common threads

All deep things are song.

– Thomas Carlyle

40/365: andantino

communication breakdown

There’s something so quaint about this broken-down intercom. The simple, one-word instruction. The missing screws. Is it going too far to see it as symbolic?

33/365: talk

turn out the lights

It’s a ready-made, albeit mildly tragic romance: I fall for the fading beauty every time. I’m just a sucker for opulence softened by patina, the poignant decay of the exquisite.

27/365: chandelier

radio daze

And then, in the clearing, there was an old radio. I thought I might travel through time and imagined I heard the strains of some dusty jazz standard on the breeze. But I was mistaken. It was just white noise.

26/365: radio with trees

ROY G BIV: Green

Putting the G in Roy G. Biv…

Today’s color: Green

9/365: vintage clocks

10.02.13 frame of mind

I have long admired antique picture frames. They can be so beautiful, ornate, and well-crafted – sometimes their beauty exceeds that of the artwork within (!) or adds another dimension of texture, pattern, and interest to the piece as a whole.

With that appreciation in mind, I’m beginning to put together a new project that I’ll be excited to share in the near future…

275/365: vintage frames & pictures

09.29.13 just like a woman

I can’t imagine a contemporary version of this lamp being tasteful or appealing in any way. Yet, the vintage silhouette has a certain feminine appeal; in this case, I guess age confers a certain amount of class.

272/365: deco lamp/figurine

09.25.13 jewels of september

‘Ah raspberry-
if you are so beautiful
upon my ready tongue,
imagine
what wonders
lie in store for me! ‘

Erica Jong (The Raspberries in my Driveway)

268/365: raspberries

09.19.13 blowin’ through the jasmine in my mind

I’ve been on a nostalgic musical journey over the past few weeks, ever since my friend Felicia turned me on to a Pandora genre station called ’70’s Lite Rock’. If you want to feel all the earthy glam and free-spirited innocence of that bygone era, I recommend tuning in. Somehow this image captures that spirit of the 70’s for me.

262/365: vintage chandeliers

09.17.13 blue plate special

Have the world and eat it, too.

260/365: world on a blue plate special