St Malo et Dinard

Captain café

Saturday morning, at the little café up from the canal, rue da la grange aux belles, out of the corner of my eye I see a briliantly white captian's' cap. Below, a pair of ray ban aviators with gold rims, below a hawaiian printed tee shirt of palm trees and the ocean, sea foam green and a nice light blue with touches of red and yellow, below that a pair of navy twill boating shorts, and finally, at the ends of his casually crossed legs, a pair or havaianas.
Thinking back it might have been nice to see topsiders, but then he wouldn't have been the laid back tropical sea captain- it would have been too northern preppy sea. And he was more motor/fisherman than gusty sailor/skipper.
The canal is not exactly the Mediterranean. It is like he took a wrong turn from Antibes and found himself en plein Paris. So he thought he'd tie off his boat, and stops to have a litte café allongé.
Smiling
dessin très brute:

General Idea

Images from the retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.
formed in 1969 by AA Bronson, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal.
The Canadian design collective inspires me very much- I loved their "Showcards" the most:
Image via vonhundert

A little dali

urban stripes

Various work 5 on the Behance Network

Various work 5 on the Behance Network

My Rifle, My Pony and Me - Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson

http://www.heliotown.com/Owl_visitation_Ashcraft.mp4

Thursday Video

Always looking for new ways to be inspired. And to keep myself motivated. The end of this video is great, with movements for several words throughout the 'performance', the movement associated with 'MOTIVATED' is a little leprechaun kick.
Maybe that's what you should do to kick yourself back into action, no?


This "life advice" video is kind of awesome
follow the above link to the vimeo location, or this one for the videoart.net website for some more exploring

Wednesday Article

The Thoreau Problem | Rebecca Solnit | Orion Magazine

This article has articulated the dilemma that I have encountered when discussing the book with friends and peers. I want to lift one extract that I found the most helpful in my argument supporting the wide reach of the book and why it applies to so many more scenarios than seclusion in nature.
Walden led me to the consciousness that every day and every thing can inspire advancement and discovery beyond the surface value.
I am a true believer in the inspiration of the everyday nothing
"Those who deny that nature and culture, landscape and politics, the city and the country are inextricably interfused have undermined the connections for all of us (so few have been able to find Thoreau’s short, direct route between them since)."


image via wikipedia: original title page drawn by sophie, Henry David Thoreau's sister

I am also learning more about the author Rebecca Solnit
this portrait was taken by Jim Herrington
his photography is pretty amazing and bold- not afraid of contrast, he is able to make a really striking image of a moment that he captures and then pushes to it's extreme in the qualities that he wants to emphasize. Here are some of my favorites:

look into his work on his blog where you get some great back stories and his flickr for tons of work (his website -linked above- is my favorite to look at- very cool site and well edited so you get a real feeling of his strongest work)