My Art

"the afternoon of extravagant delight"

“When I first met Candy, those were like the days of juice, when everything was bountiful… Birds filled the sky and great kindness flowed through us.”




"the futur was a thing that gleamed, the present was so very very good."

Once upon a time, there was Candy and Dan.
Things were very hot that year.
All the wax was melting in the trees.
He would climb balconies, climb everywhere, do anything for her, oh Danny boy.
Thousands of birds, the tiniest birds, adorned her hair.
Everything was gold.
One night the bed caught fire.
He was handsome and a very good criminal.
We lived on sunlight and chocolate bars.
It was the afternoon of extravagant delight.

My amazing uncle Kost.

All You Need Is Love

Think On These Things

To live is to find out for yourself what is true, and you can do this only when there is freedom, when there is continuous revolution inwardly, within yourself.

Krishnamurti

JOHN KEATS

"What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth."

"The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate. "

"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter."

"You are always new, The last of your kisses was ever the sweetest. "

CHOKE

“What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction.” C.P.

"WE WANT MILES"

THREE WISHES: AN INTIMATE LOOK AT JAZZ GREATS

"I don't know how to word this.... I'd like to have immediate access to the world, you know? Anywhere I wanted to go."
-CEDAR WALTON

"I would dig an artist's colony. Like one block of buildings, or area, where artists and musicians could get together, and teach, and study. Artists could display their art. Writers--we'd allow them in, too, but it'd be mostly artists and musicians. We'd have a library, concerts, and sessions, and rooms for tapings. Artists could come in and record. You know, you've got it!"
-ALICE COLTRANE (NÉE McLEOD)

"The absolute love of one woman."
-FRANK FOSTER

JAMÓN, JAMÓN

Penélope Cruz & Javier Bardem in "Jamón, jamón"

“I’m gonna make it by all means I got a pocket full of dreams.”

Where can I find this!?

I WANT ONE!!!

I spy with my little eye, NICE cookies

Went grocery shopping.
Rediscovered NICE cookies.
Went to class.
Was bored.
Surfed a blog.
Rediscovered NICE cookies.

Elvis

Charm.

Double TWIN

ZARA

Thanks to a good friend :)
SOoooooooooo COooll!

Words..

Have you ever thought of something.. Not necessarily of something specifically but just a thought that sort of developed in your mind over time... Something you keep going back on, but something you never voiced out loud, never really put it into words...

Neck, chest, waist to floor
Easy to take, you could take me in fours
Make me a deal, a day a piece
Take it all, just stay a week

I'll take you in pieces
We can take it all apart
I've suffered shipwrecks right from the start
I've been underwater, breathing out and in
I think I'm losing where you end and I begin

Basic space, open air
Don't look away, when there's nothing there

I'm setting us in stone
Piece by piece, before I'm alone
Air tight, before we break
Keep it in, keep us safe

It's a pool of boiling wax
I'm getting in
Let it set
Got to seal this in
Can't adjust, Can't relearn
Got to keep what I have, preserve

Basic space, open air
Don't look away, when there's nothing there

Hot wax has left me with a shine
Wouldn't know if I'd been left behind
Second skin, second skin

I can't let it out, I still let you in

BASIC SPACE - The xx

Writing music IS pure talent, not everyone can do it. It's a way of putting your emotions, your thoughts, the way you feel into words. After reading the lyrics, you can't help but relate to them and also can't help but wonder how did this person think of writing this.

"And I'll cross oceans, like never before
So you can feel the way I feel it too
And I'll mirror images back at you
So you can see the way I feel it too"

SHELTER - The xx

"I can give it all on the first date
I don't have to exist outside this place
And dear know that I can change

But if stars, shouldn't shine
By the very first time
Then dear it's fine, so fine by me
'Cos we can give it time
So much time with me

I can draw the line on the first date
I'll let you cross it, let you take every line I've got
When the time gets late

But if stars, shouldn't shine
By the very first time
Then dear it's fine, so fine by me
'Cos we can give it time
So much time with me

If you want me
Let me know
Where do you wanna go
No need for talking
I already know
If you want me
Why go"

STARS - The xx

Eye in Hand

What does it mean? The pancultural Eye-in-Hand icon manifests the integral and interactive bond between two essential human functions: sensing/observation (the Eye) and doing/acting (the Hand). Together these two abilities represent the most effective symbolic condensation of the ideals of human existence - omniscience (all-knowing) and omnipotence (all-powerful) - in a very simple two-part icon: the Eye in the Hand.

"Originating in the Middle East the Hand represents God's "Protective-Hand," and the blue Eye on it shields its owner from the curse of the Evil Eye. The Hand's positive energy draws happiness, riches and health.
A talisman charms against the Evil Eye take different forms in each culture where the belief is common. In Turkey and adjacent areas of Greece (eastern Mediterranean and Aegean), the 'evil Eye' is conceived of as blue, thus, in order to repel or prevent the effect of 'evil Eye', a reflective "Eye" of blue glass is used." ... also known as the Blue Glass Nazar Boncugu (Nazar boncuk) of Anatolia as well as Azerbaijan on the west coast of the Caspian Sea.

http://www.darkfiber.com/eyeinhand/

LIFE

“According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created wtih four arms, four legs, and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two seperate parts, condeming them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.”

D E F I N I T I O N S

Superstition: a widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief.

Spiritual: of, relating to, or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.

Το μάτι

The evil eye, known as ματι, is known to have been a fixture in Greece dating back to at least the 6th century BC, when it commonly appeared on drinking vessels. In Greece, the evil eye is cast away through the process of xematiasma (ξεμάτιασμα), whereby the "healer" silently recites a secret prayer passed over from an older relative of the opposite sex, usually a grandparent. Such prayers are revealed only under specific circumstances, for according to superstition those who reveal them indiscriminately lose their ability to cast off the evil eye. There are several regional versions of the prayer in question, a common one being: "Holy Virgin, Our Lady, if so and so is suffering of the evil eye release him/her of it" repeated thrice. According to custom, if one is indeed afflicted with the evil eye, both victim and "healer" then start yawning profusely. The "healer" then performs the sign of the cross three times, and spits in the air three times.

Another "test" used to check if the evil eye was cast is that of the oil: under normal conditions, olive oil floats in water, as it is lighter than water. The test of the oil is performed by placing one drop of olive oil in a glass of water, typically holy water. If the drop floats, the test concludes there is no evil eye involved.
If the drop sinks, then it is asserted that the evil eye is cast indeed. An alternate form of the test is to place two drops of olive oil into a glass of water. If the drops remain separated, the test concludes there is no evil eye, but if they merge, there is. This is usually performed by an old lady,who is known for her healing, or a grandparent.

The Greek Fathers accepted the traditional belief in the evil eye but attributed it to the Devil and envy. In Greek theology the evil eye or vaskania (βασκανία) is considered harmful for the one whose envy inflicts it on others as well as for the sufferer. The Greek Church has an ancient prayer against vaskania from the Mega Hieron Syenekdymon book of prayers (Μέγαν Ιερόν Συνέκδημον).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye#Greece

Awe-inspiring.

"The Magic Circle"

John William Waterhouse

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5210397

I want to create paintings like this one.

Let's go back...

WONDROUS.

"SPRING"

ALPHONSE

MUCHA

Iris, if you were a melody... I used only the good notes.

"I love scores."
"They remind me of Jack Black."
"I know, that's why I love them."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBjRznETGEQ

Miles: Now let me ask you. Have you seen this?
Iris: Chariots of Fire. Loved it.
Miles: [doing an impression of the soundtrack] Such a great score by Vangelis. He took electronic scores to a new level. It was groundbreaking. I'm gonna test you on this later. Okay. Driving Miss Daisy. Hans. Very unexpected. Do you remember how great it was?
[doing impression of soundtrack]
Miles: Sassy! Love it. Is this a bad game?
Iris: No.
Miles: Okay.
Iris: Keep going.
Miles: Sometimes I get self-conscious about my...
[interrupts himself by singing Gone with the Wind soundtrack]
Miles: [singing] Are you embarrassed by this game I've started to play?
[Stopped singing]
Miles: Okay. It's not a library. I can go loud.
[grabs Jaws]
Miles: BA-BAM! Two notes and you've got a villain. I don't know what to say about it. Totally brill.
[the graduate. Singing soundtrack]
Miles: I bet you didn't know that was all written for the movie. It was a score. Technically.
Iris: I did know that one.
Miles: Oh my God. Okay, this one? You have to check this out some time. The Mission. The score is genius. It just comes from a totally different place. It's like... I can't even... Just promise me you'll rent it and listen to it.
Iris: Renting.
Miles: Thank you. It changed my world.

What Dreams May Come

"Travel here is just like anything else, it's in your mind."

"A whole human life is just a heartbeat here in Heaven. Then we'll all be together forever."

"What's true in our minds is true, whether some people know it or not."

"Thought is real. Physical is the illusion. Ironic, huh?"