I Love Regina.

Regina Spektor's new album is blowing me away one airy, heavenly song at a time.

Enjoy her video for Laughing With:


Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

Rebranding America.

About this piece: Andy Spade co-founded both Kate Spade and Jack Spade, and recently launched a branding studio and store, Partners & Spade with Anthony Sperduti who has worked as an art director in New York City for many years.



"Our thinking behind the assignment's solution is that by offering a simple apology, we acknowledge our mistakes with the hopes of restarting our relationship with the rest of the world."


Recently, Paper Mag brought together "15 of the country's best visual communicators to redefine our image". I really was infinitely inspired by these artists eclectic takes on what they believe our new image should be as projected to our fellow human beings worldwide.

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

What's in the Fridge?

I just spent a good half hour studying, really studying, each photo in this series of photos done by photographer Mark Minijvar of the insides of other people's refrigerators because, it satisfied the snooper inside me.

The photo above is my favorite because, if it weren't for certain individuals who share my abode, that is akin to what my fridge would resemble. Sadly, this is more like its current state.

So, tell me; What's in your fridge today?

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

I'm a Winner!

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The lovely Kate of Silents and Talkies just informed me this morning that I am a third prize winner in her Epic Art Giveaway , so I am the proud owner of a mini art print of her adorable Astaireing Contest:




ANDDD, to the rest of you, she is offering 50% OFF of your entire order of prints from any of her Etsy stores OR 20% off any original artwork from Silents and Talkies or Flapperdoodle .
Also peruse her other shop, Kate Gabrielle , for something with a little bit of humor!

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

Images & Intelligence.

Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough- Groucho Marx -



If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman - Margaret Thatcher -



And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world. - Robert Frost -



I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up! - Ingrid Bergman -



Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. - Pablo Picasso -



Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms - Alfred Hitchcock -



If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away. - Édith Piaf -



How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world - Anne Frank



I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - General George Patton



If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way. - Anais Nin -



I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now? - John Lennon



If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly... very slowly. - Gypsy Rose Lee



Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction - Albert Einstein -



I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall. - Eleanor Roosevelt



We had an apartment on west side of Central Park. The rent was very reasonable. We found out later that it belonged to a gangster called Legs Diamond and it was a front to his headquarters. It was fine. - James Stewart -



Richard Burton rang me up once and said, Do you know you're my only leading lady I've never slept with? I said, Well, please don't tell everybody, it's the worst image. - Julie Andrews -

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Krista

A Piano; Flaming, Falling.

Jeff Desom , a German filmmaker, has collaborated with experimental pianist, Hauschka to create this short music video which showcases the lovely talent that Jeff posesses when it comes to his craft and the wonderful musical pieces created by Hauschuka.

Done using vintage postcards of NYC found in Paris flea markets and photographs provided by the Library of Congress:

Hauschka - Morgenrot from Jeff Desom on Vimeo.

Isn't it such a hypnotic, beautifully flowing work of art?


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Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

Andy Warhol; Artist, and.. Movie Maker?

Perhaps I'm the only one who did not know this until yesterday because, I'll admit, I'm always the last to know about..well, about everything. UNLESS it pertains to Lucille Ball in which case, tell me something I don't know.

Moving right along, I've only glanced at Warhol's art with an intrigued eye but, never gave his person much thought other than "Wow, I like the colors.. OHHH, COLOR!" Which, I readily admit, was very close minded of me. I have no excuse for showing no further interest in this multi-faceted man.

Alas, I had no idea that Andy Warhol delved into film making; creating such, shall I say epic, films like the 485-minute Empire (1964) or, the moderately popular The Chelsea Girls (1966.

That is why I was fascinated by this short clip from a project being put together by The Andy Warhol Museum & DVD distributor, Plexifilm; consisting of "screen tests" done by Mr. Warhol featuring the visages and occasionally quirky mannerisms of of such party legends & movers and shaker of the 1960s party scene as; Edie Sedgwick, Nico, Lou Reed, and Dennis Hopper; among others, entitled 13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests. Enjoy this preview below:



Its especially haunting when you think about how some of the individuals who were so prominently featured there are either no longer heard of or deceased.
Its a creepy thing to look back on any old footage and knowing how some of the human beings that were so alive and full of life at that moment, came to their tragic ends. Its as if we are privy to their future while they stare back at us, oblivious.

Thanks to Movie Morlocks for bringing this to my attention.

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

Jen x 11.

Artist Jen Khoshbin, whose book sculputures I highlighted in a previous post, here , is the curator of a new artistic project titled Jen 11 . Basically, eleven women named Jennifer have grouped together with the purpose of creating art of their choosing to add to this "Jeneration" of artistic endeavors.

I adore the premise so, I headed over there and previewed some of the talent and I was floored by some very lovely, ethereal pieces, especially those of:


Jenifer Altman


Jen Gotch

and, last but not least by any means;



Jen Renninger

If you want to see a few other samples of all eleven of these lovely ladies talents, head to the above link.

Three galleries will be showing this exhibition:
Artstream Gallery
Rochester, NH
April, 2009
UPPERCASE Gallery
Calgary, Canada
June & July, 2009
Composition
Lakewood, CO
August & September, 2009

If you're a lucky bluebell and reside in any of those three areas, I highly reccomend you scoot over there and set your eyes on some artistic beauty.
It'll cheer you up!

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

Dear Deer.

Kate Micucci is an actress on the television program, Scrubs which obviously, I don't watch. I do, however, watch adorable videos such as this one created by the adorable Ms. Kate. Dear Deer:


I am officially cuted out for the day.

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

Emilie Faif

I don't know how but for the past few days I've been bombarded with incredible works of art! I happened across one Emilie Faif via Crustation . I always visit the artist's site in search of anything that I, personally, may view as extraordinary and with Emilie, the Hollywood Kiss installation took my breath away.

So, head over to the above link, click on Emilie's name at the bottom and prepare to lose your breath with not only Hollywood Kiss but LACE creation and Landscapes print as well!


Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

Jean Shin.

I happened across artist Jean Shin today and, I fell in love with quite a few of her art installations. I'm really more of a 'classic' art lover as opposed to modern art, if you know what I mean but, the way that Jean takes completely UNartistic articles and transforms them into things of amazement and wonder should appeal to anyone who enjoys any sort of quirkiness the way I do!

There are a slew of works to view on her site, linked above but, a few favorites of mine are:

TEXTile; comprised of 22,528 recycled computer keycaps and 192 custom keycaps, fabric, with a customized active keyboard & interactive software:


Soundwave; Comprised of melted records on wooden armature:


Chemical Balance II; Comprised of Prescription bottles, mirror and epoxy:

Be sure to go see what else she's created!

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista

Dallas Clayton.

Dallas Clayton is author of an adorable book entitled An Awesome Book ! I suggest grabbing a copy for a special child in your life or, for yourself so that you can leaf through its pages when you find yourself in need of a quick pick-me-up on a less than stellar day.

Not only that but, he maintains a great blog in which he posts little observances in poetic form. That is what I fell in love with today. Specifically, this little gem, titled Surprising:

A friend turned older today.
Many years older than me.
But maybe many years younger than you.
An age where people say things like
“who’s counting, anyways?”
and have stopped giving you
interesting presents
and instead give you gift certificates
for cheese
or take you out for a meal
at a restaurant you’ve already been to
and you don’t really mind.

To help offset this
I got him a remote controlled helicopter
that you can fly inside your house.

It was shaped like a dragonfly
and named something
that sounded like it was shaped like a dragonfly
with a font on the box
that looked like something
that sounded like it was shaped like a dragonfly.

You should have seen his face.

Elation.

Incredibly sweet, right?
I recommend you follow my example and return daily for other little rays of sunshine

Sunny Side Up!,
Krista