I found this in a discarded pile of photographs. It was taken in 1997 and reminds me of a robert longo image. I keep going back to it.

“(untitled) cool light” & “diagonal” dan flavin 1966

cowboys vivienne westwood

camp barney structure by james strutt

ghost palms polaroid 600 film

whiskey richards’ photobooth 2022

after aldous harding at the wiltern 2022

“jeff” by nadia lee cohen silicone, urethane & human hair

self portrait as “mandy” halloween 2022

“like the optometrist, always asking: Is it better like this? Or like this?” There is no magical muse. There is no burst of unimprovable eloquence. There is just hard work and craft.”

- George Saunders

anna karina & david bailey in venice, 1967 philippe le tellier

The life of an artist is inspired, self sufficient and independent (unrelated to society). The direction of attention of an artist is towards mind in order to be aware of inspiration. Following inspiration life unfolds free of any influence. Finally the artist recognizes himself in the work and is happy and contented. Nothing else will satisfy him. An artist’s life is an unconventional life. It leads away from the example of the past. It struggles painfully against its own conditioning. It appears to rebel but in reality it is an inspired way of life.

- Advice to Young Artists, Agnes Martin

not touching billy collins

mountain, table, anchors, navel jean arp

jb blunk with the jomonsugi tree, japan 1985

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Here is a man who is turning the emptiness of space into a sheet of paper, the waves of the ocean into an inkwell and Mount Sumeru into a brush."

- Hoyen of Gosozen

hand carved jewelry box