handsome and pretty

lovely readers,

sincere apologies for my radio silence ... 

I have been working away on a few different projects,

namely ...

HANDSOME AND PRETTY

which is a collaboration between myself 

and Katie Harte of Pure Harte

handsome and pretty is designed to be

a communal breathing space for those waiting to exhale.

With your contribution, we hope to develop a creative forum in which we can discover and learn from each other.

We aim to:

To build platforms to support, encourage and promote our diverse talents

To forge and nurture connections between creative folk

To share and learn from those around us

We'd love you all to get involved, so please come visit us

and follow us on twitter @handsomepretty

to make it work we need you help

see you over there

me

xxx

me xxx

more is more

today was wrapping presents day ...

ribbons, ribbons, ribbons

paper, paper, paper,

lost pen!!!!

everywhere.

Coincidentally my favourite festive song is actually

Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses

me xxx

 

melt your little heart ... 

What a wonderful meeting of minds -

children's illustrator and Oliver Jeffers, 

and jewelry makers Digby and Iona.

me xxx

 

me xxx

Lucie & Simon

scenes of life

"In their series, Scenes of Life, Lucie and Simon present moments we're all familiar with: a breakfast, a nap on the sofa, a swim in a pool. All of the mundane clutter of everyday life is there in abundant and clear detail. What gives the viewer a real jolt of delight, however, is that all of this is seen from directly overhead, looking straight down -- a seemingly impossible perspective, especially for the photographs made inside the rooms of their home.

The peaceful, hovering point-of-view is reminiscent of scenes from Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, where we share the delight of seeing things through an angel's eyes from on high. Or perhaps it's the feeling one would have in a pleasant out-of-body experience, looking down on oneself, disembodied, floating, detached, removed, above all the hubbub.

We're simultaneously given a voyeuristic look inside a private moment — and challenged to unravel the technical feats necessary to pull off a series of work like this.

These photos make you smile, and also make you appreciate the creative vision of artists who are able to show us the joys of everyday life, with a twist."

(Jim Casper of lens Culture)

Lucie and Simon

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“I must learn to love the fool in me 

the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, 

wins sometimes and loses often, 

lacks self-control, 

loves and hates, 

hurts and gets hurt, 

promises and breaks promises, 

laughs and cries”

 

Theodore Isaac Rubin

 

me xxx 

hazel bee

 this is my kind of humour

 

thanks hazel bee for making me laugh

me xxx