Winter scene ..

It was a cold winters day at sundown... she was very tired, the day had been that long. But and yet, after work and tiring lawyers pestering her existence, she still could enjoy the dreamscape before her eyes.
That, she wrote.

Analog times.

Hello lovelies! Long time...... I knoooooooowwww..... :)

Remember when I used to say life was crazy, ha! 

Now, it is really really crazy. So there's not much time left for

"leisury" activities. Nonetheless, some weeks ago I went to this Lomo Workshop and I finally got the pictures back, so here are some of them. Absolute proof that I'm somewhat cool enough at the hyperrealism visual of things but not so much at the analog side of photography. I should practice more!

Have wonderful preparations for the holidays.

Talk to ya soon.

Pretty in stillness.

quote of the day #78

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest

of these is love." 

1 Cor. 13:13

A good cry... I mean laugh.

I love the current cast of SNL, I think they are outstanding, even when they can't help but laugh while in the middle of a scene.

Kinda pretty.

Ok ok, so, not my cup of tea, Lisboa, you know, but it looks pretty from here :)

IMG00314-20111106-1328.jpg

It is a gorgeous autumn day here in the south of Portugal. On vacation so, not sure when I'll be posting, but just wanted to say hello to everyone! This is one of my favorite places ever. Not just this mountain (serra da arrabida) but this particular location. I love this paraglading ramp, it is such a beautiful image.. Doesn't give you a need to fly?

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Visual Mash Up #2 & #3

Soooo... Time for another mash up! LOVING: Fantastic photography by Ben Heine; Wonderful illustrations by Man-Tsun ; Dance Magic by Richard Calmes ; Bizarre and beautiful pieces by italian artist and stitching illustrator Maurizio Anzeri ; This Insane Kitchen Of The Future Powers Itself With Leftovers | Philips Design Probes ; Lucid Dreams from the Sensory World (installation) ; LOST IN CONFINED SPACE by Raphael Vicenzi/mydeadpony (artist whose work I absolutely adore and that is now following my blog!) ; ’Forever Bicycles’ by Ai Weiwei on exhibit in Taipei ; The Royal Tenenbaums characters by Ruben Ireland ; full spectrum color | Matt W. Moore ; “She Who Flies With Cranes” by Melissa Forman ; Lovely illustrations by Nanda Correa ; Beautiful paintings by YDK Morimoe ;  The Defragmention Of Beauty by Tomek Sadurski ; Your rainbow panorama (installation/permanent artwork) by Olafur Eliasson ; “Día de Muertos“ | by Quique Ollervides ; GreenPix Energy Media Wall, Beijing by SIMONE GIOSTRA & PARTNERS.

That last one responsible for given me my follower number 12.000 and taking me close to 13.000 followers :)

(via morethanjusttonight)

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I Have a Dream | by Norman Duenas

Fluttering...

Flutter from Cinimod Studio

"‘Flutter’ is a new interactive artwork by Dominic Harris of Cinimod Studio that explores the viewer’s encounter with a rabble of virtual butterflies. Set within a striking architectural framework and making use of cutting edge technologies, the artwork is a product of an on-going fascination with the motion of a butterfly’s flight and the iridescent reflections and scattering of light by the scales on a butterfly’s wing."

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Nerdy Love » Nicole Martinez

Visual Mash Up #1

** Loving: Paintings by Simon Birch, the design of Roger's Penthouse in London, illustration by Alex Perez, street art by r333, Sketches by =Yuhon, illustrations by Jason Dean, sound installation "From here to ear", illustrations by Anwar Rafiee, Sleek environmental installation by 24° studio, photography by Stephen Beadles. |

So, as the weeks passes us by, I see myself laking the time to update, I'm thinking I'll be doing this, Mash Up thingy, on this blog regally. Just a simple pin pointing of things I liked in a specific period of time. I'll do it whenever I can, since real life is kicking "arse" and all my time is been directed into prep of papers and/or box relocating. Well, not all the time, followers still count in the other blog, and +5000 of them deserve some attention ;)

I think that's all for now. Enjoy the "mash up". Love, M.

quote of the day #77

"Love makes you do crazy things, insane things, things in a million years you wouldn't see yourself doing, but there you are doing them." - Wicker Park

"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."

Steve Jobs 1955-2011.

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Yes, yes. There's definitely something about Zombie boy... 

(Editorial for Schön Magazine.)

It is always darkest...

 "Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it."

|| Carlos Ruiz Zafón in The Swadow of the wind

* Photography by the absolutely wonderful Hedi Slimane. 

quote of the day #76

"The mind is its own place and in itself
can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n."

Satan to Beelzebub, Line 254
Paradise Lost—John Milton

Creative people...

of charges...

Any two charged objects will create a force on each other. The greater the charges, the greater the force.

~Coulomb's Law

There's something about Zombie boy/Skull boy...

Rick Genest by Mariano Vivanco

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xkcd: Neutrinos

Relatively speaking.

(via 14-billion-years-later)

Speed of light may have been broken
Okay guys, this one is hot off the press. I’ve only found two sources for this (here and here) that have been posted in the last hour. I have to say that I immediately doubt the validity of this, but I feel I should bring it to your attention anyway.


Reports from our good friends at CERN say that they’ve observed particles traveling at faster than light speeds. For those of you who know a bit about relativity, this ain’t all that cool. The speed of light is basically meant to be the fastest speed there is, and if this wasn’t the case then we may have a major breakdown of Einstein’s theory of relativity.


The scientists at CERN have concluded this based off results in which a beam of neutrinos fired from a particle accelerator in Geneva traveled 434 miles 60 nanoseconds faster than it should have. This may not sound like much, but the error was calculated at 10 nanoseconds and the scientists themselves seem fairly adamant in their results.

If this is true, well, congratulations, we are on the verge of a tremendous (almost unavailable) new scientific development, one that will undoubtedly change our perception of the universe... in the other hand... well, I love "Albie" and even though he never got to achieve the establishment of a unified field theory, he still is "THE" physicist of all time. if proven true, that something (neutrinos) can move faster than the speed of light, well, bye-bye to the unquestionability of the Theory of Relativity.. and that just feels wrong. Maybe they can try a scientific mash up, and come up with a reinterpretation of the concepts already established.. OR maybe we'll be finally able to travel in time :)

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LOUISE CHEN

zero

Alter-ego's grin

Fellow Designers

 

I know is silly, very silly... there are over 4000 followers now.... muahahaha

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The Attic

by Eric Zelinski

alter-ego's giggle

So... today was a big day for my alter-ego "marysoul" :) Don't worry, I'm not crazy*... well... not any more than you already know! You see, I have another blog on tumblr, one that is all about art, illustration, photography, design and architecture. No personal musings, no blah blah blah... 99.9% of artsy pics and ideas. Not mine, mind you, just a "convoluted bunch" of artsy images from artists and creators from all around the world. It is quite an interesting hobby. Since twitter was too intense b/c of the posting schedule responsibilities (love you still guys!), this other system, tumblr, it is easier to manage and has become a great source of artistic knowledge to me. 

Well, the thing is today I was featured by the main site, the home to all blogs tumblr and I gained 1500 new followers in less than 6 hours! So now I have over 3000 followers (and counting) and that, my friends, is very nice. 

Of course I had a whole bunch of followers on twitter as well, at the time. But this is a completely different scenario. I'm followed on the Yerbabuena's blog b/c of my views on arts, my choices picking one creation over another and that is absolutely, completely fantastic! And because of it I'm able to talk with artists, designers and architects from all around the world, learning from their professional and personal experiences. Resuming, It is kinda of cathartic since I never got to finish an art-related career. It may as well be as they say, those can't do, teach... in this case, those can't create, critique :) 

So yeah, this was absolutely self indulging but.. I just had to say it!

(Thank you to the people at tumblr whom featured me on the Tumblr Radar and to Andrew Banneckere, whose work - unbeknownst to him - got me featured in the first place) 

* "my mother had me tested" :)

when there's no where-else to go, just look back

Is it just me or the visual trend is staring to look a lot like a rehearsal of the late 80's movies of John Hughes with a twist of Say Anything?

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(designersof) ONLY LOVE CAN DO THAT. Here’s my tribute to all who were lost, ten years ago today, on a day that changed all our lives…

Another type of "Sutra"

I'm loving Trendlands' article on Lana Sutra by Erik Ravelo for Benetton. Loving the colors, the artistically handmade effort and of course, the end result. Oh so often, the artsy world try to come up with original, creative ways to interpret the Kamasutra, thus far, in my opinion this is one of the most clever ones.

quote of the day #75

“Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... passion rules us all, and we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace... but we would be hollow... Empty rooms shuttered and dank. Without passion we'd be truly dead.”

—Joss Whedon

random iotd #5090

Loving Elena Nogués Perales's illustrations

to ponder.

John Karavas photographs the water in New York City, New York, Sunday, August 28, 2011 after Hurricane Irene swept through the area. Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times (Read more)

First of all, thank god the storm wasn't quite as colossal as everybody feared it to be and that my people are all safe and sound.

Now to why this pic spoke to me. You see, often I think about this, whenever I have a camera in hand... sometimes the compulsion to take just one more photo or "the photo" for that matter is so strong, we (or I) forget where we are and suddenly everything is less important than that "perfect shot".

In my case, I often think if a should be appreciating more the moment than the process of taking a photo... sometimes I even have to make myself stop taking them and just enjoy the moment.

In the case of the guy in this photo, I'm thinking : Shouldn't you be somewhere else? The water level seems to be rising around your feet...

quote of the day #74

Since the weather is a bit nippy outside tonight and I was watching Sleepless in Seattle, this seamed fitting.

Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories... 
we've already missed the spring!  

- in An Affair to Remember

poetic Education #30

If I Had My Life To Live Over

by the late Erma Bombeck

If I had my life to live over, I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television - and more while watching life.

I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.

I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.

Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, "Later. Now go get washed up for dinner."

There would have been more "I love you's".. More "I'm sorrys" ...

But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute... look at it and really see it ... live it...and never give it back.

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Time of Your Life

by Matthew Kavan Brooks

Poetic Education #29

"Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs ... Dôme épais, le jasmin" 

|||||

Flower Duet

"Sous le dôme épais" from Lakmé by Léo Delibes in 1883. 

Sous le dôme épais
Où le blanc jasmin
À la rose s’assemble
Sur la rive en fleurs,
Riant au matin
Viens, descendons ensemble.
Doucement glissons de son flot charmant
Suivons le courant fuyant
Dans l’onde frémissante
D’une main nonchalante
Viens, gagnons le bord,
Où la source dort et
L’oiseau, l’oiseau chante.


Sous le dôme épais
Où le blanc jasmin,
Ah! descendons
Ensemble!


Sous le dôme épais
Où le blanc jasmin
À la rose s’assemble
Sur la rive en fleurs,
Riant au matin
Viens, descendons ensemble.


Doucement glissons de son flot charmant
Suivons le courant fuyant
Dans l’onde frémissante
D’une main nonchalante
Viens, gagnons le bord,
Où la source dort et
L’oiseau, l’oiseau chante.


Sous le dôme épais
Où le blanc jasmin,
Ah! descendons
Ensemble!


*


Flower Duet (English)


Under the thick dome where the white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On the river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning
Let us descend together!
Gently floating on its charming risings,
On the river’s current
On the shining waves,
One hand reaches,
Reaches for the bank,
Where the spring sleeps,
And the bird, the bird sings.


Under the thick dome where the white jasmine
Ah! calling us
Together!


Under the thick dome where white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On the river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning
Let us descend together!


Gently floating on its charming risings,
On the river’s current
On the shining waves,
One hand reaches,
Reaches for the bank,
Where the spring sleeps,
And the bird, the bird sings.


Under the thick dome where the white jasmine
Ah! calling us
Together!

quote of the day #73

"...the Masochist says to the Sadist, 'Hurt me'? 

The Sadist smiles and says, 'No.'"

By the river up high.

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FOS

Portinho.

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A storm is brewing on the west.

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As I was saying...

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Gray but still pretty the Sado is, hum hum. ;)

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quote of the day #72

Sometimes, the simpler the better.

"Have faith in your dreams, and someday

Your rainbow will come smiling through

No matter how your heart is grieving,

If you keep on believing

The dream that you wish will come true."

A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes from the original Disney movie Cinderella.

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STELLAR photographic project by Ignacio Torres

quote of the day #71

“It’s a wonder that humankind has constructed any kind of civilization with this 

monumental distraction at hand.”

—	[while in bed, after having sex] Nick Twisp/Francois Dillinger

Again and again and again...

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Going south...

What a mild summer this is!

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I dare you to see this & not smile.

They did not did this when I was there. For shame! :) 

quote of the day #70

“I am so clever

 that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”

  —Oscar Wilde 

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James Brown was occasionally a wise man.

by Julie Mack Boyce

Swallowable Parfum.

You know me right? You know how I love to pamper myself with luxurious scents, right? As for long as I can remember I've been controlled by scents, they entice me and evoke of me the most different memories. Certain smells will report me to very specific times. I remember the smell of my childhood home, and the smell of the town were I grew up after it rained there, I remember the exact smell of my first boyfriend and the orange scented air in Positano... So scents are as important to me as colors or forms. Therefore, imagine my absolute delight when I found out that body architect Lucy McRae teamed up with acclaimed Harvard biologist Sheref Mansy to create a Swallowable Parfum. In my humble opinion a piece of art, a wonderful censorial experience. A capsule that after consumed will combine its content with that of your bodies' scent in order to generate an unique perfume that will be recognizable not only by the particular way you smell but in the way it will come out of your body, while excited or aroused, in beautiful golden drops surfacing your skin. Sometimes you just have to love science!

SWALLOWABLE PARFUM® from Lucy McRae.

Best European Branded Short - Young Director Award '11, Cannes

WE MISS YOU from fireapple films on Vimeo.

a Glimpse of.

Ok, so this is not the best video ever, and they are really hard to find at this point yet, but, here it goes, a small glimpse... almost 60000 people, hands in the air, jumping and singing as one, Livin' on a Prayer has to be one of the best moments ever.

One more thing and I'm off to totally enjoy this.

Still wanna have his babies! Muahahahah!
This is better than a lifting, I'm feeling 16 again! ;)

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Summer festival spirit!

There's really nothing like it!

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not so random IOTD.

Jon Bon Jovi Photo by Simon Fowler | via simonfowlersarchive

homeward bounded

Maybe someday I'll be finally homeward bounded as Mr. Melville* proposed, once the goings and comings end, and a different future arises. Not now, of course, I have yet to fly again. But someday my home-like-haven will look just like this, white and full of light. 

"The people at Alvhem Brokerage & Interior are a group of design enthusiasts “specializing in the brokering of turn of the century houses in the districts of Linnaeus and Vasastan.” Their raison d’ȇtre is satisfying the needs of their customer to a tee, sparing no resources in realizing his or her dream house and promising full dedication. It’s a tall order, that level of hands-on commitment “in today’s housing market,” as they’ll be the first to admit, but their results speak for themselves. Here is a Scandinavian duplex brokered by Alvhem, fitted with everything one might need in the way of comfortable living, as well as poshly dotted with modern artwork."

(via Color Sprouts in Nooks of Pristine Duplex | The Beautifulist)

*"Life's a voyage that's homeward bound." - Herman Melville