You most likely didn't make the cut.

Addiction includes all facets, everything is swallowed and gathers momentum. Whether it be tangible, conceptual or otherwise. My inspirations, gravitational inclination towards particular authors, musicians and artists are no different. Fixes only certain folk can fill.
Winter, cold months & the forced remembrances that come with this time of year have left me in a capitulated state. I feel obliged to indulge that piece even though I would rather not. My usual MO is to fight, however, this time I won't. I instead will make a lengthy montage of all of the people that have held onto me from childhood and had more than just a hand in forming me into the person you see today and with any luck, will change daily.
Now you're inside. Don't stay too long.

Kiki Smith saving me......AGAIN.

Kiki Smith does for me what the Catholic church does for a devout Sicilian woman of 89. Her attention to the obscene, deniable and obvious in a raw way paves the way for an honest self appraisal and growth as a human being if one allows one self to experience it.
I am coming up on a 2 year celebration. For those of you who know what that means; great, for those of you who do not, keep coming.
When I began this journey again, I found that Kiki Smith's "Born" resonated with me in a beyond personal, Grandma hug, have your period in the 6th grade kind of way. My perception of the piece has changed with my own growth although it still holds the same sentiment and secret for me.
My hope for you is that art will become water, air and a nourishment not easily drawn from in everyday hum drum of this chitta we perceive to be "living." I know I appear to be waving a fucking hanky at you and wearing white, but positive and surreal effects should be shared. So I m sharing. You're better than you know.

It's a McQueen morning.

I have many obsessions; the one most in the forefront is gorgeous clothes. My opinion of gorgeous may vary from the average person due to what one may coin as defects or taste; eye of beholder I suppose.
Alexander McQueen has been my go to for inspiration, envy and a myriad of other wisps of garment wisdom for years. I m a sucker for Tartan, Victorian dress and when the two are married to straight up odd; pearls will be clutched.
Here are some of my favorites.....Enjoy.

17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010