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François Xavier Saint Georges’s latest project: No You Wont (The worst is yet to come)

“No You Wont is part of visual experimentation using Nichrome wire. Plaster, paper, prints and power, i created this series of 12 descriptive burning taglines. As long as you think you can do something, a burning reminder blows your dream off.

This specific wire is powered using 120v and burn through a series of printed taglines.”

[watch the video]

many thanks to the artist for submitting their work

*also, for some reason you must click the gif (first photo), apologies.

likeafieldmouse: Rudolf Bonvie - Dialog (1973)

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:32:01 -0600

likeafieldmouse:

Rudolf Bonvie - Dialog (1973)

pikeys: Voar, 2001 by Helena Almeida

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:30:32 -0600

pikeys:

Voar, 2001 by Helena Almeida

"You don’t know anyone at the party, so you don’t want to go. You don’t like cottage cheese, so you..."

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:06:00 -0600

“You don’t know anyone at the party, so you don’t want to go. You don’t like cottage cheese, so you haven’t eaten it in years. This is your choice, of course, but don’t kid yourself: it’s also the flinch.

Your personality is not set in stone. You may think a morning coffee is the most enjoyable thing in the world, but it’s really just a habit. Thirty days without it, and you would be fine. You think you have a soul mate, but in fact you could have had any number of spouses. You would have evolved differently, but been just as happy.

You can change what you want about yourself at any time. You see yourself as someone who can’t write or play an instrument, who gives in to temptation or makes bad decisions, but that’s really not you. It’s not ingrained. It’s not your personality. Your personality is something else, something deeper than just preferences, and these details on the surface, you can change anytime you like.

If it is useful to do so, you must abandon your identity and start again. Sometimes, it’s the only way.

Set fire to your old self. It’s not needed here. It’s too busy shopping, gossiping about others, and watching days go by and asking why you haven’t gotten as far as you’d like. This old self will die and be forgotten by all but family, and replaced by someone who makes a difference.

Your new self is not like that. Your new self is the Great Chicago Fire—overwhelming, overpowering, and destroying everything that isn’t necessary.

”

- Julien Smith (via blua)

Photo

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:28:15 -0600

lolafineart: Today feels amazing on so many levels. As if the...

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:27:53 -0600

lolafineart:

Today feels amazing on so many levels. As if the shift in fate is finally turning toward my direction and all things will soon align <3

theartofanimation: Brandi Milne

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:41:59 -0600

theartofanimation:

Brandi Milne

herosolitaire: Charlie Immer (http://charlieimmer.com/)

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 04:46:31 -0600

herosolitaire:

Charlie Immer (http://charlieimmer.com/)

lizlost: http://charlieimmer.com/

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 04:46:27 -0600

lizlost:

http://charlieimmer.com/

What I need: A contemplation of bisexuality by Ronda Slater

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:04:00 -0500

What I need is

an angular man

with muscles and bones

built for thrusting

or maybe

what I need is

a satin-skinned woman

with fingers that dance on my body

or maybe

what I need is

a Trojan Horse lover

who is really a woman

named Helen, in hiding,

or maybe

what I need is

a magical man

who grows gardens of herbs

and heals with the laying

on of his hands

or maybe

what I need is

a lyrical lady

with hair down to here

who writes poems and songs

about me

or maybe

what I need is

a sensual socialist

androgynous feminist

who doesn’t smoke cigarettes

or maybe

love is like water

and when you find out

you need it, who cares

where it comes from

or maybe

everyone is a well

just waiting for me

to send my ladle down

Ohaguro is a Japanese aristocratic term describing the custom...

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 19:34:21 -0500

Ohaguro is a Japanese aristocratic term describing the custom of dyeing one’s teeth black. In Japan, it existed from ancient times, and was seen among the civilians until the end of the Meiji period (1868-1912). Pitch black things such as glaze like lacquer were seen as beautiful.

Mark Ryden

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:40:10 -0500

Mark Ryden