You Are one of Those

New Embroidered Pillows by Pontius Design. Vintage cotton on linen/lined with silk. Sustainable cotton fill inserts.

"I EXPECT IT"

"YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE FOR WHOM NORMAL IS A FAILURE OF POTENTIAL."

Houses and Details

Hancock Park, last week. Within a few blocks of each other. I keep erasing what I write. I like the four trees in a row trying to change color.

Thoughts?

OTT in Hancock Park.

Closet & Faucet

Faucet and closet. The closet is from the renovated home of Belgian architect Leon Stynen built 1933. I like the pocket detail hiding the drapery track. I also like the drawer fronts that mimic the slats on the doors. The faucet is from photographer Simon Brown's website.

3 Days From a Life Made in France

Gertrude Stein during her lecture tour in America, May 2, 1935.
Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein on the Terrace at Bilignin, June 13, 1934.
Gertrude Stein at the Abbey of Hautecombe (Luc du Bourget, Savoie, France), June 12, 1934.
Gertrude Stein with Pepe; Mark Lutz with Basket I on the Terrace of the Villa at Bilignin, June 13, 1934.
Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas at Les Charwelles, June 12, 1934.



Carl Saigon, in his Cosmos series says that human life exists as ten seconds on the time-line of the cosmos; Isabella sent me links to images of Gertrude and Alice on the NYPL Digital Gallery. These are some of my favorites.

Pollyanna Pontius

Call it having a critical eye, an aptness for selection, or an edited palate. Call it what you will, it is easy is to notice the things that need to be changed--swoop in after the fact and start pointing--it is a skill to start noticing and seeing and appreciating something just the way it is regardless of it's differences from what we envision. My most recent experiment is to look for the pleasing and see it without exam. Plato might say that the source of beauty exists in perfect form and we know it when we see it.

Gilbert & George