7941_1348182678_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGo7e3V1pea37opbWT3LBgn8lRgeN9hJi-dHL7KYkfDxpuADNs5-EKRQ3sST_mGnHqqFNTX-Mgi6OMUP8HyFS46t0uBHlPahbL6T58OXcajvK-a6QTzvOJuG6JJH1AJl8UiIeB7n41uU/s1600/7941_1348182678_3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/non-conversation-with-sam-orlando.html">read a (non)conversation with </a><br />Sam Orlando Miller on YHBHS here.<br /><br /><br />"But the main thing in my mind really was to create something the opposite of the drawing, the reverse, <span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">that did not absorb light and that gave energy and balance to the room. </span></span>I wasn’t for a moment thinking about making something you could look at yourself in. "<br /><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-style: italic;">- Sam Orlando Miller</span>

"Hedge Gallery is pleased to present the American debut of Sam Orlando Miller with a solo exhibition of new works in glass and silver.                        “What preoccupies me the most with my work is the constant shifting between the imagined world and the real one,” says Miller, “making this se…

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<i>LAMA Preview</i><br /><a href="https://www.lamodern.com/">Auction : Oct  7 </a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGFeG11osD4NVLsrhyphenhyphenYZVHRgqdWZVpUh6KgPKEZr2hQ00P8HhhpepYo0xeKPATooOuPUO-cy36xny_X7YTRHj-DhR2fQp8sAtABOWnGfGQ1m5-Jccw2HE2ZFO3bv9QWFwd5tTZ44qFkw/s1600/396497_365867116821554_52902209_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGFeG11osD4NVLsrhyphenhyphenYZVHRgqdWZVpUh6KgPKEZr2hQ00P8HhhpepYo0xeKPATooOuPUO-cy36xny_X7YTRHj-DhR2fQp8sAtABOWnGfGQ1m5-Jccw2HE2ZFO3bv9QWFwd5tTZ44qFkw/s1600/396497_365867116821554_52902209_n.jpg" /></a> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Los Angeles Modern Auctions</b></span></i> is previewing the lots for their upcoming auction on October 7th.  Yesterday afternoon, Peter Loughrey, founder of LAMA, gave me a tour of some highlights, including a Keith Haring decorated gas tank, and a <a href="https://www.lamodern.com/auctions-db/individual-lot-item/?inventoryID=3449">Harrison McIntosh Scottish Rite Temple Jar</a> from the early 60's. One of the highlights for me was seeing 2 large scale works by Sheila Hicks, (photographed above in the background and below) circa 1970 and 1975.  It's seems bizarre that her market has not gained strength in the U.S., especially at a time when Kusama's prices have skyrocketed and taken center stage in the art world.  In 2011, The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) presented Sheila Hicks: 50 Years, the first major retrospective of Sheila Hicks work, though this show never made it to the West Coast. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"In Tahoe Wall (c. 1970), Hicks illustrates her ability to transform <i><b>a surface into a vibrant tapestry, teeming with warmth and fluidity.</b></i> Her scrupulous attention to the properties of the materials has resulted in a seamless transition of colorful silk interrupted by smooth tufts of natural linen. Critic Mildred Constantine and fabric designer Jack Lenor Larsen describe this piece as “replete with the rhythmic cadence of music.”<a href="https://www.lamodern.com/auctions-db/individual-lot-item/?inventoryID=3414"><i> (text taken from here)</i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMULKh5Eb52-kNL58S9SdF2QhE4_0RXnkljDtbqglcPrM_VGWp04wWa3qr2hiuyPkRQokvM6-_TA_JEVMACqq0GrkliqH-Vy3uZ3II8pletyrY49Hoo4LxIf-FtOzRhaKzo0tK4XVzDdE/s1600/LAMA+Auction+9.12+015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMULKh5Eb52-kNL58S9SdF2QhE4_0RXnkljDtbqglcPrM_VGWp04wWa3qr2hiuyPkRQokvM6-_TA_JEVMACqq0GrkliqH-Vy3uZ3II8pletyrY49Hoo4LxIf-FtOzRhaKzo0tK4XVzDdE/s1600/LAMA+Auction+9.12+015.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0ldQ03-mbkYkl6cLV-oeN1ysQMspSVFG3iUj17iXIU2EtL1uVar-JC0mNa9ebhGzbzUDYujCDGKRtd7npDmBwPIHTW9GIZJH3SB0ReC5Tchsd8K0ol1U9Px6mqlOI1Gr1_eAyntRsuE/s1600/nakashima.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0ldQ03-mbkYkl6cLV-oeN1ysQMspSVFG3iUj17iXIU2EtL1uVar-JC0mNa9ebhGzbzUDYujCDGKRtd7npDmBwPIHTW9GIZJH3SB0ReC5Tchsd8K0ol1U9Px6mqlOI1Gr1_eAyntRsuE/s640/nakashima.jpg" width="425" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"The <b>20th Anniversary Auction</b> features over 500 lots of rare and important fine art and design, including a work on paper by Sam Francis, a selection of works by Richard Pettibone, Blue Surround from 1982 by Richard Diebenkorn, nine works by Andy Warhol,<b><i> a hand-decorated motorcycle gas tank by Keith Haring</i></b>, a collage by Yayoi Kusama, a painting by Roland Peterson, and a drawing by David Hockney.    <br /><br /><br /><br />Design offerings include a rare <i><b>Jean Prouvé table from 1954</b></i> that was commissioned for a hotel in Cameroon, an impressive selection of Greta Grossman designs, and a strong grouping of Serge Mouille lighting. <i><b>Sixteen designs by Nakashima will go up on the auction block, including one of his masterpieces, a monumental coffee table from 1969. </b></i><br /><br />Ceramics include a large-scale Harrison McIntosh vessel, as well as other ceramics by Peter Voulkos, Pablo Picasso, Beatrice Wood, and Stan Bitters..." <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGVsx4kr5-pQogEB_i7lh-yTFMMoNreOPHkpIYD7ctRmlUO5r1xelFWmCZ1o9ktdX7q_hY0I3P1tUf7rwm6NrBUqeLNZNB1qJ2YpFNFfLuov9xeuxUlYR0q896ij4coF_b2MXRIz17JI/s1600/lama.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGVsx4kr5-pQogEB_i7lh-yTFMMoNreOPHkpIYD7ctRmlUO5r1xelFWmCZ1o9ktdX7q_hY0I3P1tUf7rwm6NrBUqeLNZNB1qJ2YpFNFfLuov9xeuxUlYR0q896ij4coF_b2MXRIz17JI/s1600/lama.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63f6SlfRtg_JljDpkoM1o2Peam0bWVe2GZm17Q5FzDVusU6R3-ctb3eIjlblnNYAVGdQ6kdm11KzB7f3DbRZP_gGZ5_meGM9gq-r5IgRHRMosbFokqSxPfuXo6JnWZkPgB0MOIxAWj_k/s1600/LAMA+Auction+9.12+021.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63f6SlfRtg_JljDpkoM1o2Peam0bWVe2GZm17Q5FzDVusU6R3-ctb3eIjlblnNYAVGdQ6kdm11KzB7f3DbRZP_gGZ5_meGM9gq-r5IgRHRMosbFokqSxPfuXo6JnWZkPgB0MOIxAWj_k/s1600/LAMA+Auction+9.12+021.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>"The psychology of a collector." </b></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Do you collect anything yourself?  </b></span> </i><br /><br /><br /><i>Peter: </i>I often answer this question by explaining I collect items that haven’t sold yet. BUT, I do have a nice collection (pieces not for sale) of Gio Ponti furniture and objects such as glass by Venini and enamels by Paolo di Poli.   There must be a collector’s gene that can be isolated. Perhaps it will eventually be possible to develop a pill, like a statin, that will not cure the collector, but it would allow them to keep their condition manageable.<br /><br /><a href="http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.com/2010/10/yhbhs-interview-peter-loughrey-pioneer.html"><i>(read entire interview with Peter Loughrey, of LAMA here)  </i></a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIELFZexXocAe6TLfoDf5la1hM_GANrpbDT-DEXWmM39IFHmvTb_emPVqdLNAQ0McHAtxMGTm_9AnnQ_-AAo3NLz3rEAJE7YSEGssoOKRqGUWgnjUVaNfkSiOBXaJXEE-ZUa2gNDm8Tc/s1600/cressey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIELFZexXocAe6TLfoDf5la1hM_GANrpbDT-DEXWmM39IFHmvTb_emPVqdLNAQ0McHAtxMGTm_9AnnQ_-AAo3NLz3rEAJE7YSEGssoOKRqGUWgnjUVaNfkSiOBXaJXEE-ZUa2gNDm8Tc/s1600/cressey.jpg" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://www.lamodern.com/auctions-db/lots/?auctionID=40"><i><b>View the entire catalog here..</b></i></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />

LAMA PreviewAuction : Oct  7 Los Angeles Modern Auctions is previewing the lots for their upcoming auction on October 7th.  Yesterday afternoon, Peter Loughrey, founder of LAMA, gave me a tour of some highlights, including a Keith Haring decorated gas tank, and a Harrison McIntosh Scottish Rite Tem…

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<i>this is a new chapter.</i><br /><i>is this chapter new?</i><br /><i>a new chapter is the?</i><br /><i>the new chapter is a... </i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpoKQeuFm8ptoEryin8iMqKZQxPPtM3PAsH3GshJqDuxG8ijuj0S47FcBlSoNqiwqT5K4H_RDf4FdlodUSWERcgcH5pYfb5zewBjnl6sZH3imFNHKETYnVw3yeef5fWlOYgC9ipDniyM/s1600/Nicholson+Duncan+Louis+Sullivan+006.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpoKQeuFm8ptoEryin8iMqKZQxPPtM3PAsH3GshJqDuxG8ijuj0S47FcBlSoNqiwqT5K4H_RDf4FdlodUSWERcgcH5pYfb5zewBjnl6sZH3imFNHKETYnVw3yeef5fWlOYgC9ipDniyM/s1600/Nicholson+Duncan+Louis+Sullivan+006.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpoKQeuFm8ptoEryin8iMqKZQxPPtM3PAsH3GshJqDuxG8ijuj0S47FcBlSoNqiwqT5K4H_RDf4FdlodUSWERcgcH5pYfb5zewBjnl6sZH3imFNHKETYnVw3yeef5fWlOYgC9ipDniyM/s1600/Nicholson+Duncan+Louis+Sullivan+006.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpoKQeuFm8ptoEryin8iMqKZQxPPtM3PAsH3GshJqDuxG8ijuj0S47FcBlSoNqiwqT5K4H_RDf4FdlodUSWERcgcH5pYfb5zewBjnl6sZH3imFNHKETYnVw3yeef5fWlOYgC9ipDniyM/s1600/Nicholson+Duncan+Louis+Sullivan+006.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUdLOihQFQilwPxyr6krY2iYYvJEhJ9W81VY-VbQDtFDEyR822D4G6TWA6r3GsycGvJt6WkW7TE8QeANaY-CIFVd61jZMEJs5ZWMZDomWRitmMnJrUnDBpcp8ID_myEO9oRB5xOI4k1g/s1600/Nicholson+Duncan+Louis+Sullivan+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUdLOihQFQilwPxyr6krY2iYYvJEhJ9W81VY-VbQDtFDEyR822D4G6TWA6r3GsycGvJt6WkW7TE8QeANaY-CIFVd61jZMEJs5ZWMZDomWRitmMnJrUnDBpcp8ID_myEO9oRB5xOI4k1g/s1600/Nicholson+Duncan+Louis+Sullivan+010.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKdv_3L-CQFRzvKOfMmAlUdBCQFaoV9xizoN-4d7fsTEyfoQEdMkPRkGKR3_NoRL5VD_4lHFD3eGAbBB34FFFVF8T5vuubRiJbC81xSSBIffUekQ0fzySouRCh0E5o73dDqc-Yb1UuGE/s1600/affiche_expo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKdv_3L-CQFRzvKOfMmAlUdBCQFaoV9xizoN-4d7fsTEyfoQEdMkPRkGKR3_NoRL5VD_4lHFD3eGAbBB34FFFVF8T5vuubRiJbC81xSSBIffUekQ0fzySouRCh0E5o73dDqc-Yb1UuGE/s640/affiche_expo.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><i>"Trying to find, find the right time"</i><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A</b></span>bove, a book on a glass coffee table, revealing the layers of our conversation that afternoon.</i><br /><a href="http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-conversaton-with-duncan-nicholson.html"><i>Duncan Nicholson</i></a><br /><i>showed me this book  the day I arrived at his studio, at the end of our conversation, almost like an afer-thought, or a new beginning of sorts, (I'm not quite sure it matters if you talk about the beginning or the end. )   A bank designed by Louis Sullivan, if I recall correctly, in the Midwest, in early 1900's.</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>"To study Frank interiors published between 1928 and 1941—when the forty-six-year-old designer jumped from a Manhattan building, a refugee desolated by the Nazi occupation of France and a love affair gone awry—is to be amazed by his confectionary palette and catholic furnishings. “<b>White was his favorite color</b>,” says the designer’s niece, Alice, who recalls her uncle’s apartment at 7 rue de Verneuil as <b>a suave composition of travertine, sanded oak, vellum and blanched leather.</b> But the rooms of his clients embraced the glitter of Boulle as well as the glamour of the silver screen."</i><br /><i><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architecture/archive/frank_article_012000"><b>(text from AD here)</b></a></i><br /><br /><br /><i>The Spring afternoon in Mexico City, we walked past a line of books. </i><br /><i>A diagonal line. It left a memory with us. The street felt brisk with business.</i><br /><i>I snapped a photo, only to stare at it with a melody behind it, now back in Los Angeles.</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHbeNL9swpCQvBTZYWMhoR50bu_Py2W2uU1w6HFB3Pn3wkXLXDXjChB2bhUkmQUavaGaVj1LoU8Zl2fvzRqEuKtR0GHBzhHUfQIviLKuZExltmi_eKf6tBEDTZ1ErYSN8D3BjBVDi3z8/s1600/MEXICO+CITY+172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHbeNL9swpCQvBTZYWMhoR50bu_Py2W2uU1w6HFB3Pn3wkXLXDXjChB2bhUkmQUavaGaVj1LoU8Zl2fvzRqEuKtR0GHBzhHUfQIviLKuZExltmi_eKf6tBEDTZ1ErYSN8D3BjBVDi3z8/s1600/MEXICO+CITY+172.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>Walking alone I'm in the red lines </i><br /><i>Trying to find, find the right time </i><br /><i>Walking alone I'm on the wrong side </i><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmV0gWzp9PQ"><i>Try'na find, find the right times</i></a>

this is a new chapter.is this chapter new?a new chapter is the?the new chapter is a...   "Trying to find, find the right time"Above, a book on a glass coffee table, revealing the layers of our conversation that afternoon.Duncan Nicholsonshowed me this book  the day I arrived at his studio, at the en…

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<i><a href="http://www.robertlewisstudio.com/"><u>robert lewis studio</u></a></i><br /><br />" robert lewis studio is a design workshop in los angeles creating custom fabricated light fixtures for residential and commercial use. working one on one with the client, designers, and fabricators, each project is site specific. "<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><i>photo taken at lawson fenning<span></span>, silver lake</i><span></span></span>

robert lewis studio" robert lewis studio is a design workshop in los angeles creating custom fabricated light fixtures for residential and commercial use. working one on one with the client, designers, and fabricators, each project is site specific. "photo taken at lawson fenning, silver lake…

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A conversation with Christopher Boots

<i>" I would have been an arborist, stuntman or Shiatsu practitioner<br />had I not taken the designer path.<br />In fact I'll probably do all of these one day, once I make the time."</i><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/8004010458_b3509a4c8a_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="466" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/8004010458_b3509a4c8a_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="699" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/8004009325_0c44db9e4b_c.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="466" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/8004009325_0c44db9e4b_c.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><b><br /><br />The diamond ring (materials: quartz crystal, neodymium rare, earth magnets, iron, carbon), where did the idea come from?</b><b> </b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>What is your attraction to crystals?</b></span> </b></span> I have always loved crystals since I was a kid. I found my first one on a beach when I was 8 years old. I've still got a little guide book on rocks and minerals that sparked my imagination about Geology. I was all about rocks as I grew up and was certainly alone in my own world. I always wanted to create an object that would have the power and awesomeness that I imagined always existed in that dream space land I daydreamed about. I guess the current work is the culmination of my life thus far. <span style="color:#660000;"><i><b>Geeky kid into rocks + design experience and training = diamond ring:)</b></i></span> People occasionally ask about the energetic properties of crystals, magnets and light being all placed together and powered up. I guess that the result speaks for itself- a glowing manifestation of the unique crystalline structures of earth's minerals. Quartz crystals have been used for eons in many cultures for reasons that they are as unique as the people that use them. Essentially, they retain any information that is programmed into them energetically. The intention the studio has when using quartz crystal in lighting is to facilitate the expansion of consciousness in these times, we are now at the end of one calendar and moving into a new paradigm. Changing the world one interior at a time ;) <span style="color:#330000;"><i><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>What are rare earth magnets?</b></span></i></span> Rare earth magnets are classified as rare since they use minerals such as neodymium that keep their magnetism permanently. They are adhered to the crystals, and thus magnetized to the frames made from steel (iron+carbon) very strongly, allowing them to be re-arranged and removed for cleaning (perhaps cleansing out in the full moon as required if that's your thing) and aesthetic purposes. This kind of interaction engages and personalizes the product experience. <span style="color:#660000;"><i><span style="font-size:180%;"><b> How do you design? </b></span></i></span> Daydream often. Sometimes the best work I sketch while waiting in a plane during taxi. Love that time as there's no digital distractions. Seriously the best time ever- you're in-between spaces and can go anywhere. I reflect on what I've seen and where I'm going. Think, lots. first. The brain will always be superior to any computer- gospel from my grandma! Sketch very rough concepts. Run straight with making by hand at full size with the actual materials. This gets expensive but it's worth every cent. Full size model making is good also but the materiality is second to none, to feel the material and know it, to guide it and work with it- to understand the full capabilities of the materials you work with is critical to be able to make them perform to the best capacity that they can. <span style="font-size:180%;color:#003300;"><i><b> How long have you been out on your own as a lighting designer? What were you doing before working on your own?</b></i></span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#003300;"> </span> After high school I did a B.A. in Linguistics and Cinema, thinking I could change the world through the means of media. However theory became extremely tiresome and I pined for being practical. I studied Industrial Design at Swinburne National School of Design from 2000-2004. I'd always been making chairs, tables, lights and sculptures as I was growing up so industrial design was a natural extension of those explorations into built form. I was very close to transferring into Architecture but decided to complete studies and save another few institutional years. I graduated in 2005 and pretty much worked with a lighting designer, Geoffrey Mance, straight away the first day I was in his studio. I worked there for two years, and for the last six months until his untimely passing away from cancer in early 2007, I was managing the studio. He asked myself and a colleague if we wanted to carry on the business and we said yes. Little did I know how much work was ahead for the next few years. We built up the studio from 3 to 12 people, but were still running with old designs. I pretty much had enough of that studio by 2010 and sold out my share by 2011, and spent the year chilling out, doing yoga, drinking tea, traveling and designing a new collection that you see today. I never looked back. If anyone can take a year off from work, do it every few years, I highly recommend a sabbatical every now and again! <i><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"><b><br /><br /><br /></b></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"><b><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/8004010544_affd4080b4_c.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="466" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/8004010544_affd4080b4_c.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />What makes a light interesting? </span></b></span></i><span style="font-size:100%;"> Thats a good question! And very open to interpretation. Personally, it needs to speak to me in a language that is not cut and paste, that has an effect that is gentle to the eye (think ambiance and the effect on the face and perception of the space) and allows one to ponder how it all came together, without being too busy or fussy. And it has to be easy to clean and maintain. Longevity is critical in a product, it must look as good or better in 10 or 20 years time as it does today. <i><b> Materials you are interested in working with, or are currently working with? </b></i><i><span style="color:#003300;"><b>Bronze</b></span></i>- love it- amazing textures can be created by hand in the wax molds, beautiful colors, warmth and timeless classicism. <span style="color:#003300;"><i><b>Quartz</b></i></span>- forever amazing, a manifestation of pure earth energy, clear as ice and each and every one has its own character and individuality, just like people all the same yet different.<i><span style="color:#003300;"><b> Gold </b></span></i>- never tarnishes, always keeps its sheen, is antimicrobial (crazy huh!) and in small quantities is never ostentatious. I like to use it in interior surfaces where only a glimpse may be had- so as to create a surprise.<span style="color:#660000;"> </span><i><b><span style="color:#660000;"> <span style="color:#333333;">What is the design culture like in Victoria?</span></span> </b></i> Pretty strong. Melbourne is the cultural hub of Australia. There's a plurality of designers and architects who view design as a process and spend time overseas in places like Berlin and New York for many years to stretch their wings before coming home, if at all. It's still a small town to me even though the population is about 4 million. Lots of tea towels and cupcakes with birds on them too.. There's activity on many levels from small boutique lane and carpark design markets to a healthy home building and renovation boom (which we are the tail end of now after a decade) which still presents many opportunites for product and service offerings for the a&d community. <i><b><span style="color:#333333;">Architects, writers, or designers of the present or past that resonate with you?</span> </b></i> I'd have to say that Frank Lloyd Wright, Zaha Hadid, James Turrell, Olafur Eliasson, Stanley Kubrick, Alexander Mcqueen and Tom Ford are among those in my library of awesome people whose body of work I respect and admire greatly. <span style="color:#660000;"><i><b>3 things you can tell me that i would never think to ask? </b></i></span> I would have been an arborist, stuntman or Shiatsu practitioner had I not taken the designer path. In fact I'll probably do all of these one day, once I make the time. </span><span style="font-size:180%;"><i><b><br /><br /></b></i></span><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8317/8004010346_f4f3a14b01_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="694" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8317/8004010346_f4f3a14b01_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="701" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><i><b><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8321/8004010286_88a252b39a_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="446" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8321/8004010286_88a252b39a_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="699" /></a><br /><br />What is your attraction to copper? </b></i></span> Copper is a beautiful, warm and ductile material. I find that it has an archetypal quality to its warmth and ambience. It ages gracefully and patinates well over time. In the studio environment we can make the copper take color from a warm chocolate to a dark bronze through to a soft green, it has so many lives that it can become. and can be polished up to a high sheen again. it's so versatile and for me, classic. <i><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> I have 24 hours in Victoria, where are you taking me?</b></span></i> Depends what you're into.. My kind of journey would include breakfast in a laneway like Degraves St, followed by an architecture tour of fine examples of historical and recent architecture located in the cbd (rmit, exhibition buildings in carlton, manchester united building, federation square, melbourne recital centre, acca to name a few) and surrounding suburbs, followed by a quick trip down the coast to the great ocean road for spectacular ocean scenery, and back in again for drinks and dinner in fitzroy or collingwood.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><b>Christopher Boots</b></i> is driven by a love of nature and light, expressed through designing and creating beautiful, unique lighting. Trained in Industrial Design, Christopher Boots has a background in product design engineering. Boots began his own Architectural Lighting Design practice in early 2011 after half a decade at the stewardship of Mance Design. Moving upwards with a completely new and unparalleled lighting collection has driven Boots to seek a commitment to nothing short of excellence. All products are hand made in Melbourne, Australia using a broad variety of techniques from a team of artisans, such as glass-blowers, coppersmiths, ceramicists, sculptors, and bronze casters, ensuring a commitment to quality. The studio carefully composes these artisans as an orchestra for perfect harmony.<br /><br /><br />

A conversation with Christopher Boots

" I would have been an arborist, stuntman or Shiatsu practitionerhad I not taken the designer path.In fact I'll probably do all of these one day, once I make the time."The diamond ring (materials: quartz crystal, neodymium rare, earth magnets, iron, carbon), where did the idea come from? What is…

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<br />We<br /> used<br /> to be<br /> closer<br />than<br /> this<br /><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8040/7998295505_aaa901d0fa_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="700" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8040/7998295505_aaa901d0fa_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8305/7998340752_4fca9d19bb_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="701" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8305/7998340752_4fca9d19bb_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="701" /></a><br /><br />Separate or combine<br />I ask you one last time<br />Did I hold you too tight?<br /><i><b>Did I not let enough light in?</b></i><br /><br />"Light reflects from your shadow<br />It is more than I thought could exist<br />You move through the room<br />Like breathing was easy<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nW5AF0m9Zw"><i><b>If someone believed me"</b></i></a>

We used to be closerthan thisSeparate or combineI ask you one last timeDid I hold you too tight?Did I not let enough light in?"Light reflects from your shadowIt is more than I thought could existYou move through the roomLi…

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<a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8444/7998007686_211e49e48a_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="876" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8444/7998007686_211e49e48a_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="702" /></a><br /><br /><br /><b>AFTER</b> <i>curated by Kelly Behun and Alex P. White</i><br /><span style="color:#999999;">R 20th Century Gallery | 82 Franklin Street | New York NY 10013</span><br /><br /><br />

AFTER curated by Kelly Behun and Alex P. WhiteR 20th Century Gallery | 82 Franklin Street | New York NY 10013…

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<br /><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8042/7980098596_3c398250d0_h.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="1049" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8042/7980098596_3c398250d0_h.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="701" /></a><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8436/7980112082_caea355ac2_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="850" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8436/7980112082_caea355ac2_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a> <i><b><br /></b><span style="color:#666666;">mexico city</span></i>, 2:45 a.m.<br /><a href="http://soundcloud.com/jozif/jozif-live-we-love-off-sonar">a strange bar, in the basement<br /></a> <div id="gt-res-content" class="almost_half_cell"><div dir="ltr" style="zoom:1"><a href="http://soundcloud.com/jozif/jozif-live-we-love-off-sonar"><i><span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="es"><span class="hps">melodía</span> <span class="hps">del</span> <span class="hps">día " we love"<br /></span></span></i></a></div></div><br /><br />

mexico city, 2:45 a.m.a strange bar, in the basement melodía del día " we love"…

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<a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8302/7973952586_2227a87c10_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="1050" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8302/7973952586_2227a87c10_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><br />So I'm back, to the velvet underground<br />Back to the floor, that I love,<br /><a href="http://soundcloud.com/ghostly/ghostlycast-46">big changes, it's too late. </a>(no big deal)<br /><br /><br />"I know it’s not very original, but<i><b> I’m convinced that places have souls. </b></i>The house materializes the link between the characters and, in a way, what gets lost among them is this link. Generation after generation, something has been left in this house, layer by layer, stratus by stratus. When it’s gone, everything that united the characters comes undone, disappears, becomes a void. The house is at the heart of the film, as a material place and one invested in the flux of identity. "<br /><i><br /><a href="http://www.emanuellevy.com/interview/summer-hours-interview-with-director-olivier-assayas-8/">(text from here)</a><br /><br /><b>mexico city</b>, 3:43 p.m city centre </i>(photo)<br /><br />

So I'm back, to the velvet undergroundBack to the floor, that I love,big changes, it's too late. (no big deal)"I know it’s not very original, but I’m convinced that places have souls. The house materializes the link between the characters and, in a way, what gets lost among them is this link. Genera…

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<b><span style="font-style:italic;">mezcal afternoon</span> </b><i>3:44 p.m.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/7964287698_ef7fa40bc0_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="1049" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/7964287698_ef7fa40bc0_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8459/7964258400_ed234e8bb2_h.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="1048" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8459/7964258400_ed234e8bb2_h.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="701" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/7964259212_abcd13a63c_c.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/7964259212_abcd13a63c_c.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 534px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/7964289478_ef093d1368_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/7964289478_ef093d1368_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 683px; height: 1024px;" /></a><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8304/7964288564_a4d55e2ef4_c.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="467" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8304/7964288564_a4d55e2ef4_c.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><br /><br /><i>mezcal afternoon</i> at <a href="http://romitacomedor.com/">romita comedor.</a><br /><span style="color:#999999;"><i>textures, colors, textiles of modern mexico city</i></span><br /><br />

mezcal afternoon 3:44 p.m.mezcal afternoon at romita comedor.textures, colors, textiles of modern mexico city…

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<a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8462/7957169206_e316020fb3_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="964" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8462/7957169206_e316020fb3_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><br /><i>our afternoon lunch in <b><br />Colonia Roma</b>, Mexico City </i><b>2:57 p.m. </b><br /><i><br /></i><br /><br />

our afternoon lunch in Colonia Roma, Mexico City 2:57 p.m. …

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<a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/7946751974_e6d03aea6d_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="1050" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/7946751974_e6d03aea6d_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><b><br /><i>mexico city</i>,</b> 5:43 a.m.<br /><br /><br />

mexico city, 5:43 a.m.…

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<a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8443/7935282768_eb851d45e3_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="1048" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8443/7935282768_eb851d45e3_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="699" /></a><br /><a href="http://blackmancruz.com/tearsheet/tearsheet.php?sec=workshop&a0=http://blackmancruz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Neoclassic_Arm_Chair_1.jpg&a1=http://blackmancruz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Neoclassic_Arm_Chair_2.jpg&a2=http://blackmancruz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Neoclassic_Arm_Chair_3.jpg&d0=Faux%20finish&t=Neoclassic%20Dining%20Arm%20Chair&p=$2,750.00"><img alt="" border="0" height="788" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8454/7935282898_87ba919fda_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><br /><br /><i>All my silence and my strained respect<br />Missed chances and <b>the same regrets</b><br />Kiss the thief and you save the rest<br />All my insights from retrospect</i><br /><a href="http://soundcloud.com/leo-zero/prefab-sprout-bonny-leo-zero-re-edit"><i>But Bonny's not coming home</i></a><br /><br />mexico city 2:45 pm. (headphones and the fountain)<br /><br /><br /><br />

All my silence and my strained respectMissed chances and the same regretsKiss the thief and you save the restAll my insights from retrospectBut Bonny's not coming homemexico city 2:45 pm. (headphones and the fountain)…

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<a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7928408970_8b0d6b1827_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="1052" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7928408970_8b0d6b1827_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="702" /></a><br /><span style="color:#999999;"><i>mexico city</i></span>, 2012 2 p.m.<br /><br />

mexico city, 2012 2 p.m.…

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Floating in and out of time,<br />In and out of space.<br />No one can touch us,<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADvP07t1mHo"><i><b>We're in a different place.</b></i></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8458/7915202040_0e22df7f88_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="514" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8458/7915202040_0e22df7f88_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8440/7915241332_3499f4d432_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8440/7915241332_3499f4d432_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 761px;" /></a><br /><span style="color:#666666;"><i><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MUP9-8oPgc">work, live, and, sleep,<br />in <b>collapsing space.</b></a></i></span><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MUP9-8oPgc"><br /></a></b><br />

Floating in and out of time,In and out of space.No one can touch us,We're in a different place.work, live, and, sleep,in collapsing space.…

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<a href="http://www.hendersondrygoods.com/collections/for-home/products/oval-wall-mirror"><img alt="" border="0" height="706" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/7909856592_c18cf0dd89_z.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="706" /></a><i><br /><br />I never knew what I want(ed),<br />I let my body talk </i><br /><a href="http://soundcloud.com/christianloeffler/live-july-2012"><i>I was in a deep sleep</i></a>(t)<br /><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><i>niki and the dove</i></span><br /><br /><br />

I never knew what I want(ed),I let my body talk I was in a deep sleep(t)niki and the dove…

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