June 2012
86 posts
“My code of life and conduct is simply this: work hard, play to the allowable limit, disregard equally the good and bad opinion of others, never do a friend a dirty trick, eat and drink what you feel like when you feel like, never grow indignant over anything, trust to tobacco for calm and serenity, bathe twice a day … learn to play at least one musical instrument and then play it only...
i always forget that mickey is actually a rat
Fireflies on the Water (2002), by Yayoi Kusama.
Fireflies on the Water isan installation made of 150 lights, mirrors and water. It offers an out-of-this-world experience from the confines of a modest room paneled with mirrors and adorned with 150 tiny beads of light deliberately suspended throughout the compact space. Upon entering the room, there’s an illusionary effect that gives the...
eurotrip!
Just booked a flight to Switzerland, like 3 or 4 weeks time. Eurotrip with my twin Kitsi. I am so excited, adrenalized, enlivened that my heart is aflutter.
By the way, Kitsi has the most engrossing Tumblr, you should check it out, it is absolutely sumptuous. itsibitsikitsi is where it’s AT!
Age: 24
Lives: Johannesburg
Does: Researcher at the South African Human Rights Commission
Loves: Deep fried ice-cream. Ignoring responsibilities and taking naps instead. Rapping to Biggie.
Wearing: Glisten Dress (Chiffon shoulder fan detail dress)
I describe my style as: Erratic and lucky. I choose things purely based on how much I’ve fallen in love with them and I’m...
Durban, last weekend. There was some Top Gear shebang going on.
I was pretty chuffed about this (as you can tell from my break-my-face-in-half smile), mostly because I scored major points with my Pops and brother.
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.” ~ J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
I’ve had the same feeling since I was like 9. When I read this for the first time when I was muuuuch younger, I...
“I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can.”
— Neil Gaiman
Ernest Hemingway once won a bet by crafting a six-word short story, that can make people cry. Here it is:
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.”
Dumb rappers need teaching ~ Biggie, 1994
“She has neither language nor discourse; but she creates tongues and hearts, by which she feels and speaks.” ~ Goethe
Love styles
Eros: a passionate physical and emotional love based on aesthetic enjoyment; stereotype of romantic love
Ludus: a love that is played as a game or sport; conquest; may have multiple partners at once
Storge: an affectionate love that slowly develops from friendship, based on similarity
Pragma: love that is driven by the head, not the heart
Mania: obsessive love; experience great emotional highs...
Apartheid uncovered: Steve Bloom
In the mid 1970s, Steve Bloom took to the streets and townships to photograph people at a critical moment in the history of apartheid-era South Africa, when the first real cracks appeared.
Bergie, Cape Town, 1976
Riot Police, Cape Town, 1976
Man ad daughter, Mannenberg, 1976
Tear gas, Grand Parade, Cape Town, 1976
Farm workers child at home, Karoo, 1976
Crossroads Squatter Camp,...
