Present & Gifts

For my birthday, my blogsister Ghadah dedicated a page to me <3

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{From our current selection}

    Photo from Inspired Goodness.   Founded in 2008, Inspired Goodness is a custom invitation and paper goods studio located in Brooklyn, NY.   —————————————————————————-   Notable books:   A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke Parisian Chic: A Style Guide by Ines De La Fressange      

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The Flâneur: A Radical-Chic Icon

” There was the pedestrian who wedged himself into the crowd, but there was also the flâneur who demanded elbow room and was unwilling to forego the life of the gentleman of leisure. His leisurely appearance as a personality is his protest against the division of labour which makes people into specialists. It was also [...]

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Creativity! [dedicated to you!]

Everywhere I turn these days i see the word Creativity..could this be a sign …cause I have not been posting that much??? This post is more like…four…but so be it. A dear student let me borrow this fantastic book: The Creative License: Giving yourself permission to be the artist you truly are. What a wonderful [...]

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The Revolution will be Televised? A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape.

Reissued Dec.10, 2010 From the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego site: For the first time in history, the majority of the world’s population lives in urban communities. The urban setting and its corresponding lifestyle are major sources of inspiration in contemporary culture. This is an historic revolution in visual culture, in which the codes [...]

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San Diego Art Happenings and Misgivings Sept. 3-5 {Part II}

Pardon the quality of the photos, my Panasonic camera is still out of commission, hope to get it back in working order soon!

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Magritte and Surrealist Architecture

In my search, I stumbled upon Myriam Mahiques, who shares some thoughts on Magritte, and Immateriality in Painting and Architecture. Instances of Surrealist Architecture and Urban Design: Click on the images for more details and to see source. Book : Surrealism and Architecture edited by Thomas Mical

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Pens and (needful) Things

So you already know I heart Japanese Stationery stores. Here are more lovely pens and things from Jetpens. Some of these, like rubber stamps – or writing letters sealed with rubber stamps- don’t exactly fit my life right now, but isn’t it fun to imagine such settings? Thanks go to my (enabling)  friend Andy who [...]

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Imaginaire : an evening with Magritte (and colors)

After some meetings today I stopped by the library, Futo coffee in hand, and indulged in my favorite Architecture periodicals: Domus, Architectural Review and Harvard Design Magazine. An article on Surrealist Houses launched an expansive search on the Architecture of René Magritte; will share some of the findings here. I am also thinking about watercolor [...]

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Beginnings…and quotes for beginnings

Here are some quotes that are inspiring me these days: “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Le Petit Prince From Becoming Minimalist { thankyou Andy} “What we think or [...]

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Ode to Pens

The Man with Many Pens by Jonathan Wells With one he wrote a number so beautiful it lasted forever in the legends of numbers. With another he described the martyrs’ feet as they marched past the weeping stones and cypresses, watched by their fathers. He used one as a silver wand to lift a trout [...]

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Right Brain Drawing and Learning to See

I hope everyone’s having a fabulous beginning of August. I am really trying. I plan to go to some movie under the stars, or at the park, or on a roof, like Cinema Paradiso. A good black and white movie, preferably a noir Hitchcock, would be the cat’s meow. I am officially suffering from wanderlust.  [...]

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The Anti-Mall

Happy August! Ever the optimist, here is the first post of the month. I’m giving a shot at posting daily (again), we’ll see how it goes. Here is the happy Nablopomo August Badge. The theme of this month is ‘Green’.  For me, it will mean renewal more than sustainability (a sort of spa for the [...]

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It’s June. It’s Good. NaBloPoMo.

Happy June! I hope the long weekend was restful and re-newing for all. I was fortunate enough to enjoy the beautiful weather in San Diego, and explore the Torrey Pines coast and beaches, and hike a cliff (!) For someone like me , a city creature, who believes in the great indoors, this is no [...]

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Marvelous Maha

This is the first of what hopes to be a series of posts featuring inspiring work of artist friends and friendly artists I meet online. I would love for SketchBloom to be that magical place a recent reader mentioned, a place for art, poetry and Beauty- found and created. This aims to be refuge from the nonsense and [...]

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San Diego Art Happenings

Daydream, delusion, limousine, eyelash Oh baby with your pretty face Drop a tear in my wineglass Look at those big eyes See what you mean to me Sweet-cakes and milkshakes I’m a delusion angel I’m a fantasy parade I want you to know what I think Don’t want you to guess anymore You have no [...]

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Things You Can Do With Wood

UPDATE 06.04.2010: See no.5 1. You can build a cuff that becomes a coffee sleeve. Made by Contexture from reclaimed architectural veneer offcuts…. can I just say W-o-W 2. You can make wooden rings and jewelry. These here are bentwood rings,  wedge-shaped bands made with contrasting Benge and Maple layers. Also made with reclaimed architectural [...]

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Artuesday : Paintings of buildings are portraits, too… {c’est fini}

I finished my Third Street Homes ‘portraits’  (thankyou Planetary Folklore for the great quote). Since the last iteration I refined ground and sky, went over the watercolor with Prismacolor pencils to give the homes some texture, bumped up the contrast, pushed the darks a bit and, finally, worked on the vegetation and added the framing [...]

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