Jaya

We are jumping right into this weekend. No looking back... With hopes for sleeping in and a little spring cleaning.
I did get a head start on organizing my studio, and have added lots of discounted prints to the outlet
today.
Have a great weekend friends!
xoxo - A.

This video would be a lot better without the first 15 seconds (sippy cups? talking? who cares?) but the rest of it is pants-wettingly amazing.

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Xin Li – Flickr – Tumblr – Facebook

 

I want to create beautiful poetic images that don’t just capture or mimic reality, but that show my feelings and create a new feeling for the viewer.

Film photography by Margaret Durow,  quote from interview with her at HUH mag here.

 Currently loving...
* This anchor blanket.
* Having my photography included on this Awesome Mitten list!
* New poppy prints in my shop!
* These amazing photographs of NYC's Grand Central Terminal.
* Free shipping in my Society6 shop through Sunday.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
xoxo -A.

(Quick note: the Of a Kind giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Sam!)

On Sunday night Geoff pulled up a video, and told me to watch it, that I would love it. I watched it without looking away once (such is the sad state of my attention span that this is unusual), rapt, and was thrilled / surprised-but-not-actually-surprised when I saw the final credit: A film by Derrick Belcham. It just happens that Derrick is someone I have known since 2006 when I met him while sitting in some grass at Alexandra Park. I was impressed by both his height and his knowledge of sports trivia. In the meantime, he moved to Vancouver, then back to Toronto, and now lives in New York, and has developed an increasingly impressive body of work collected at A Story Told Well. This Tasseomancy video is a particular favourite; I posted a video he made for Fortnight Lingerie after I visited the Fortnight studio last year.

And so. This video. For Marissa Nadler’s “Wedding.” The light, the mirrors, the hair, the dancing, the dreamy music: a few simple (or simple-seeming, because I can’t make my body do that), natural elements to create something so poetic.

Somehow I missed this earlier this month because I forget to look at Facebook and my Twitter feed is cluttered or I would have been all over it two weeks ago!















Derrick took inspiration from Francesca Woodman for this; as an aside, I recommend this post on Francesca Woodman written by Hila (and the documentary as well, which Geoff & I watched a few months ago after reading Hila’s post, and which lead to a good discussion at our house).

Also: an interview with Derrick on some of his earlier work on Friends with Both Arms.

Marissa Nadler, “Wedding”
Directed by Derrick Belcham
Dance by Emily Terndrup
Edited by Derrick Belcham and Emily Terndrup

Les sources de Caudalie, le spa et l’hôtel à Martillac

La semaine dernière j’ai passé 2 jours chez Caudalie où j’étais invitée à tester le spa et l’hôtel. Cela faisait longtemps que ce lieu m’intriguait tant j’en avais entendu de bien. Il me semblait également que ce n’était pas un spa comme les autres.

Effectivement, sur place j’ai été assez étonnée par le côté brut, authentique, très attaché à la région qui se dégageait du lieu. La volonté de Caudalie de mettre en valeur le site, la maison, et de ne pas tomber dans un luxe ostentatoire était super appréciable. C’est à cela qu’on reconnaît les vraies maisons de luxe, on y attache plus d’importance à l’authenticité.

Le spa était super reposant, avec une vue imprenable sur les vignes, des soins au raisin et au miel et des massages à base de produits Caudalie (oui quand même). J’ai beaucoup beaucoup apprécié l’ambiance sans chichis, le soucis du détail, la déco à base de bois flotté, le travail de la lumière, un luxe “à la française” presque masculin.

Sans parler de l’hôtel où on se sent comme dans une maison de famille en vacances et de son restaurant étoilé où j’ai mangé comme une princesse (cf mon instagram).

La note est salée mais la qualité est clairement au rendez vous : le luxe sans paillettes, tout en humilité.

Cell phone inventor Marty Cooper has a lot of interesting thoughts about cell phones and related technologies. It was tough distilling our 40 minute conversation into such a short video, but I'm pleased with how it turned out. This month marks the 40th anniversary of the first ever cell phone call, which he describes in the video below. Enjoy!

See more episodes of my PBS INVENTORS series here!

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Marre de cet hiver qui ne veut pas partir ?

Je vous ai préparé une sélection d’image fleuries pour égayer un peu nos journées pluvieuses, avant que le vrai printemps arrive.

J’espère que ça vous plaira !

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♫ ♪ Minnie Riperton – Les Fleurs

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Tired of this winter that doesn’t want to leave ?

I prepared you a selection of flowery images to brighten up these rainy days, before real spring arrives.

Hope you’ll enjoy them !

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Sometimes you have to make your own sunshine... and this week was certainly a time for that (as it has been raining for the last 5 days with no end in sight.)
Making me happy today are:
 * This movie preview.
 * This bike.
 * Our newly rearranged living room.
 * Our version of this recipe (with shredded cabbage and leftover pork tenderloin added.)
 * This sweet smelling lotion that I have been using my whole life.
 * These new spring prints in my shop.
Have a lovely weekend friends!
xoxoxo- A.