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A Home, 

poking its top from between the vibrant autumn trees, lurks and murmurs in quiet and

innocent breaths of admiration for its new inhabitant which stares placidly in welcoming

sighs.  

The Trees, in their peaceful sways, seem not to mind this sporadic intrusion of brave
curiosity into their golden land, for they sense the time is right for such an occasion.

“Hello”, says the home shyly to the newcomer.  The newcomer stares absently, as if
he had forgotten what was happening all of a sudden.

“Hello? can you hear me?”

Patrick Smith

Migration 

oil on canvas / 72" x 56"
2005

Catalog

oil on canvas / 72" x 56"
2005

Heap
oil on canvas / 70" x 58"
2005

Patrick Smith is an artist living in Brooklyn, NY. He makes surreal paintings that seem to have come from a toy's dreamworld. He also has an interactive playground with serene and otherworldly things here and there for you to play with in a virtual space called the Vector Park.  And then, with a single click, you could go and visit this fantastic park and relax a little while.

http://www.smithpix.net/

Vanessa Bruno

Vanessa Bruno

In 1992, at age 24, Vanessa Bruno started her own fashion label. Based in France, Vanessa is the daughter of a Danish Supermodel and an Italian father which founded french fashion house "Emmanuelle Khan".  Vanessa Bruno is known to create fresh, feminine, and sophisticated collections, with quirky, tactile looks that expertly blend materials. Her trapeze dresses, asymmetric tops and over-sized cardigans are most coveted.

http://www.vanessabruno.com/ 

Love You More

I Love You More,

with each new breath, each new smile,
within each moment and all moments that surround you,
within each day, each new day, and all passing days,

I love you, I love you, I love you, and I love you.

Let it be known, let it be heard, and let it be free,
for it knows no other way, and it cannot be constrained.
It is yours to keep and it is mine to give,
here, now, and always.

Sunao Kuwahara

Sunao Kuwahara

Since 2003 Spring/Summer, Kuwahara restarted his brand changing the name from “I.S. Sunao Kuwahara” to “sunaokuwahara”, identifying it as a brand that expresses a new value as it attains depth, and highly purified originality. His creation expresses the transition of time by using fabrics, colors, and shapes.

http://www.sunaokuwahara.com/ 

Tiny Furniture

22-year-old Aura returns home to her artist mother's TriBeCa loft with the following: a useless film theory degree, 357 hits on her Youtube page, a boyfriend who's left her to find himself at Burning Man, a dying hamster, and her tail between her legs.

Luckily, her trainwreck childhood best friend never left home, the restaurant down the block is hiring, and ill-advised romantic possibilities lurk around every corner.  Aura quickly throws away her liberal-arts clogs and careens into her old/new life: a dead-end hostess job, parties on chilly East Village fire escapes, stealing twenties out of her mother's Prada purse, pathetic Brooklyn "art shows,"

prison-style tattoos done out of sheer boredom, drinking all the wine in her mother's neatly organized cabinets, competing with her prodigious teenage sister, and desperate sex in a giant metal pipe. Surrounded on all sides by what she could become, Aura just wants someone to tell her who she is.

2010 / Written & Directed by Lena Dunham / Starring Lena Dunham / 98 min. /

"When You Come Home" / Track 2 / By Teddy Blanks & Rebecca Schiffman / 3:18 /

"Hide and Seek" / Track 4 / By Domino / 2:36 /


http://www.tinyfurniture.com/

Emily

Memories of the Fall

Model / Emily Smith
Photos / Dreams & Rubies
Location / Vancouver, BC, Canada

October, 2007

My Heart Needs A Love Dance

XXXX

By You Say Party
Released in 2009

I got to check out these guys live yesterday at Chapel Arts and I loved it! Great Sound, Great Songs. Couldn't get a chance to say hello to Becky, the lead singer of the band, and tell her how much I like her album XXXX, but I'm looking forward to a proper introduction.  Love you guys!

Oh yeah, about this shot, I actually managed to capture this while somebody threw a flash at Becky from their camera, and I think she was looking at me! How cool is that!  {sigh..} Good Times*

http://www.yousayparty.com/

Feel The Love!

Feel The Love!

A message from Archangel Michael
Received by Ariel DeAngelis
October 11, 2010

LOVE! It is the one thing that cannot be duplicated in any way by any mechanism other than within our  Hearts and within the Heart of Creator. The feeling of True Love is so deep and abiding and goes so deeply into the very essence of your being, that there is no mistaking it. What you may have ex-perienced in that past as “physical” ecstasy, has but a fraction of the impact that True Universal and Unconditional Love has.

Feel it. Let it wash over you. Allow it to permeate your very existence, and then you will know, beyond doubt. In fact doubt won’t even enter into it. You will KNOW. This is the kind of Love that your Galactic Brethren are awash in – to be embraced by them is to be embraced by Love

Be alert! Be aware! This day is coming in short order – even by your standards. Open your Hearts to the Eternal Spark of the Love that is waiting for you. Be In Love, Be a part of Love, Be Love.

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"Feel The Love" / A message from Archangel Michael / Received by Ariel DeAngelis / 3:51 /

Rodarte

http://www.rodarte.net/

Freedom

Freedom means the capability to say yes when yes is needed, to say no when no is needed, and sometimes to keep quiet when nothing is needed - to be silent, not to say anything. When all these dimensions are available, there is freedom.

Freedom is the ultimate experience of life. There is nothing higher than that. And out of freedom many flowers blossom in you. Love is the flowering of your freedom. Compassion, another flowering of your freedom. All that is valuable in life flowers in the innocent, natural state of your being.

With the freedom I am talking about, you simply are--in utter silence, serenity, beauty, bliss.

Tex by Osho

From the book / "Freedom, The Courage To Be Yourself"

http://www.osho.com/

Motonari Ono

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Motonari Ono is a Japanese fashion designer that began his own label under his name in 2006.  His work is best known for its womens-wear collections with simple yet evocative prints using basic color schemes and dramatic juxtapositions.

http://www.monotariono.com/

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Kensie

Kensie

is a world of trends with a feminine yet raw spin and a dose of playful positive charisma.  It’s all about dressing the emotion of the moment.  Kensie plays with fashion trends that make girls feel pretty: dresses, party dresses, coats, club clothes, tops and bottoms that any twenty-something girl would wear to work or play. 

http://www.kensie.com/

Magical Ruby

The energy of the Ruby is intense and vivid. It is the chosen stone of Leaders, Kings and Priests, for its ability to guide and assist in the making of wise and noble decisions.

It is said that the power of the Ruby is in its encouragement to keep you going after your dreams and your bliss, helping you then, to change your world.   The Ruby will bring light into any dark parts of your life, igniting attention into any of those areas where you might still need some work to do, giving you the opportunity to clear that path. The Ruby also heightens your love for life, giving you motivation and inspiration to choose wisely for yourself and others.

It eliminates the "Martyr" syndrome, the underlying belief that you are somehow less, setting you in a mode were you need to experience pain and suffering in order to learn.

The Ruby's wisdom is in teaching you how precious you are. You were handcrafted in Love and meant to be Happy. Rubies stimulate the heart Chakra.  It helps you to change, to make the transition from the person you are today, to the person you want to be and you wish to be in your heart.

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