Emma Sweeney

From studying Emma Sweeney‘s work, one understands a few things.

First, Emma has a very keen sense of what it takes to portray soft, bliss like, Garden of Eden-esque photographs. Each of her photographs gives the feeling of floating in something like a fairy tale, wings and balloons and soft spoken words. Don’t get me wrong, her photographs also have a bit of ruthless in them too, just a little bit.

The viewer also understands Emma likes to use rather muted earthly tones. Most of her photographs blend with light olives and tans. Perhaps this could be a result of so much skin in her photographs.. No complaints here.

Emma has graduated from London’s Central Saint Martins, a College of Art and Design specializing in photography, after which she worked with Nick Knight.

Photo source: Emma Sweeney | www.emmasweeney.co.uk

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Takahashi Yuichi

Born into a samurai family, Takahashi Yuichi (1828-1894) is a descendent of the Hotta Clan. Historical Japanese customs promote calligraphy and painting as indications of class and learning, so when Takahashi became interested in art at an early age, he was sent to the notorious Kanō school to study.

Among Takahashi’s accomplishments are attending the Paris World Exhibition of 1867 and portrait of the Emperor Meiji. He taught at the newly established Kobubijutsu Gakkō (the Technical Fine Arts School), and is considered one of the first painters to adopt oil paints in Japan.

His work exhibits some of the raw simplicity emphasized by the Zen Buddhism philosophy. I enjoy the confident bold strokes, slightly messy (dare I say) lines, and astoundingly plain yet diverse backgrounds.

Still Life – Takahashi Yuichi

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José Parlá

José Parlá is an artist. He’s a painter with a vision, deep history of roots art, a new age sculptor, and most definitely an abstractionist.

His work has appeared around the world in exhibitions in London, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Paris.

José works with lines that stretch out from the edge of space, swirling around amidst chaos and frequency.

He studied painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, and The New World School of the Arts in Miami, and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Photo source: José Parlá | www.joseparla.com

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Bicycles the Csepel Royal Way

Photo source: Csepel Royal | www.csepelroyal.hu

 

To create a bike that personifies the rider is a dream. Piece by piece, custom coloring, and… well.. EPIC! For every bike junkie out there, there is also a bike tweaker who cannot stop taking a allen key to their bike. This is their playground, this is their dream.

Introducing Csepel Royal, an opportunity to create a unique bike that matches your character. What do they offer? Well, if the photograph above doesn’t give you a hint, they offer all bike parts in single colors! Continue Reading →

So You Wanna Be A Writer

So you wanna be a writer.

And with being a writer comes learning to write. Gets your tenses correct. Knowing where to put your prepositions at. All that good stuff. Once you can write clean, compelling copy, it should be a cake walk… right?

Wrong.

Because unless your grand ambition is to have your grandmother and her knitting circle tell you how * wonderful* you are… at some point you gotta learn about the business. Because if you don’t, you’re going to waste a lot of time blundering around like a buffalo in a bookstore.

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Le Happy Lua P

Photo source: Le Happy | http://glossfashion.com/le-happy/

 

Jacket ~ Modekungen
Jumper ~ Illustrated People
Blouse ~ Vintage
Leggings/ high waisted pants ~  Shop Market HQ

She calls herself a Peruvian living in LA. Her style sings the torn lyrics of Alice in Chains, the cool-aid dyed hair, burgundy Dr. Martens, and single ear earrings. Lua P of Le Happy has got some classic style with modern accessories. We like Lua P. I mean, look at that studded collar!

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West Coast of Canada and USA Tsunami Warning

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The tsunami Warning continues in effect for the coastal areas of British Columbia and Alaska from the north tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia to Cape Decision, Alaska (85 miles SE of Sitka). – Event details: Preliminary magnitude 7.7 (Mw) earthquake / Lat: 52.900, Lon: -131.900 at 2012-10-28T03:04:10Z Tsunami warnings mean that a tsunami with significant widespread inundation is expected, or occurring. Warnings indicate that widespread dangerous coastal flooding accompanied by powerful currents is possible and may continue for several hours after the initial wave arrival. Continue Reading →

Canada-China FIPA Trade Deal

Photo source: Ned Tobin | www.nedtobin.com

 

The Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) is an agreement between China and Canada which aims at overthrowing the current business and governmental structure in one foul swooping sweep of protection Stephen Harper feels foreign investors deserve. Continue Reading →

Canada-China Investment Treaty 60 Second Briefing

Mr. Speaker, here is your 60 second briefing on the Canada-China investment treaty, the most significant treaty of its kind since NAFTA.

I requested a technical briefing from the Minister of International Trade on September 27. I got it one hour ago, so I can update folks. Continue Reading →