Woods Part I.

I went exploring in the mountains the other day with my dad's old film camera and a chicken and cheese sandwich and two chocolate mint biscuits. It was one of those days when you should be doing about a million other things but you ignore them all to walk through a field knee-deep with Spring flowers, the pollen tickling at your nose and the sunlight turning the leaves into little pieces of translucent green cellophane.

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The apartment of film producer, Caroline Barry, from an old copy of Russh magazine. Everything feels so warm, yet natural and light. I have a couple more Russh interior articles that I will share with you soon, if only I had more time on my hands to wrestle with my scanner!

Apologies for the blurred edges and general shoddiness of the full page scans.

I have too many boxes, mostly filled with letters and photographs so that I have things to look at on rainy days. Today was the opposite of rainy, so I moved my couch onto the lawn so I could read and nap. I felt like a cat in the sun, lazy down to my bones.

Do any of you use Holgas? It took me awhile to figure out how to load film which luckily seems to be the trickiest part. The rest is mostly point and click!

In Bed

Two of my favourite paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

I stumbled into a children's shop of little treasures the other day, including these little wooden animals. At this very moment, the horse is sailing across the seas in a little brown package, covered in paper using my terrible wrapping skills.

Spring is finally in the air as people are sneezing and masses of colour from blooming flowers seem to be popping up everywhere I go. I can't wait for the sun again, bare feet, shedding layers, miniature food picnics (tiny bite-size pieces of sushi and sandwiches cut into little squares), long drives to the mountains and quiet afternoons.

I seem to get the impression that many people either hate or love the films of Sofia Coppola. I've heard many criticisms that her films are more style than substance however I don't entirely agree. Personally, I enjoy the visual aspects of her film making and her subtle potrayals of young women (and pretty pastel cakes). She also has a wonderful ability to create certain moods within her films.

Lick The Star (Short film)

The Virgin Suicides

Lost in Translation

Marie Antoinette

How To Fly

1) Make sure that your mind is not clogged with heavy burdens such as: resentment, anger, secrets and the past. They can be heavy.

2) Make sure that your body is not clogged with excess fat and excrements.

3) Make sure that your wings are light and free. This is the most difficult proposition. Your wings cannot be free unless the whole world is free, because you are a part of the world.

4) However, there is a way for the whole world to be free. Just like your body, all it needs is to be unclogged and have good circulation. Circulation is the secret to freedom and the key to fly.

5) When the whole world is in good circulation we will all fly together.

6) Meanwhile, give wings to things around you so they will circulate.

- Yoko Ono

Let me know if this works for you!