twenty twelve

I seriously cannot believe that 2011 is over. It probably has been the best year of my life. It held six months of my senior year, the three weeks I spent in running around Taiwan with one of my best friends, the first semester of college, and the start of my first relationship. For my sake, I really need to start listing some moments: managing senior art show two, being featured in art show three, snowboarding with one of my friends and her mom, receiving the Stephen Jablonsky scholarship for my work in ceramics, prom, the after prom-party, the crazy sleepover following that party, graduation and the dinner afterwards, that beautiful afternoon at my aunt's country house in Yilan, those multiple trips to "Simon" (Ximending), clouds descending in Alishan, dinner at Red Bamboo with friends, the following sleepover, my best friend and her dad driving me to college, that random late-night drive around Lewisburg with the college friends within the first couple days of college, the beautiful starry sky of rural Pennsylvania, my art hanging in the Post and Lintel Fine Arts Gallery.

Yes 2011, you were very good to me. You marked the start of my legal adult life, and hopefully in 2012, there will be more wonderful experiences, opportunities, and memories.

Happy Labor Day

It's raining where I am in Pennsylvania. I called my brother over Skype today and he says it is pretty gloomy in New York City too. I miss home. I am planning to visit at the end of the month. I miss my parents, my dogs, my friends. Can't wait to see them in a few weeks! I talk to my two best friends and my mom everyday. That's not excessive right? 

On another note, anybody digging my School of Athens poster? My roommate and neighbors make fun of how dorky I am having it. I love it. I thought it was very appropriate for my dorm room and that it would be a reminder to study and work hard at college. I also have a poster of The Old Guitarist by Picasso hanging next to my desk. 

 Yes, that is a toothbrush on my desk. I seem to have picked up a few habits since moving into my dorm. I brush my teeth after most meals. I now make my bed religiously. Overall, going away to college was a good move, I feel.

(New York& Company blazer, MNG Mango pants, H&M earrings, Aldo heels)

sinistre

photos by Ellen Rogers

Rapid Eye Movement

photos from the opening and closing reception of the art show

i'm in an art show

Senior Art Show #3 titled "Rapid Eye Movement"

on display now at 100 Amsterdam Ave NY, NY 10023

opening reception: March 18

closing reception: March 25, 4:30PM to 7:00PM

born in this way

Her antics finally make sense. Lady Gaga was born from an egg! Maybe this is way she wrote Born This Way, which by the way, was a complete disappointment to me. At the VMAs, she sang it with so much heart. This final track really does not live up to it. This dance beat just doesn't showcase the amount of meaning and work she and her song represents.

by the humans

This is possibly THE Best hair accessory EVER.

Hair clip on hair by humans since 1982, 2010 from Humans since 1982

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was an American artist. His career in art began as a graffiti artist in New York City in the late 1970s, and in the 1980s produced Neo-expressionist painting. Basquiat died of a heroin overdose in August 12, 1988, at the age of 27.

What a sad ending... If he were still alive he would be about the same age as my mom. I love his work. Oh people, what terrible habits consume them. 

sketches and drawings :)

by yours truly

sketch of STOP IT RIGHT NOW

L'illusionniste

Yesterday, friends and I went Sunshine Cinema on the Lower East to watch The Illusionist (L'illusionniste), written by French filmmaker, Jacques Tati. This was truly an amazing movie that will stir up a smorgasbord of emotions. According to Wikipedia, Tati wrote the script for his daughter and intended to make it a live action film with her... very sweet and the love is definitely evident in the film. 

By the way, you can view the trailer here.

whip your hair

Gosh, I love these photos. They all seem to have some sort of sick and twisted tale or be inspired by a Korean horror film...eery. 

"One of the top hairsylist in the world, Peter Grey collaborate with former assistant Masa HOnda to showcased the amazing hair editorial, photographed by Takahiro Ogawa as part of the Asia Beauty Expo." (via Trendland.net)

images from trendland, see more here

say what?

I took an architecture class in junior year of high school and since then, I have very interested in interior designs and architecture. Here's a bit of what I've been eyeballing recently.

architecture by Jose Sanchez and Moises Ison // interior design by Hector Galvan

image by johan robach

so obsessed with this home design and the location is so isolationist-dreamy and i love the sketches... see more here

Palm Desert Residence by Heliotrope Architecture in collaboration with Audrey Alberts Design

I really would like to see the floor plan of this home. The rooms seem to be spaced in a good vibe... probably doesn't make sense. I think I would be able to explain better if I saw the floor plan.

Sutton Hoo

Don't you love this purse latch? I came across it when I was doing my art history homework. It's from a viking ship burial in England. Note the interlace pattern and very stylistic figures. Isn't it a beauty?!

I also love this animal head post. It's remnant of another viking vessel burial. The burial mound of the ship was 70 feet long and the wooden carvings on the ship was very elaborate, meaning the guy this was for was probably very powerful or very wealthy or both. I love how much life there is in this post. You could almost see this beast coming at you with flared nostrils and wild eyes, though that probably wouldn't be a situation you or I would want to be in.

Minoan art

color usage

Brush Strokes exhibition at the V1 Gallery

artists: Lydia Fong and Todd James

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