my love for you is a stampede of horses.

A New Look!

Well, it only took months! But between a full time job, holidaze and just generally trying to have a life I some how got the new look done! There is still some tweaking here and there and some things I'll need to add -- but ahhh, I couldn't wait anymore.

I hired Kate Miss of For Me, For You to do the branding -- which basically created the base for the new look. I think she did a great job! Kate has been through a lot recently and she was nothing but gracious and kind with my 37 or so emails.

I hope you like what you see. I'm pretty happy with the new look, I tried to quiet it down a bit. I'm planning on heading into a more personal vibe with lots of inspiration and art sprinkled all over and I think the new look represents that.

Please let me know if any links or things are borked or you are having any other issues. Or if you just love it! The blog will be 5 in June and it's crazy to think it's been that long! Thanks for joining me here. <3 meighan

Francesca Woodman at the SFMOMA.

A few weeks ago I made it over to the SFMOMA to check out the Francesca Woodman exhibit...WOW. Is all I have to say. There are over 150 photographs in the exhibition and I was just blown away. I didn't expect to see so much work by someone who died way too soon. 

Overall the entire exhibit was ethereal and so inspiring — but was also sad. Knowing that Woodman had killed herself at the age of 22; it was hard to not feel that vibe through out the exhibit. Regardless though, it was fascinating to be in the presence of such beauty. Her work transcends time for sure.

Francesca Woodman runs through February 20, 2012.

There were so many gorgeous, stirring images but I think the above is my favorite. Titled aptly; I Could No Longer Play. I Could Not Play By Instinct.

I took a lot of these images with my iphone, so sadly my hand is mirrored in a few. But I still wanted to share.

These two images were taken from a photobook of Woodman's called: Potrait of a Reputation. It was stunning and tied with a red, ragged ribbon.

 

A detail of her series Swan Song.

Ulrika Kestere's The Girl with the 7 Horses.

Reader, Ulrika Kestere sent me her photographic essay The Girl with the 7 Horses. I love it! The images, the idea and fairytale story behind it:

Once upon a time there was a girl who had 7 invisible horses. People thought she was crazy and that she in fact had 7 imaginative horses, but this was not the case. When autumn came the girl spent a whole day washing all her clothes. She hung them on a string in her garden to let the gentle autumn sun dry them. Out of nowhere, a terrible storm came and its fiercefull winds grabbed a hold of all her clothes and all seven horses (authors note: since they are invisible they obviously didn't weigh much). The girl was devistated and spent all autumn looking for each horse spread around the country, wrapped in her clothes.

Be sure to stop by Ulrika's blog to see the other 3 horses.

The Ramones/The Misfits Want.

 

 

I grew up on The Misfits and I have no idea how I missed this print when it made its rounds last year. But better late than never...but mainly beacuse it is AWESOME. I think that I listened to I Want Your Skull about 1000x the first summer I heard it.

Dan Gneiding of Gray Hood is kind of genius for creating and pairing these pie charts. You can get your print here.

found via Kayte Terry's Pinterest.

Beauty is Embarrassing.

Oh man. This documentary about artist Wayne White, Beauty is Embarrassing looks so good and inspiring! He's an artist, art director, illustrator, puppeteer, completely hot and hilarious.