Posts Tagged ‘art’
Vignettes at Bherd Studios Gallery
Tonight you’ll find me at Bherd Studios Gallery, where the exhibition Vignettes is opening. Four Bherd represented artists each created a small series of work that tells a story or offers the viewer a glimpse of narrative through a sketch of subject matter. Continue Reading
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By now I’m sure everyone has heard that Maurice Sendak, world-renowned illustrator and beloved author of some of the most impactful and enduring children’s books, died this morning in his Connecticut home. The New York Times said he was “widely considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century, who wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized world of the nursery and plunged it into the dark, terrifying and hauntingly beautiful recesses of the human psyche.” For those of us who grew up with his work, Maurice Sendak is linked inextricably with our love of reading and our most early experiences of feeling “hey, someone out there gets me.” Continue Reading
Follow Friday: Some Fave Seattle Bloggers
In the month or so since I moved to Seattle, I’ve had the great good fortune to meet some of Seattle’s blogger community. A few in person, and others online through the terrific group Seattle Bloggers Unite! For this first Seattle Follow Friday, I’d like to introduce to you a few of my fave Seattle bloggers. (Trust me, there are plenty more where they came from!) Continue Reading
The Lady in Gold
From an homage in plastic by Mattel (they made her into a Barbie) to a new book by Anne-Marie O’Connor, Gustav Klimt’s 1907 masterpiece “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer” has been enjoying something of a pop culture renaissance. Continue Reading
Happy Valentine’s Day
Ah, Google, spreading love since 2000. (The fist Valentine’s Day Doodle went live that year)
Word Made Flesh
I came across a fascinating article on the Publisher’s Weekly blog PWxya about books that inspire tattoos. I love the concept of having a tattoo drawn from a favorite book, and before now had no idea this was such a popular genre. Continue Reading
Adsurdism Ad Hilaritas
As someone who loves to mock the dreck churned frequently by the ad wizards in Madison Avenue (or their West Coast compatriots), I was giggling with glee at this article in today’s New York Times about photographer Steven Meisel’s series of images for the November issue of W magazine, poking clever fun at both the advertising and fashion industries. Continue Reading
My name is Angela Eloise and I am a freelance writer. I recently moved to Seattle because I wanted a better home base to support my creative goals. And my shaman told me to. Cloud of Chaos was born from my desire to dance with the absurdity of life, to create a space where I could write and share all of the gorgeous, fun, snarky deliciousness I find spinning around me every day. What does a spinning cloud of chaos have to do with writing? Everything, as it turns out.
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