1/4 century thoughts

a catalog of inspiration & curiosity. musings about intriguing faces, places, objects & ideas. by a chinese/french canadian/yale educated/l.a. dwelling young lady
showslow: Let’s get away from it all by Mudchicken Acrylic on map, 2009 How appropriate, just as I steal away from LA. Boarding a flight for Croatia in a few hours, for a whirlwind driving rally through the Balkans. This is an exercise in trying to be more spontaneous with life and grab opportunities when they present themselves.  Then London, then NYC… I can’t picture a better way to spend my birthday this year than on the run with a bunch of fearless people. Wish me luck!

showslow: Let’s get away from it all by Mudchicken Acrylic on map, 2009

How appropriate, just as I steal away from LA. Boarding a flight for Croatia in a few hours, for a whirlwind driving rally through the Balkans. This is an exercise in trying to be more spontaneous with life and grab opportunities when they present themselves.  Then London, then NYC… I can’t picture a better way to spend my birthday this year than on the run with a bunch of fearless people. Wish me luck!

The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.

—Soren Kierkegaard

The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.

—Charles F. Kettering

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid.

—Soren Kierkegaard (truth!)

countdown to escape

One week and two big deadlines stand between my spontaneous birthday getaway and I…

damien hirst dots & lanvin ballerinas

damien hirst dots & lanvin ballerinas