February 2012
17 posts
Distant Cities blog →
I’m so excited by the wonderful contributions for my cities project. I’ve decided to create a separate tumblr so the works will stand together. Please take a look and let me know what you think! And please share if you know anyone who would like to contribute. xo
http://desiresarememories.tumblr.com
Invisible Cities
I’m working on a series of images imagining “fantastic cities” inspired by Calvino’s Invisible Cities and Miéville’s The City & The City.
These are places of our past and our future… of other universes and of Earth. They are real… or possibly not. They are places of our imagination and our heart. What ties them is that they are inhabited by...
“Baby, I don’t love you
But I think I’m gonna try
Nothing ever...”
– Be My Monster by Sleeper Agent
January 2012
41 posts
“Being in darkness and confusion is interesting to me. But behind it you can rise...”
– David Lynch
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Fear
I’ve always been attracted to fear. As a child dreaming of roller skating in tornado wind and obsessing on deep infinite nothingness of space. Teenaged me walking in graveyards and ghettos with my black don’t-give-a-damn hair. At university deciding that I could not believe in God to give life meaning and purpose. The more serious abyss of looking at my sleeping child knowing I will die...
“Art is something you choose to make… it’s a bringing together...”
– From Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
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“You don’t meet a lot of people that you really like. I don’t...”
– Nick Cave
“Kiss me and you will see how important I am.”
– Sylvia Plath
“Never Explain Anything”
– H.P. Lovecraft
“True existence is achieved by intensity of feeling.”
– Kierkegaard (via awainwright)
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