May 2012
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Got to work at 6pm, sometimes freelance rules.
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When I was first introduced to the Sydney street art/pop art scene there was so much hope, so much talent. It felt like the beginning of something that was going to be really inspiring, and I wanted to be a part of it.
People didn’t do it to get famous, they did it because there was nothing else they could do. Arrogance at that time was rare, but when it did occur it was often overlooked...
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Awake as fuck
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…I had decided that I’d do my best in future not to write books just...
– Neil Gaiman
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Anonymous asked: what do you think are the most important things you live by? not particularly in your art practice (although it translates), but generally as something that exists in the world?
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The first thing anyone says if you tell them you’re depressed, is that you’re not.
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reallyreallyreallytrying:
I walk right up to the biker sittin’ on his hog and push him off. Real quick I yank his helmet and embroidered vest away from him and jump on his bike. I am the biker now. He is mad as hell but there’s nothing he can do as I growl ”Get ‘im, boys,” and the other bikers savagely beat him to death. My disguise is p e r f e c t
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When we understand each other, love ends. So in a sense, yes, love is the result...
– Abbas Kiarostami, explaining his interpretation of CERTIFIED COPY.
You can find this quote along with a mess of other fun soundbites in the 15-minute Kiarostami interview that’s included as a supplement on Criterion’s Certified Copy dvd / blu-ray, which hits stores tomorrow. spoiler alert: the man...
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I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.
– David Bowie (via kisumai)
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While it is inherently difficult to root for capitalist enterprises, any artist trying to subvert something through destruction for attention (such as Kidult clearly does) is difficult to root for as well.
Especially when the response is as crafty, canny, and genuinely more artful than the provocation it’s answering.
Jacobs, in this situation, has made one hell of a commentary about the absurd...
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Why is it that the inspirations and ideas I get at night seem so impossible to accomplish in the light of day?
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As the hierarchy of the traditional workplace breaks down, we are all gaining...
– Jocelyn K. Glei, The Future of Self-Improvement, Part I: Grit Is More Important Than Talent via the99percent
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Style Notes by Litava: article: Rick Owens: the... →
stylenotesbylitava:
Rick Owens is face to face with a life-size wax sculpture of himself, staring out of shredded wadding and packed in a wooden crate in a corner of his London store. It’s an oddly unnerving sight, as the cult Californian designer is first to admit: brown-eyed and eerily close in appearance…
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Swear to god, the best way to layer clothes for a dude is to put anything over a bare sixpack.
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Is anyone even into anything anymore or do people just work shitty jobs and get drunk on weekends? What ever happened to having interests?