the silence that fills

Happy Birthday to John Cage. We attended a performance that honored his rich legacy with a three hour program of his works, & I had the privilege of performing 4' 33".

33 musicians talk about how Cage influenced & inspired them:
John Cage, what does he communicate

photos of yours truly by john singer, composer

aged to perfection

Of all the eras of fashion, the 1940s remains my favorite. The sophistication of the cuts & drapes, the masterful details, the feminine strength & overall glamour are timeless & flattering. And the bullet bras! All of these ensembles still look fresh to me, & I would gladly wear them today.

from here

lucky 13

time certainly flies when you're in love...

more here

expressionism

Death of Buddha by Myouson, 1325

Death of St. Francis by Giotto, 1325

Same year, similar compositions, subjects & rendered emotions, vastly different cultures.

images from here and here, respectively

we've come a long way, baby

Here's to all of the strong, brave women who paved the way for us in our lives.

borrowing from the boys

The tailoring & fabric of classic menswear works so well for women, creating an undeniably sexy yet refined, classic look. Smart, strong & gorgeous.

R. Mapplethorpe

suffrage

In light of the mid-term elections, we've come a long way since 1920, a shockingly recent date when women in the United States, after much protesting & strife, were finally given the right to vote. Poland, Russia, German Austria, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania & a host of other countries had already beat us to that distinction by a couple of years. We still have a long way to go as far as equal rights & basic care for our citizens & inhabitants is concerned. Hats off to all of the dedicated & outspoken people who are still fighting to keep hope & sanity alive! Use your voice & be sure to vote!

Ratification of the 19th Amendment

Dora Lewis

Edith Ainge

Berthe Arnold

Pauline Adams

Alice Paul

Dora Lewis

Lucy Burns

photo by Lisa Kuneman, 2010

have a frightfully good weekend

Happy Halloween!

Kto to jest, Stara Baba...? To jest moja Mama! She was only 8 or 9 when this photo was taken.

this is beautiful

These incredible photographs taken by Russian photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) between 1909-1912 feel both otherworldly & yet more immediate than their dates would suggest, owing to a brilliant technology involving a specialized camera that used red, green and blue filters to capture three black and white images in quick succession, then later recombined and projected the resulting detailed color images with filtered lanterns.

Thanks, John!

from here via here