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Infrequent quote of the day #26

David Waterston — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:06:53 +0000

“People who are told they have six months to live don’t go and climb Machu Picchu. People stay in marriages they’re not happy in and jobs they don’t like. People don’t tend to run. And that’s probably an uncomfortable thing to hold a mirror up to.”
- Mark Romanek, director of “Never Let Me Go”

Sorry won’t help now

David Waterston — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:01:34 +0000

British actor Alan Bates (1934 – 2003) recites “Invictus” (“Unconquered”) by William Ernest Henley in a 1997 tv ad for Union Bank of Switzerland (but don’t let that dodgy pedigree put you off).
Suggested background music: Anything by Blood Axis

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbow’d.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

- William Ernest Henley

Previously:

Madame Life’s a Piece in Bloom

100 photographs you didn’t know were great #13: Diego and Nakita with Fiona

David Waterston — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:05:41 +0000

“Diego and Nakita with Fiona” by Kyle Cassidy (2007)
From the book “Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes”.
(Click pic to embiggen)

Get low

David Waterston — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:02:43 +0000

Bongoût Gallery in Berlin have finally announced that pre-orders are being taken for “Human Nature”, a 128-page, hard cover collection of photographs by Daikichi “Genki Genki” Amano. No indication when it will be released but, at only €39,95, it’s sure to sell out fast.

I remember everything

David Waterston — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:35:17 +0000

“Music keeps you under control” (extract) by Jamie Reid
(2005 print of a 1977 artwork)

Boys are girls with braces pretty to u?

David Waterston — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:05:58 +0000

Photographer unknown. Source: www.beautyandbraces.com

Beauty and Braces (beautyandbraces.com)
“…girls with braces exploring every aspect of Oral fixation and brace fetish. ”
“do you like girls with braces?” (google.com)

Every day is like Sunday

David Waterston — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:12:59 +0000

“Camera Phone” by Andy Rementer.

Techno Tuesday (technotuesday.com)
“A weekly comic about technology and the modern world. ”
Andy Rementer (andyrementer.com)
Andy Rementer’s Photostream (flickr.com)

Kindled

David Waterston — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:11:45 +0000

It’s about this time of night that I like to look at a picture of Susan Boyle singing a duet with a cat.

“My third oil painting of British Idol contestant Susan Boyle, this time featuring Susan in a duet with a singing cat. Susan has a cat named Pebbles, but this is not Pebbles. This is just some random, singing cat.”
- Dan Lacey

Dan Lacey, Painter of Pancakes (faithmouse.blogspot.com)
Dan Lacey prints on eBay (ebay.com)

Infrequent “Quote of the Day” #20

David Waterston — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:56:31 +0000

“Some mornings, in a perfect world, you might wake up, have a coffee, finish meditation, and say ‘Okay, today I’m going into the shop to work on a lamp.’ This idea comes to you, you can see it, but to accomplish it you need what I call a ‘setup.’ For example, you may need a working shop or a working painting studio. You may need a working music studio. Or a computer room where you can write something. It’s crucial to have a setup, so that, at any given moment, when you get an idea, you have the place and the tools to make it happen.

“If you don’t have a setup, there are many times when you get the inspiration, the idea, but you have no tools, no place to put it together. And the idea just sits there and festers. Over time it will go away. You didn’t fulfill it – and that’s just a heartache.”

David Lynch – “Catching the Big Fish”

Sex Pistols

David Waterston — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:44:45 +0000

Despite the fact that it is aleady being offered for sale on AbeBooks.com for $245, there are still a few copies of the latest portfolio from Stu Mead available at the regular price of €35 from the publisher, Le Dernier cri. Published in August, 2008 and limited to only 150 copies, this collection of 16 silk-screened prints (each 9″ x 12″ – 23cm x 30cm) features Stu Mead’s take on the legendary Krampus as well as his more familiar obsessions which will be well known to his fans and admirers.

Mead’s previous publications such as Manbag and Miniput rarely appear on the used book market and only then at extortionate prices so get it while you still can.

Le Dernier cri online shop (lederniercri.org)
Stu Mead (stumead.com)
Le Dernier cri – New books Summer of Hell (flickr.com)
Pictures of all prints in the Krampussy portfolio, as well as from other Dernier cri publications.
Krampus: The Sinister Sidekick of Santa (socyberty.com)
A brief introduction to the legend and festival of Krampus.
Krampus Postcards (oldpostcards.com)
A wide variety of original postcards featuring Krampus.

Previously:

Bring me my crown