the girl with a pearl earring

I thought it strange, and oddly intriguing, that people are more often categorized by what they wear than who they are. I started thinking about this when I saw this painting in some place or another. I have to admit though, I have gained the terrible habit of noticing stranger's clothing before their faces, although i guess that could be expected seeing as one's face takes up all of about one seventh of our bodies. Still, interesting.

- Belle

spray on

I've decided that a lot of artwork which is heavily reliant, not on still or craftsmanship, but on it's concept can either epically fail or really move people. I love some of Banksy's indoor stuff, because he doesn't spend time and effort deciding how to 'portray the statement'. He just sprays his concept right onto a wall.

- Belle

the invisible man

I love this sort of artwork which makes you "double take" when you see it. This work is by Liu Bolin, who is commonly referred to as "The Invisible Man".

- Belle

yes please

Photoshop-ing is literally an art form now. See above; Erik Johansson, a Swedish artist who uses digitally manipulated photographs to display impossible yet lovely situations. Honestly, who doesn't want a floating bed? I went thought a big craze when I was little where I desperately wanted a water bed, but that's really just one step better.

- Belle

The New Yorker

As Anna is away, and I'm back from my snow holiday, I'm going to have to step up my game! I love the New Yorker, simply because every single page of it is attention-grabbing and interesting, so one doesn't skip multiple pages at a time trying to find something the slightest bit intriguing. Here is a front cover of an issue from February 4th, 1939, and one from 2009. I love how little it's changed.

- Belle

skill + coordination = art

I adore this artist, and in particular this work. Fine art to me, is the most effective expression of one's self. A single line can tell more than a whole novel, when interpreted the right way, or even the wrong way. It can show anything that one's coordination and artistic skill can put to paper.

- Belle

down the river

I love this. I can't imagine how many hours that would have taken. I think there is something extra special about dainty, fiddly little things like this. It reminds me of fairies somehow. Of infanthood.


- Bell