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    • artsy

      Posted at 8:56 pm by jasminedesirees, on July 12, 2013

      It’s been a super busy week at work, today was the first day that I was actually able to take a lunch break, I blame you, Comic Con.

      Today is a gorgeous day in the city and I was super hungry so I decided to go out for a walk and see what I could scrounge up for snacks. I’ve been working in the same place for a year now, but I hardly ever eat out at lunch so when I do I tend to just run to the same place every time. Boringggg.

      While I was out wandering I came across an art supply store so I poked my head inside to look around, hoping that my lack of paint splattered overalls and thick rimmed glasses wouldn’t give me away as a complete art store newb. I’ve been wanting to take more art classes for a while now, but it never seems to work out, they are always during the week day? Who is taking art classes on a week day afternoon? Jealous.

      I ended up buying a bunch of stuff that I don’t really know how to use, but I’m going to have lots of fun experimenting. The colours were so pretty, and I harbour a secret suspicion that I am actually a masterfully spectacular artist, and the only reason my talent has remained hidden for so long is my lack of access to pastels.

      And I never did end up getting lunch.



      I don’t know what I would make with this. Probably a snow man. But it’s beautiful.

      Posted in art, life, San Francisco | 0 Comments | Tagged art, hobbies, painting, San Francisco
    • loveliness

      Posted at 11:05 pm by jasminedesirees, on July 11, 2013

      Some lovely things I’m liking today:

      Links here.

      Posted in art, inspiration, loveliness | 0 Comments | Tagged art, inspiration, loveliness, quotes
    • mad hatter

      Posted at 4:22 pm by jasminedesirees, on June 12, 2013

      My friend Paula is very artistic, she is a talented artist and photographer. She took these pictures of Derek and I:

      She is currently battling thyroid cancer, and raising money while she gets treatment by selling beautiful hand-painted hats like these:

      She does a lot of Hawaiian themed ones, but she is a very talented artist, and can do any design you can think of. She is very collaborative, working with you to develop the idea and make sure you are completely in love with the finished product.

      You can order one for yourself here.

      Posted in art, fashion, Hawaii | 0 Comments | Tagged art, crafts, fashion, hand-painted, hats, Hawaii, painting
    • loveliness

      Posted at 6:54 pm by jasminedesirees, on May 23, 2013
      A little Thursday inspiration:


      Posted in art, inspiration, loveliness | 0 Comments
    • inspiration

      Posted at 4:08 pm by jasminedesirees, on April 1, 2013

      I took a painting class a few weeks ago, and it was a really great experience. Ever since then I’ve had an urge to make something, but since I don’t really have any idea what I’m doing, I’ve been thinking of taking another art class, but it seems a bit daunting.

      The classes are kind of expensive, but mostly I just can’t decide what I’d like to do. I’m torn between a painting class, a pottery class and a mixed-media art class, and I can’t decide, so I’ve been spending a lot of time online marveling at the talent of others, and feeling inferior.

      Here are some of the pictures that have been inspiring me lately.

       

      Love this. At some point our bodies might lose the ability to dance, but maybe our souls never do.

      Links for all of these picture can be found on my Loveliness Pinterest board, here.

      Posted in art, inspiration, loveliness, photography | 0 Comments | Tagged loveliness, quotes
    • unphotographable

      Posted at 9:26 am by jasminedesirees, on March 20, 2013

      It is estimated that there have been about 3.8 trillion pictures taken, ever.

      In the world we live in today, if you don’t have a picture, it didn’t happen. But sometimes, for whatever reason, you can’t take a picture. Maybe your phone is dead, maybe you don’t have a camera, maybe it’s an inappropriate time to take pictures, or maybe, for whatever reason, taking a picture of a moment might put you in danger in some way.

      So I was delighted to come across this site a few weeks ago, unphotographable. The creator of the website, Michael David Murphy, posts short descriptions of scenes that were for one reason or another, unphotographable, but were still important enough that somebody would like to remember them.

      Some of the posts are so detailed and descriptive that you can actually watch the scene unfold in your head. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then maybe a thousand words is just as good as a picture.

      Here are some examples:

      “This is a picture I did not take of a woman with a baby in her arms and a burping towel on her shoulder, walking up to the side of a vacant, foreclosed home in the middle of a neighborhood hit hard by mortgage fraud, looking up and down the street before turning-on the outdoor spigot at the corner of the house to take a drink with a cupped hand, and then, after wetting the towel, she began to carefully wash her newborn’s feet.”

      “This is a picture I did not take of a man in Atlanta wearing a yellow Martin Luther King “I Have a Dream” t-shirt while selling drugs beneath the freeway, half a mile down the street from the house where Dr. King was born.”

      Posted in art, life | 1 Comment
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