Helena Kvarnstrom

She's a really cool artist. And then she has this amazing blog - I basically want to repost everything that she posts. So here are some of the things you will find if you go to her blog:

"Sit Down by the Fire" by the Veils. I'd never heard this song before, and I like it now.

A story about childhood dreams.

Sally Mann photographs:



Beautiful photos of her dog:






Elinor Carucci's photos of her mother:





Also Bruce Springsteen and Roy Orbison songs, which I obviously love. And Lhasa de Sela, who I just posted about. Sometimes I love the internet.

Lhasa de Sela

Covering Elliott Smith

She died on January 1st. I listened to her for the first time today. I feel so sad.

Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

I took a short break from watching this clip over and over to post it. If this doesn't make you feel good, I don't know what will.

Things I found on the internet last night

Two quotes from Ernest Becker

"To live fully is to live with an awareness of the rumble of terror that underlies everything."

"Genuine heroism for man is still the power to support contradictions, no matter how glaring or hopeless they may seem."

Shinzi Katoh

Home Movie Day

It's a year away, but I'm already excited.

D-Bros glass

Fill the glass with water and things get scary.

Anjelica Houston

Kevin Miyazaki

"In the series Early Places, I photograph physical details that are at the heart of my earliest memories, and that remain largely unchanged... These pictures serve as a type of evidence. My motivation is based somewhat in fear - that my memory will fail me without these photographic documents. But I also wish to celebrate these small, lasting things around me that hold such intimate and powerful memory."

I feel like I have access to his memories, without actually knowing what they are. It's a strange, intimate feeling.