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NIAGARA IN MANILA | Malate 22 Aug 2013 | 04:13 pm
My friend Elmer is an intrepid photographer whose blog (named after the squalid and lusty heart of the city of Manila, Malate) is always packed with great shots of the Philippines. In this post he pre...
Just one more, and then I promise to stop… 15 Aug 2013 | 04:28 pm
I know, I know, too many videos by/about other people lately. I’ve taken on one more day at work, but that small thing has changed everything and my creative spirit is being melodramatic and acting li...
The thousandth book 11 Aug 2013 | 06:03 am
One of the books in this photograph is going to be my thousandth* handmade book, by the time I am done with my bookbinding today. I started numbering my journals in 2001, when I looked back on the pr...
Everybody Street 8 Aug 2013 | 03:58 pm
Whoa. This short trailer really moves me! Fills me with admiration, envy, and longing. I’ve always loved street photography, but have always been really scared to do much of it, myself. I’m scared of...
enjoying some new music… 7 Aug 2013 | 03:55 pm
Such a beautiful song, such a strangely funny video…kinda incongruous and maudlin. Makes me think of the Irish, but maybe that’s because I’ve been re-reading Ulysses this week. Filed under: Inspirati...
To your craft, be true… 28 Jul 2013 | 04:55 pm
Sharing this, because it cheered me up just now. I needed cheering up because I just watched a few (TV?) episodes of Martha Stewart “learning bookbinding” from some poor little intimidated bookbinder—...
sea change 25 Jul 2013 | 05:02 pm
Here’s the new central part of our window at work, with what turned into a sea-themed frame around the shop’s name/logo. I did it in cut paper, so that it would blend with the cut paper birds and flo...
Maciek Janicki’s Paper City 20 Jul 2013 | 11:45 am
Spent a lot of last week making large paper cut designs for our shop window…so paper’s the flavour of my week. Filed under: craftiness, Inspirations, music + film
More Jazmin Berakha brilliance! 17 Jul 2013 | 03:34 pm
New work on her blog! Jazmin Berakha’s style is slowly evolving over time…there’s a lot of her signature style in these embroideries, but she’s also introducing new things, like the use of black fabri...
sproing 11 Jul 2013 | 04:15 pm
My soul is alight with your infinitude of stars. Your world has broken upon me like a flood. The flowers of your garden blossom in my body. The joy of life that is everywhere burns like an incense in ...
