ode to bentz

This one is for Bentz, most faithfull of furry friends (and not so good guard dog). He just couldn't stick around any more without Arik, his partner in crime. Those two were as thick as thieves and poor Bentz pretty much died from complications of a broken heart. That's love folks.

monday

sunshine on a rather greyish day

Sometimes I'm glad I drag my camera everywhere...

magnum photos

eve arnold

steve mcurry

micha bar-am

henri cartier-bresson

I stopped by the video library to return "Life through a lense" (documenting Annie Leibowitz's life and work) and came across a book of Magnum photography. After deciding it might not be polite to drool on books not mine, I came home and looked up a few photographers on the site. It is well worth a visit, with an amazing diversity of porfolios.

I read about Cartier Bressons concept of "the decisive moment" - in his words; "the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression." His uncanny, almost prophetic ability to predict what was about to happen and capture it as it was unfolding rendered the most poetic of images.

octopus bowl

this is my favorite bowl. It's a flea market find, and it makes everything taste much better.

chopped vegetables + feta + quinoa + olive oil + s&p + blue bowl

=

lunch.

no. 2

'Zig-zag Berlin -Leipzig. It's the end of Summer...

photos from the files

place : double eye, Berlin

If you happen to find yourself wandering down Akazien Straße in Berlin,
do me a favor and stop by Double Eye for coffee. It's an oasis in a desert of (mildly put) awful coffee and the people watching is just as good

running a good race

"run uncle arne , run swift like the wind"

One of the great things about city life is that something interesting is always just around the corner... this Sunday it was the Berlin Marathon. Being more of an artistic type I've never really been swept off my feet by any sporting event. Yesterday, however, was different. I heard cheering, and looked over the balcony to see the first hand-bikes racing by, driven by paraplegic and amputee athletes. A little bit later, cheers grew louder and I peeked again, this time to see the first runners, led by Haile Gebrselassie, making it just past the half point. I quickly grabbed my keys and camera, and ran out the door. I found myself following a good part of the route, and then heading over to the finish lines, just beyond the Brandenburg gate. Over 40,000 runners participated, and it seemed like all of Berlin was there to cheer them on; Drummers, DJ's, flag wavers, and even a wind orchestra at the half point. It seemed like everyone was swept way in the excitement. What made me drop everything and spend my morning watching temporarily insane people run an infamous race? It seems that somehow the marathon, with it's ethos of endurance and perseverance is something that everyone identifies with in someway or another.

marshmallow temptation

Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo.

this will be all over the place in about 3 minutes, but it's to funny not to post. I'm with the one that stuffs two in his mouth...

via cup of jo

shana tova ! שנה טובה

Dip an apple in some honey! I'm in Berlin for some New Year's celebrations, which means serious eating among other festivities. I'm baking a cake, going to some concerts, and of course, hitting the flea markets... shana tova!


more flea market pictures here

disclaimer , collages and short stories

So I've had a rather nasty habit for quite some time now-
turns out I've been clicking "save image" faster than you can blink, resulting in hundreds of hoarded photos who's source I haven't the slightest clue about...

not nice.

However, it does seem a pity to let them just sit here, gathering dust. And so her and there,I'll present cyberspace with my humble offerings - results of my collage fetish. These are not about the specifics anyways, more of an abstract vibe. Images that seem to belong together in the same story. Maybe that's a good thing. I think that sometimes the whole design blog realm encourages hyper-consumerism instead of creativity. Just buy a-b-c to get the look, instead of forcing us to figure out why we like something, why things work together etc...
That said, I will mend my ways and start labeling my images.

no. 1

re-post

So I think the lovely lady from yesterday(upper right corner)deserves a re-post.

First of all because of her legs, and second , because I think she's wearing a COS skirt that I've been trying to hunt down with no success...

via the sartorialist

otomi fabric headboard

I just saw this fantastic DIY upholstered headboard at design*sponge.

The material is handmade by the Otomi Indians in Central America-incidentally,I've been stalking this embroidery pretty regularly at a neighborhood shop that carries all sorts of different south american textiles,all irresistible.

got my liver

a few items I might be needing for fall.

when I feel greedy*, I hum to myself my favorite lines

from "ain't got no" - sung unforgettably by nina simone:

"Ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes Ain't got no money, ain't got no class Ain't got no skirts, ain't got no sweaters Ain't got no faith, ain't got no beard Ain't got no mind...

I got my arms, I got my hands I got my fingers,
Got my legs I got my feet,I got my toes
I got my liver,
Got my blood I've got life, I've got my freedom I've got the life"

I got my liver

but I still wouldn't mind that anthropologie coat

*it's not entirely my fault. they send me e-mails

***

trench coat and glasses - unknown

jacket sweater dress and scarf - anthropologie

clothes on model , center- kate spade

lovely photo ,upper right corner - via the sartorialist

Fall

I guess Fall can come now. I have a great scarf-

bring it on...

a sartorial moment

stripes,coming and going...

from last week's visit to cospudener see

a sunny afternoon

saturday afternoon : leipzig edition

back in the zig. of course it's raining. what was I thinking ?

via via via

in another series of rabbit trails, I came across Jason Munn of

The Small Stakes studio

and fell in love with his graphic work.

read about his work, and check them all out

via rifle via cup of joe

boom pam

we went to kafee burger to hear boom pam for some quirky tuba love : wedding band meets mediteranian meets balkan surf music is pretty awesome, but my heart belongs to the tuba

thing : baarbar

so I might have to take back some of the nasty things I said and give ikea some credit for this nice little baarbar tray. what can I say... the birds had me at hello

yellow+grey again

louis poulsen toldbod pendants
they're all over the place, and they're lovely

experiments in macro

off again...

too bad it's not glamorous anymore

photos