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Hiatus

As you can tell, I’ve already been on unofficial hiatus from writing in this blog - well, life has taken over!  I am planning my winter wedding, writing my thesis, finishing my last class, working as a Research Assistant and trying to live a sane life.  So… this blog will be temporarily postponed until hopefully [...]


That one piece of art that just get you, right there

Everyone has one, I think.  A work of art that draws them in, inexplicably - one they feel deeply connected to without understanding why.

Maika,
Christian Schad
I remember first coming across this painting in an art book, I can’t recall which.  While on one page they showed an image of the painting, in another they showed a [...]


New budget = new print? Whoops.

Despite the fact that J and I have organized a very tight budget in order to start attacking my student debt, I saw the print below and purchased it immediately with my new meager spending allowance.  I love its inherent rhythm, graphic elements of cartography and typography, and humour. $18, 11 x 17 silkscreen print [...]


Now at VegDaily: Double Chocolate Brownies from the Sweet Pea Baking Company

I have recently joined the team of the great blog VegDaily as a regular contributor, so I thought I would point you to my first post: a vegan mother-of-all brownie recipe from VegNews magazine.


London - where the edges overlap

Artist and animator David Hubert has created a portrait of London set to a remix of Daft Punk consisting of over 3000 photographs set in motion.

(via Digital Urban)


Happy belated Valentine’s day

As you may have noticed, I am very behind in posting - from here until mid-April I am officially submerged in academic crunch-time, aka: three major papers, three jobs and holding-on-for-dear-life.  So you may not hear from me as often until this wave has passed.
We celebrated Valentine’s day with heart-shaped chocolate chip pancakes breakfast (in [...]


Kids + video camera = awesome

I don’t have much to say about these video finds, except, well, I kind of love them.  Also, I remember when I got my wisdom teeth out and I had lots of drugs to keep me totally out of it.  And I am not ashamed to say that I really enjoyed it!  I had been [...]


Oh to all the things I can’t afford

Etsy member and Montreal resident of Littlehouses clothing makes incredible clothing entirely out of my price range.  But I can dream, right?
Rosemont Sweater:

La Fleur:


Creaturely Etsy Finds

Etsy user Celapiu offers Foks scarves.  She/he writes:
Foks is a unique and original Celapiu design. It is a handcrafted fox-shaped scarf, a witty accessory and pro-eco manifesto at the same time.
Not sure how I feel about this handmade etsy find.  Is it made of real wool?  It could make people think about what they are [...]


Where the Hell is Matt? (A story about an elaborate hoax)

Have you ever heard of “Where the Hell is Matt?” An Aussie quits his job and travels all over the world - and for fun decides to do some funny dancing in front of monuments or in atmospheric places, sometimes joined by native residents of these locales.  These sequences are compiled on film and it [...]


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