said so

Butterflies everywhere!
Even at the dinner party,
People said so.

Yo! Wassup?

What do you mean ? from Matthijs_Vlot on Vimeo.

l'air de rien #183 (Double O)

l'air de rien #183 (Double O) from cloudsandsea on Vimeo.

paper

I'm finally  
Using this paper which
I bought years ago.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Tsunetomo Yamamoto was a Samerai warrior who died in the early part of the 18th century. He kept a journal and wrote:

'When I was young, I kept a "Diary of Regret' and tried to record my mistakes day by day, but there was never a day when I didn't have twenty or thirty entries. As there was no end to it, I gave up. Even today, when I think about the day's affairs after going to bed, there is never a day when I do not make some blunder in speaking or in some activity. Living without mistakes is truly impossible. But this is something that people who live by cleverness have no inclination to think about.'

Hmmm......

August

'Its the light of winter'
I say to no one-
August moon.

coffee freaks!

KEW GARDENS - Beyond the Gardens: The Forgotten Home of Coffee from LONELYLEAP on Vimeo.

sweet

This stinky village
Even it smells sweet when
The lavender's cut.

bewildered

All night long
A bewildered butterfly
Locked in my car.

love

An ant 
Marks a page
Between love poems.

garden

Red is a nice color
But, so is green,
Summer garden.

film magic

Who's Who on a Movie Crew from Vimeo Video School on Vimeo.

lavender

The distant smoke 
Is all that's left of 
The lavender field.

Mistral

First thing
Today
Slapped by Mistral.

happy cats, wired cats

BRETON'S GUIDE TO LIFE (in 10 steps) from Ariel Belziti on Vimeo.


stereo skifcha from Denis Borisovich on Vimeo.

lost

Lost in circles
Over a drawing pad.
Me too, dear ant.

Shalimar & Ian Fairweather

something for the god-daughter

sliced

The humid morning 
Sliced in half
By a butterfly.

Marquet/Matisse

The correspondence between two great friends is a good read; inspiring especially for an often distraught painter whose only real pastime includes pondering thoughts of défenestration (the art of jumping out of windows and not surviving).

Their relationship spanned 50 some odd years which is really something special between two painters. Here is a loose translation of this small postcard from Marquet (in Morocco) to Matisse (in Collioure). This one made me smile.

My dear Matisse,

Lucky you to be so warm! Here we're freezing,.. well almost, at night we put on our overcoats. At the moment I am actually  in Tétouan where we arrived after 12 hours by horseback. My ass is like marmalade, but I'm becoming a rider of certain merit. No painting yet, I'll never become an orientalist. Be well.
Marquet.

red

Watching me work
Fascinated with red,
White butterfly.

Stuxnet! ouch!

Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus from Patrick Clair on Vimeo.