la folie almayer

(rené magritte)

happy birthday jack kerouac!

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!”
- jack kerouac's on the road 1957



things to do to celebrate jack kerouac birthday:

• read one of his books; such as: on the road, the dharma bums, big sur, the uubterraneans, and visions of cody.
• drink red wine, beer, or anything really.
  
• speak in french. his parents were french-canadians & he could speak it, he was 6 when he starting learning enlgish.
• play football. he played during high school & was offered scholarships from notre dame, colombia university, boston college. he accepted colombia offer & played there also
  
• if you're in san francisco, go visit jack kerouac alley. i've been there a few time, it's like walking with his ghost. i could see him everywhere i looked.
• then go to city lights bookstore which was the spot for beat poets, such lawrence ferlinghetti (who i've had the pleasure of staring at - too shy to introduce myself).
• carry around a notebook & write it in when the fancy strikes you.
• take your car on a road trip! now! don't pack, don't plan, don't pick a destination, just do it!
• try some buddhist meditation or a buddhist bible.
• try your hand at stream of consciousness writing, or as kerouac called it 'spontaneous prose', which is the style of on the road. here are the essentials of spontaneous prose as he described it.
• listen to some jazz.

these boots are made for walkin'

captured: 01.03.09

the recently deflowered girl

edward gorey's the recently deflowered girl: the right things to say on every dubious occasion 1965

(more pictures from the book via jezebel)

favorite eyebrows

i love large, dramatic eyebrows. i hate this current trend where most eyebrows are way over-tweezed, or even worse - clownish, drawn-on eyebrows.

1. audrey hepburn
2. edie sedgwick
3. frida kahlo
4. jennifer connelly

easy rider

la passion de jeanne d'arc

this is a scene from vivre sa vie but the full version of la passion de jeanne d'arc can be found here.

donyale lune

"I learned that I like to live, I like to make love, I really do love somebody, I love flowers, I love the sky, I like bright colors, I like animals."
-donyale luna

jean seberg in a fedora

this girl is the epitome of cuteness, just all around perfect.

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man of constant sorrow

sylvia plath

john heartfield

john heartfield was a pioneer of photomontages. the images he created are laden with symbolism & political messages, especially anti-hitler, anti-nazi messages. i love how he used his art to try to raise awareness, he made his art stand for something. "if you don't stand for something you will fall for anything." unlike the majority of the german population, heartfield did not fall for hitler. instead he stood & stood strong against the wave of fascism that swept the country. even if you stripped the political messages from heartfield's the images are still compelling & revolutionary works of art.at least in my mind "niemals weider (never more/never again)" will forever be synonymous with discharge's album never again. now i understand why they chose his image for their album cover.