A poem by Sylvia Plath.
Axes
After whose stroke the wood rings,
And the echoes!
Echoes traveling
Off from the center like horses.
The sap
Wells like tears, like the
Water striving
To re-establish its mirror
Over the rock
That drops and turns,
A white skull,
Eaten by weedy greens.
Years later I
Encounter them on the road-
Words dry and riderless,
The indefatigable hoof-taps.
While
From the bottom of the pool, fixed stars
Govern […]

 
This girl’s in love.  With some of the freshest fuckin’ jewelry out therrrr.  All hail BLACK SHEEP + PRODIGAL SONS, the so-called “purveyors of dark and uncommon goods.”  Yes indeedy.  The genius behind this male accessory line is Derrick R. Cruz, an NYC-native.  This freshness mos def ain’t cheap…but HOT DAMN, it looks good, and […]

Harmony Korine’s newest film, Mister Lonely, 2007
This film is definitely worth checking out, especially if you’re a fan of Harmony Korine.  It’s a slight departure from his previous works such as Kids, Gummo and Julien Donkey Boy, if only because it seems to be more tender, fragile and beautiful.  I suppose that despite the foreboding […]

A few quotes from Tennessee Williams…
“I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person.  But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people, really.”
And my absolute favorite:
“A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages.”

The other day I went to the MOCA Geffen in Little Tokyo, LA, to go see the Lawrence Weiner retrospective. If you live in LA, I think it’s definitely worth checking out. Not only is he a seminal artist from the Conceptual Art period, but I think that his art, despite being almost […]