Little Nemo in Slumberland

I first heard about this old comic strip a year or two ago from a friend, and it has since become one of my favorite Children's illustration series. Little Nemo was created by Winsor McCay in the early 1900's for several esteemed New York newspapers. With its dark themes and fantastical illustration style, it was exceedingly ahead of its time.






Books of the series are grandiose at 21 x 16.2 inches in size and can be purchased online for remarkably reasonable prices.

How I miss you...you little thing...

Favorite foods...GO

I know what you're thinking, "this girl is going to gain 200lbs at this rate"....but at least I'll die happy and well fed

Impulse buy

I knocked this into my cart the other day at the supermarket...solely because of the fact that I feel everything about this outfit is perfect, including her nail polish color. If I had the money I would buy each piece she is wearing and wear it exactly like this, including those amazing sparkly Ralph Lauren pants (which despite my best efforts I was not able to find online).


Ralph Lauren Collection:

Denim jacket: $1298

Organdy shirt: $998

Beaded denim pants: $7500

Vera Wang belt worn as necklace: $1295

Nails are Chanel "Vamp". I can probably manage that one...

Oh Caravaggio

I was reading about 17th century Dutch painters yesterday, and roughly every artist the text mentioned held Caravaggio to be one of their greatest influences. I guess for some reason I didn't realize how much his work has steered the world of painting since his time, i.e. he was pretty much "the man" around Europe back then as far painting goes. I've been a Caravaggio devotee ever since I first saw one of his paintings in my Western art class several years ago. The angelic lights and cryptic darks add extraordinary drama to his works, bringing them to life. Caravaggio only has a handful of paintings, and I was lucky enough to see one last time I was in NYC at the Met, "The Denial of Saint Peter"(the first one out of this set of three I posted). I stood in front of it for about 20 minutes. My Dad's best friend is an art dealer and dedicated fanatic of Caravaggio, I recall him saying he cried at the Louvre in front of a Caravaggio a while back, I believe it.

One of the most memorable stories I heard about Caravaggio was about him painting in his studio one night, and he couldn't concentrate on account of his neighbor making an incessant racket nextdoor. He finally went over to the neighbor's house, killed him, and went right back to work at his studio! During these times in Italy murder was punished with several months in jail, while being gay (as Caravaggio was) was automatically given the death sentence. However, I believe he was protected by his wealthy patrons.

My attempt at a Caravaggio-esque painting from 2007. Sadly unfinished and hiding under my bed...

Caffeine has got the best of me

I'm exhausted from being up much much too late last night and just realized it's from the 2 cups of Vanilla tea I had yesterday (a black tea I somehow mistook for an herbal). Now, I'm forced to drink another cup of tea to wake me up from my lack of sleep last night. What a vicious cycle, how do people drink caffeine every day? When I worked at Peet's there were older men that would come in and have a double shot of espresso several hours before bed...that was a little scary. Speaking of Peet's and caffeine, that hell hole of a job is still managing to eff me over despite my resignation a few months ago. Out of the 4 W2's I need to complete my taxes and get my well deserved and much needed tax return, SOMEHOW the one from Peet's managed to get lost in the mail, and is now the only one keeping me from my return. I hope you're happy Alfred Peet...if that's your REAL name...

Jacques-Louis David

REALLY gets goin' at



This is an excerpt from a BBC documentary on French neoclassicist painter Jacques-Louis David. We watched this movie in my Western Art II class the other day, and unlike other art documentaries, this one kept me on the edge of my SEAT! With its strategic use of red food coloring (40:50), slow zoom in's and out's (43:15), spot-on dramatizations (36:37), and repetition of the same dramatic opera song about ten times throughout the one hour episode, this movie had me more passionate about old French painters than EVER before.

I bet anything test score averages would sky rocket if Simon Schama made videos like these about algebra and chemistry for high school kids.

If only you, if only now

LUSTFUL LONGING

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