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How Vivian Maier Defied the Norm and Made Her Secret Art
(Video link HERE.) In the March 31st New Yorker, Anthony Lane asks a compelling question in his review of Finding Vivian Maier, a documentary about the nanny who, during the 50′s and 60′s, secretly...
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Role Model: 13-year-old Girl Eagle Huntress
Asher Svidensky via mymodernmet.com Twenty four-year-old photographer Asher Svidensky traveled to west Mongolia with the intention of documenting the lives of traditional Kazakh eagle hunters, people...
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Men’s Hairstyles from the 60′s and 70′s: Creativity Meets Self-Image
(Video link HERE.) Inspired YouTuber 2869rjh compiled this hilarious montage of awful men’s hairstyles from the 1960s and 1970s, via pictures from Retronaut. It’s a reminder of the wondrously-insane...
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The “Let Men Wear Skirts” Movement
Women wear pants. Let Men wear skirts. Our friend Chris Eldredge alerted us to a fashion trend he’s noticed: Men Wearing Skirts. He said that he’s seen a number of stylishly dressed men wearing skirts...
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A Post-It with a Powerful Message for Mother’s + Grandmother’s Day
I’ve always struggled with Mother’s Day. Too pink, too saccharine, too much forced happiness when the reality so often cloaks a good deal of ambivalence, sadness, and hidden anger. That all changed...
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Embrace Your Body, Change Your Life
Taryn Brumfitt I’m betting that one thing we all could use is a Get Out Of Jail card to help us learn how to love our bodies – just as they are. I’m also wagering you may be asking yourself, as I did:...
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The Burning House: What are Your Most Essential Objects?
Poppie Airill We’ve written about Foster Huntington’s love of simplicity before, but we’ve recently discovered another project of his: The Burning House. This one, makes us think about our Life...
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Mick Jagger Redefines Great Grandfather Stereotype
Kevin Nixon/Classic Rock Magazine/TeamRock via Getty Images At 70 years young, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger recently became a great-grandfather. Assisi Jackson, Jagger’s 21-year-old...
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“Do What You Love” Every Day in Small Doses…
Recently, Sally showed me Gordon Marino’s NY Times article, “A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love”. The gist: the oft-repeated 21st century American mantra of following your true passions — instead of dull...
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What Ancient Looks Like in Trees and People
thinbox.ca Our friend Chris Eldredge emailed us this image: A good friend of mine is in Japan researching Bonsai culture. He sent this picture to me today. This tree is over 2000 years old. He spent...
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A Portrait of One Tree with A Mighty View
Michael Nichols/National Geographic It took National Geographic photographer Michael “Nick” Nichols 32 days to photograph the President, a 3200-year-old giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park in...
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Moondog: “I’m Not Gonna Die in 4/4 Time.”
Photograph by Peter Martens The documentary The Viking of 6th Avenue, recently funded by Kickstarter, chronicles the life and musical career of legendary New York icon Moondog. As a girl, I used to...
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Do a Wheelie!!
We LOVE everything that is in clear defiance of age (or any other) limiting stereotypes. You GO girl/woman/lady/man/daddy/mister/ms/miss/mama….! via Pinterest
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Anthony Giglio Kills at the Moth!
Anthony Giglio is journalist, sommelier, and author of Food & Wine Wine Guides, Cocktails in New York and Mr. Boston’s Official Bartender’s Guide. He is wine blogger for Details and Improvised...
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What if Your Life Were a Painting?
? We —our lives — are really a kind of artist’s canvas. When we take that view, we ask ourselves: What are we painting? Do we paint with kindness, generosity, anger, fear, bravado, hatred, curiosity…...
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Primitive Modernist Body Art: Stars, Stripes, Zigzag, FAB
? We WISH that we could see people who had adorned themselves like this — with stars, stripes, zigzags, more —as we wander the city. Such possibilities. We envision the top one as wondrous tattoos....
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Annals of Hair Design: LaBelle’s Nightbird Platter-Do (with Music)
? The Hair Hats in our recent Annals of Hair Design reminded me of the great “platter” do, Patti LaBelle wore when performing her album Nightbirds in the 80’s. I loved watching her perform it and...
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What’s Better: Scared or Sensible? And why?
(Video link HERE.) When contemplating a life change, what’s better: scared or sensible? How does one choose? And why? After wrestling for several grueling weeks with making a radical,...
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A Winter Solstice Reflection on Loss and Joy
earthobservatory.nasa.gov Yesterday was the Winter Solstice, the shortest day —and longest night — of the year, when the sun pauses on its southward trajectory, then starts its cimb north, and the...
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Hand as Note Pad, Art Material, Tool, “Thundering Channel”
Sinnae Choi The other day at Artists and Craftsman, we noticed the cashier’s ever-ready note pad —his hand — and were reminded of the many ways we’ve used our hands. We mentioned this to Sinnae Choi,...
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