Images. Jourdan Dunn and Whitney Port (via thefashionspot). Unknown – sorry, I have no exact sources. In case any of the four last images belong to you let me know and I’ll link you (via tumblr)
Jourdan Dunn for Louis Vuitton
Whitney Port on the set of The City
Why can’t I have a dressing table like this?
First of all: Thanks for the lovely comments you’ve all been leaving. I really appreciate the feedback :)
My cold is gone, I am feeling much better, but in the mean time summer has moved on as well and the leaves are turning orange. The nights are getting colder and the sky is covered in clouds. Autumn is just around the corner and so is winter. To be honest I can’t wait for winter to come by this year. The smell of cinnamon and hot wine punch, the short days and long nights, the coziness and all that comes with this season.
At the moment I am craving to read Haruki Murakamis new work: IQ84. I’ll have to wait some time though, since it was released May this year in Japan and the date for it’s English publication hasn’t been set yet. That on the other hand gives me time to indulge in works of his that I haven’t read yet: Dance Dance Dance, A Wild Sheep Chase or Underground (which I am very much looking forward to, as it is not fiction). For those for you who want to read his books, but don’t know where to start: Just start anywhere! I myself started with Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. In my opinion a book that has the “typical Murakami style” combining surrealism with wonderful tales of characters and magical places, which I love a lot. If you want to start slowly I’d say Norwegian Wood is a nice starting point. The love story of Toru and Naoko is heartwarming sometimes even shocking, but never kitschy. Surrealism is merely hinted at in relation with death and in a wonderful way. The film will be out by next year which I am very exited about.
Which brings me to the next topic: Desertflower by Waris Dirie is finally been brought to the movie theatres. I loved every bit of that book, which was so touching, inspiring and beautiful. Waris is a very powerful woman who has managed to archive more than a lot of people despite the long and hard way the had to go in her life. Maybe that’s the exact reason why she could go so far. Looking back on what she had survived, she knew exactly that nothing could hold her back when it came to pursuing her dreams. Can’t wait to see the movie with Lydia Kebede starring as Waris Dirie.
On to some Oyasumi Updates: Due to my flu, I haven’t been able to keep up with my time plan. At this point I am also going to admit that I overestimated myself a little and seemed to have forgotten how much I hate deadlines. Just “dead” gives the word itself such a negative connotation and makes me shiver thinking back to earlier art projects in school. Completing work should be a positive thing to do. I don’t want to think of death each time I let my creative juices flow. Especially when I am working independently and only to make myself and others happy and not rich. So the new deadline is: there is no deadline. Or better: this Autumn. But don’t get me wrong. Not having a deadline doesn’t mean you’re going to do sloppy work and only work when you feel like. Not having a deadline takes pressure off my shoulders and enables me to satisfy not only myself, but others too. Sometimes you’ve got to rethink things and change them. It also means you have to accept you might have made a mistake earlier, but we all know: “A perosn who doesn’t make mistakes is unlikely to make anything.” (Paul Arden)
“Donyale Luna, the first black supermodel and the first black woman to grace the cover of British Vogue (1965). Fierce. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she was discovered at the age of 19 and whisked away to New York City where her career took off at the height of the 60s. Aside from being a model, she also appeared in several films, including a couple Andy Warhol produced flicks, Federico Fellini’s Fellini Satyricon, and Carmelo Bene’s Salome. She was a diva, effortlessly stylish, incredibly beautiful, and without her there would be no Naomi, no Tyra, no Chanel Iman. Unfortunately, Danyale herself had serious issues with being black, insisting she was part Irish, Mexican, Chinese, Native American – basically anything but black (her real name was Peggy Ann Freeman). Sadly, she died in Rome in 1979 at the age of 34 from a drug overdose.” ( Images & quote via Blackcigarette )
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Books I’ve finished reading:
“I should have judged her according to her actions, not her words. She perfumed my planet and lit up my life. I should have never run away! I ought to have realized the tenderness underlying her silly pretentions. Flowers are so contradictory! But I was too young to know how to love her.” (The Little Prince, Chapter 8)
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I thought I’d share some pictures of myself that were taken a good two weeks ago. So that you finally have a face you can link to this place.
Also: Bought myself a copy of “Norwegian Wood” by Haruki Murakami yesterday. After reading “Hard-Boiled Wonderland”, “Kafka at the Shore” and “The Wind-up Bird Chronicle” I though I’d read the one that has been hyped so much. As much as I don’t really like hype, sometimes you just don’t get around it.
” ‘I don’t know, it’s stupid turning twenty,’ she said. ‘I am just not ready. It feels weird. Like somebody is pushing me from behind.’ “
It’s quotes like this that run a shiver down my spine. I don’t know how Murakami does it, but he manages to write directly out of my thoughts, actually out of my soul. Incase you’ve read any of his works, do you feel like that too? He really is talented and I may not be an expert, but it’s no wonder people think he deserves a Nobel prize in literature.
A couple of books that are next on my list. I have heard a lot about “Lolita” as it is considered a taboo-book amongst some people of our society. That gives me even more reasons to take a closer look.
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.” – Holden Caulfield (The Catcher in the Rye)
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Finally I found some time to read this magnificent book. I cannot believe it was published more than 50 years ago. Now that is what I call ahead of it’s time. I am not an expert or anything, but for Salinger to write such a book so long ago I cannot help myself, but call him a genius. I am so glad I never had to read this book in school, because I know I would have hated it just for that exact reason. If you haven’t read it yet do so, I am sure you won’t regret.
Image. The Book Cover Archive
