Image Inspiration -- Shades of a Grey

Rolfe Horn, "Cloud, Lake Tahoe, California," 2001
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Hiroshi Sugimoto, "Boden Sea, Uttwil," 1993
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Shelia Newbery, "Storm Clouds #2" (Berkeley, 2009)
via the artist's site

Yup, this is how I'm feeling today. No other way to put it, really. Could use some sunshine and a whole lotta sleep. But I am thankful for these amazing photographers for capturing the ambiguous and daunting glory of a grey sky.

Pet Post -- Feel the Love

Many thanks to Karyn for capturing one of the sweetest moments between two animals IN HISTORY. They snuggled faces for the first time! I was too much in shock to move, but luckily she had her cell phone out and ready. My little calico babies are finally getting along!!

TONIGHT!! Bird Song CD Release Party

Come celebrate the release of quite possibly the best album of the year tonight at Brooklyn's Jalopy Theatre. Heather Masse (fellow Oh Liza Jane-er) will be killing you softly with her songs. And the amazing Mike and Ruthy are opening at 9pm-- it really doesn't get any better than this.

Ps. If you can't make the show, be sure to pick up her album here
**Congrats to Heather-- I'm overflowing with pride and excitement!!**

Jams -- Heather Masse: Bird Song

A beautiful version of Heather's title track off her new solo album (released on November 10, 2009), featuring such talents as Aoife O'Donovan on vocals and Jed Wilson on the keys!!

Bauhaus at MoMA

"Palucca Tanzt" 1929, by Marianne Brandt

Oooooh does this look like a great exhibit -- a designer's and typographer's dream!! The NYTimes slide show had me drooling, and they quoted Nicolai Ouroussoff proclaiming: "'Bauhaus: Workshops for Modernity' takes a sledgehammer to the clichés and restores its historical subject to vivid life." Check out the MoMA blog post by earth-shattering graphic designer August Heffner here.

image via NYTimes
The exhibit started yesterday and runs through January 25, 2010

Maya Hayuk -- AOD

Not afraid of scale and color, this Brooklyn-based artist really knows how to get my motor running. See more of her exciting work here

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Pet Portraits - A Tribute

At the small-dog run in Washington Square Park, a stern but free-spirited pug sits for a portrait by Dick Sebastian. He is retiring from his favorite pastime and moving to Ohio. A lovely tribute to him in the NYTimes here

Remembering Roy DeCarava

"Couples," 1960

"Sun and Shade," 1952

Find out more about this American legend through his book, The Sound I Saw, that features images inspired by his love for jazz and his time spent in Harlem.

A moving tribute to this amazing photographer's life here

Pet Post -- Jaw-dropping Kitties

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via about

via dogtime

via desiretoinspire (aka one of my new fave blogs!)

Art Review -- Sebastian's Voodoo

Director Joaquin Baldwin haunts and inspires with the scary yet touching short film, "Sebastian's Voodoo." I am obsessed with all 3 1/2 minutes of it. Watch the film here

Image Inspiration

"Greatest Glory," a print by Lisa Congdon
(quotation by Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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Halloween Pups and Babes

This brave little Spider Man reluctantly tries to get into the haunted house...

"Moooooo!!"

"Rooooooaaaarrr!!"

"I want to go home now..."

Arrested for cuteness.

2nd prize goes to the 3-headed Boston!!