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something squidly. something cephalopodelicious. something Kraken. Now Miéville is my boi, and I love almost everything he writes, but I didn’t really expect to embrace …
20 Dec
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Eleanor Perenyi in the New York Review of Books seems to share my puzzlement over why STW has been so criminally neglected in modern publishing. …
07 Dec
Easy emergency biscuits
Easy emergency biscuits
Okay, here’s my super seekrit* recipe for the fastest, easiest biscuits in the world, whenever you don’t have the ingredients or don’t feel like farting …
07 Dec
Best Public Art Ever
Best Public Art Ever
This giant blue bear peeks into the windows of the Denver Convention Center. (Not sure who took this photo, but I found it here.) According …
04 Dec
My Current Wallpaper
My Current Wallpaper
Shepard Fairey’s Palestinian woman from the Obey series. You can find some nice hi-res images from Fairey and other artists in neonmonster’s post about the …
04 Dec
Excuse me while I kiss this guy
Excuse me while I kiss this guy
I’m a big fat sucker for these kinds of shots. This wonderful photo is by sibemolle/Donato Buccella.
30 Nov
Autofocus 1.0.1: Make an Archive page
Autofocus 1.0.1: Make an Archive page
If you are setting up your blog using the original Autofocus theme, you will have noticed that you don’t have an archive link. Now, you …
29 Nov
Autofocus 1.0.1: remove copyright notice
Autofocus 1.0.1: remove copyright notice
The Autofocus WordPress theme was designed for photographers or artists to display their own images, so there is an automatic copyright notice for the top …
29 Nov
Red Work
Red Work
Beautiful red on red images from Spanish artist Salustiano (yes, only the one name, apparently.)
29 Nov
Won Park does not live in a Garbage Truck
Won Park does not live in a Garbage Truck
Way cool money origami by Won Park highlighted in this Design Inspiration post. The details are awesome; I love how the swirl flourishes are used …
29 Nov
Emmisary
Emmisary
I’m quite taken by this bear-headed man (or man-bodied bear?) by street artist Gaia. Via Paper Monster. Here’s a google street map showing locations of …
28 Nov
The lowly are strong
The lowly are strong
I like the simple, spare, cut-out collages of Laura Normandin, and I’m intrigued by her artist’s statement, which begins “My work consists of a catalogue …
28 Nov
Big Machine
Big Machine
I just finished reading Victors LaValle’s “Big Machine,” and I’ma go ahead and give it ★★★★★. It’s been raved and spotlighted in various places and …
28 Nov
Tasty Motel de Moka
Tasty Motel de Moka
Since I’ve just been enjoying their little mini-theme “mix tapes” for the last few hours, I thought this would be a good time to introduce …
28 Nov
My Current Wallpaper
My Current Wallpaper
This rather wonderful thing is by Sergey Ryzhov, apparently the most mysterious artist on the internet. Aside from this image, there are only about four …
26 Nov
If only I could wear it!
If only I could wear it!
Trendland spotlights the super fun fashion collage work of Lakeca. Her deviant art page is here (gallery here), and she also has cards and prints …
26 Nov
300&65 Ampersands
300&65 Ampersands
& you guessed it, didn’t you? It’s another obsessive/compulsive tumblr blog. Which we love.
22 Nov
Micah Lidberg
Micah Lidberg
So much good. Most of the thumbs in the work section lead to pages with multiple images; click on the first and it will take …
22 Nov
eeeeeeeee!
eeeeeeeee!
Justin Quin is an artist who works in “e”s, apparently. And it all has to do with Moby Dick, or something. I like it!
22 Nov
Just say No.
Just say No.
No. is a minimalist little tumblr blog that’s all about the digits, baby.