KAKVA GODINA! Ako krenem od pocetka, krenula sam da vodim jogu, kupili smo stan, bili u Japanu, Dzoni mi je sagradio portfolio sajt i izasle su Adore cokolade. Ponovo sam pocela da vozim. Stavkicu-dve prenosim u 2010, poneku dodajem. Ponosna sam sto ovako stabilno guram sa blogicem, drzi me u treningu, pa mi magistarski koji evo upravo zavrsavam ide k'o po loju. Eto, taj magistarski za milimetar prelazi u 2010. Neka, da ne bude previse.
Evo vam desktop wallpapers, jedan blushy i drugi icy. Tema, predivni beli paunovi. Uzivajte, tipkamo se sledece godine!
Obozavam stare komedije, mjuzikle, romantike i tako to. U ludom punom koloru. Panavision. Vistavision. Pa uvodne spice, slova u njima, pa kostimi, frizure i sminka. Humor, ostar i pametan, pa tu i tamo presmesno predramljeno. Obozavam.
B92 nas za pocetak nove godine casti filmom Artists and Models iz '55. Glavne uloge, legendarni komedijasko smekerski duo - Dean Martin i Jerry Lewis. Kod nas preveli - Artisti i modeli. Artisti! Ha! Kaze moj tata da su u Beogradu bili redovi ispred bioskopskih biletarnica kada se davao ovaj film.
Na IMDb zaplet u prvoj recenici krece ovako: Rick Todd uses the dreams of his roommate Eugene as the basis fir a successful comic book, a neki user review kaze na pocetku: Very funny, if you can stand Jerry Lewis. To vam je to. Pa odlucite. Mene to radi na nivou deteta od 9 godina. Prepustim se kao Zimskom bioskopu.
Evo par frejmova, bicete hooked, kao ja.
I za kraj, pocetak filma, ako vas ne rade zamrznute slike, mrdajuce ce vas ocarati. Mene su dobili kod sneznih vrhova i kod ogromnog V iz vistaVision koje mi se unosi u facu.
Dakle, Artisti i modeli, 1. januar 2010. • B92 • 14.00 Plus, Holivud ili propast, 2. januar 2010. • B92 • 14.00 Be there or be square
KLASIK LISTA zimskih poklona. Novogodisnjih, bozicnih ili rodjendanskih. Comfort food u sektoru igracki. Setting - hladno ucaureno vreme, tiho i ususkano, sa dovoljno vremena sa recharge i healing. Evo moje liste, mesta nisu numerisana:
1. SLAGALICA U poslednje vreme sam otkrila ove nove fensi slagalice sa zlatnim folijama. I potpuno smisleno svetlucaju ako su, npr, u slagalicu pretvorene Klimtove slike. Naravno, ultimativne za bilo koje zivotno doba su UNICEF slagalice koje su nama kupovali mama i tata. Ove godine je aktuelna crvena Sagalova slika, 2008 - okrugla seasons, a 2007- Voyage of Discovery:
... a one nase stare ne mogu da nadjem na netu, evo samo jedne od tih, one okrugle. Te okrugle imaju neku posebnu magijsku vrednost, kao da su kaleidoskopske. Which brings me to another item on the list.
Za kaleidoskope ne znam sta da kazem. Imaju cudesno terapeutsko dejstvo i u meni izazivaju ushicenje pri pomisli da je svaka sledeca sara koju vidimo iz trenutka u trenutak potpuno jedinstvena i neponovljiva. Kaleidoskop izaziva divljenje prema zivotu i cini da ga jos vise cenim. Mogu da buljim u tu cevku sa par ogledalaca i sarenim staklicima citavu vecnost. Slike koje pravi su kao crkveni vitrazi ili mandale. Ima ih bezbroj lepih, ali nisu svi staklici jednako magicni. Zato, moraju na test voznju pre nego sto se kupe. Narocito ovi novi, znaju da budu prilicno plasticni, drljavi i ne-magicni. Kada su praaaavi, onda je to vantelesno iskustvo. Pogledajte divnu pricu o staroj tokijskoj radnji. Plus, Make Your Own Kaleidoscope, clanak iz magazina Popular Science iz 1944. I evo jednog slatkog retro limenog, komprimovanog za poneti, kao everyday tranquilizer. Japanskog, naravno.
3. SVETLECI GLOBUS Ultimativno atmosfersko svetlo za jedan cist stan bez previse dzidzabidza unaokolo. Takodje jako zakucast za kupiti, uglavnom to postolje bude problematicno... Evo nekoliko mnogo lepih, all via above&beyond.
4. MUZICKA KUTIJA ZA NAKIT Ovo je najzakucastiji komad na listi. Ne zato sto se dvoumim da li treba da bude ovde ili ne. To je jedna od onih cudnovatih stvari koja ume da cini detinjstvo devojcice iako joj ne kazu da je devojcica i sta treba da joj se svidja, iako je vidja samo jednom u sto godina kada ode u te neke goste koji su upravo po toj muzickoj kutiji za nakit posebni. Nikad ne kaze naglas nesto o tome, ne trazi da je ima, samo zna da postoji. Cudo jedno kako radi decja glava.
Anyway, kutija za nakit. Plus, svira kad se otvori. Plus, kada se podigne poklopac i krene ta muzika, iskoci i balerina koja se vrti lagano. U nju, kao i u kaleidoskop, moze da se bulji satima. E sad, problem je sto su te kutije jaaaako kicaste, nisu cak ni kemp, a te balerine uglavnom poprilicno lose izmodelovane i obojene. Mislim, verovatno su neke devojcice iz old money familija videle i neke predivne porcelanske vrtece balerinice, sigurna sam da i to postoji. Realno, aktuelni problem sa ovim kutijama je jedino to sto nisu updateovane i pretovrene u neki konceptualni komad. Kao stvorene su za to. Samo mali twist i dizivele bi ludi revival. Samo da svira Moon River i da se vrti Audrey u nekoj Givenchy haljini iz Dorucka kod Tifanija i eto vam. To je bila jedna besplatna ideja.
5. SNOW GLOBE Kao i ostali komadi na listi, i ovaj poslednji titra izmedju kicha i genijalnosti. Snowglobeili snowdome je bio jedina stvar koju sam pikirala kao vrlo konretan poklon za moju sestru kad smo isli u Njujork. I pogadjate - nisam ga kupila. Jedini koji je bio pristojan, pronadjen u Museum-u of Natural History bio je tezak... jedno 5 kila. Uglavnom, svuda oko mene katastrofalno bedni primerci, turisticki, ili oni sto su zapravo ramovi za slike. F-u-j.
U traganju za pristojnim ako ne brilijantnim uzorkom, naletim na ova tri, jedan bas fin, jedan fensi i jedan fenomenalno bizaran, sa sve datumom u postolju. prvi via LoveToKnow, drugi LemonAnnie, treci OhLesBoulANeiges
Ali onda! Naidjem na genijalni preokret, upravo ono sto treba muzickim kutijama. Serija TRAVELERSkoju su dvehiljadite zapoceli umetnici Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz.
U prodavnici stvari za kucu UNICA, opis kaze: Produced in a limited edition of 250 signed units each, artists Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz's work usually involves bizarre fairy-tale like images trapped in snow globes. U Unica prodavnici ih mozete kupiti za po $750. via somethinbeautiful
Eto. To vam je ta lista.
...................................................................................................... CLASSIC LIST of winter gifts. New Years, Christmas or birthday ones. Comfort food in toys section. Setting – crispy cold weather, quiet and tucked in, with enough time for recharge and healing. Here is my list, the seats are not numbered:
1. PUZZLES Lately I discovered these new fancy puzzles with golden foils. And they glitter with making a complete sense if they are, for example, Klimt’s paintings turned into a puzzle. Of course, the ultimate ones for any age are UNICEF puzzles which mom and dad bought for us. This year, the popular one is Chagall’s red painting, in 2008 – round Season’s, and in 2007 - Voyage of Discovery: see image …and those old ones, ours, I cannot find any on the internet, here is only one of those, the round one. Those round ones are of particular magical value, as if they are kaleidoscopic. Which brings me to another item on the list.
2. KALEIDOSCOPE I have no words for kaleidoscopes. They have a miraculous therapy effect and cause thrill in me at the very thought that each new pattern we see moment to moment is completely unique and unrepeatable. Kaleidoscope generates astonishment with life and makes me appreciate it even more. I could stare at this pipe with a few mirrors and tiny bits of colored glass for an eternity and beyond. The images it creates are like stained glass panels on a church or mandalas. There are a number of beautiful ones, but not all little pieces of glass are equally magical. Therefore, they need to undergo test-drive before bought. Especially these new ones, they get to be rather plastic, lame and non-magical. When they are proper, it is an out-of-body experience. Take a look at the wonderful story about the old Tokyo store. Plus, Make Your Own Kaleidoscope, the Popular Science magazine article from 1944. And here is one sweet-retro made of tin, compressed to go as an everyday tranquilizer, Japanese of course.
3. LIGHTNING GLOBE Ultimate atmosphere light for a clean apartment without too many thingies around. Also very tricky to buy, mostly the stand gets problematic… Here are some very beautiful ones, all via above&beyond.
4. JEWELRY MUSICAL BOX This is the trickiest piece on the list. Not because I’m having second thoughts on whether it should be in the list. It is one of those miraculous things which can make the childhood of a girl, although she is not being told that she is a girl and what she should like, and although she sees it only once in a while when she visits some people being special exactly for this musical box for jewelry. She never mentions it, she never asks for it, she only knows it exists. What happens inside a child’s head is something to wonder about. Anyway, the jewelry box. Plus, it plays whenever opened. Plus, when you lift the cover and the music starts, a ballerina spinning slowly comes out as well. You can stare at it for hours, just as at the kaleidoscope. But, the issue is that those boxes are veeery kitschy, they are not even camp, and those ballerinas are mostly quite badly modeled and colored. I mean, probably some girls from old-money families saw some beautiful porcelain spinning ballerinas, I’m sure this also exists. Objectively, the current issue with these boxes is that they are not updated and turned into some conceptual piece. They’re a perfect fit for that. Just a little twist and they would experience a crazy revival. If only the Moon River would play and with Audrey spinning in some Givenchy dress from Breakfast at Tiffany’s and there you go. This was one free-of-charge idea.
5. SNOW GLOBE Just as all the others items in the list, this last one also tightrope joggles between kitsch and geniality. Snowglobe or snowdome was the single thing I eyed as a very concrete present for my sister when we went to New York. And you’re guessing – I did not buy it. The only acceptable one, found in the Museum of Natural History was heavy…some 5 kilos. Anyways, all around me catastrophically pathetic samples, tourist ones, or the ones actually being the picture frames. Y-u-c-k. Searching for acceptable if not brilliant sample, I came across these three, one very nice, one fancy and one phenomenally bizarre, all together with the date on a stand. First one via LoveToKnow, 2nd LemonAnnie, 3rd OhLesBoulANeiges.
But then! I bumped into a genial twist, exactly what the musical boxes need. The TRAVELERSseries, started by artists Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz in 2000. In the home accessories store UNICA, a description states: Produced in a limited edition of 250 signed units each, artists Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz's work usually involves bizarre fairy-tale like images trapped in snow globes. You can get them for $750 a piece in Unica store.
VIKEND je pravo vreme za spremanje kolaca. Porodicne rituale nasledjujemo i neke nove stvaramo u hodu. Sve mi nesto mirise da bi Red Velvet Cupcakes mogli uskoro da postanu nas novi mali porodicni ritual. Iako se prvenstveno vezuje za Dan zaljubljenih i pravi u obliku srcastog kolaca, odlucila sam da vam Crvene Plisane Kolacice predstavim kao moj predlog za novu godinu.
Prvi put sam tek nedavno saznala za ovo cudeso koje to uopste nije - ovo je zapravo neki najobicniji moguci patispanj kome je dozica iz standardne zadate kolicine tecnosti zamenjena istom tolikom dozicom crvene kulinarske boje. Tako je nastao magicni crveni plisani kolac. Simple as that.
Uglavnom, ovo je slika koje me je ulovila. Rose Levy Beranbaum je nam je ovaj recept za dz dala uz preview njene knjige Rose's Heavenly Cakes na Amazonu. A onda sam tragala dalje.
Uvodna slika sa savrseno izmodelovanim kremom na ludo crvenim cupcakes u metalize modlicama je taman uredna, taman ostra, moderna i ziva, bez Valentine's romantike. Mislim da cu praviti crvene plisane kolacice koristeci chockylit-ino uputstvo. Tamo ide prvo spisak potrebnosti za kolacice, pa za ovaj beli puf gore, pa i za masu za ukrase. Imate sve kod nje na blogu.
Ako zivite u LA-u, imate privilegiju da napadnete ove kolacice koje prave i u Sprinkles Cupcakes, a evo kako ih pakuju i kako ih beleze. Ah...
Tufne na frostingu obelezavaju ukus. Ova crvena tufna, sa manjom bledo plavom je nas junak - Red Velvet. Evo je tabela tufni i nedeljni raspored pravljenja kolacica. (images via SpeedM).
To su samo cupcakes, posle toga ide icing. Ako hocete all in one, slatkica Pastry Chef Wendy iz Dish-a ce vam pokazati ceo proces odjednom:
Deluje easy as 1-2-3, samo treba nesto sastojaka, vremena i uzivanja u procesu.
Ah da, vegan verzija: 1. Red Mango Bakery's Red Velvet Cake Review @ Happy. Healthy. Life. 2. Vegan Red Velvet Cupcakes @ Mac & Cheese ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jan 28, 2010 update: Vegan Red Velvet cupcakes from Sprinkles Cupcakes! .............................................................................................. WEEKEND is the right time for making cakes. We inherit the family rituals and create some on the go. There is something indicating to me that the Red Velvet Cupcakes could soon become out new little family ritual.
Although it is mostly related to Valentines Day and is made as a heart-shaped cake, I decided to present you Red Velvet Cupcakes as my suggestion for the new year.
Recently I found out about this miracle which is not that at all – this is actually some most ordinary cake base dough in which the dosage of the given amount of liquid is substitued with that same dosage of red food color. This is how the magical red velvet cake was born. Simple as that.
The intro image with perfectly modeled cream on crazily red cupcakes in metallized little molds is just rightly neat, just rightly sharp, modern and vivid, without Valentine’s romantic. I think I will make red velvet cupcakes using chockvlit’s recipe. There you first have the list of ingredients, and then for this white puff on the top, and even for the decorations mix. You have it all on her blog.
If you live in LA, you have the privilege to attack these cupcakes also made in Sprinkles Cupcakes, and here is how they pack them and mark them. Ah… The dots on the frosting mark the flavor. This red dot, with a smaller pale blue one is our hero – Red Velvet. Here’s the dots chart and the weekly schedule for cupcakes making. (images via SpeedM).
If you’re in New York, hit Magnolia Bakery, West Village, 401 Bleecker Street. This is how they make Red Velvet Cupcakes there: see clip
These are only the cupcakes, after that comes the icing. If you want all in one, sweet Pastry Chef Wendy from Dish will show you the whole process at once: see clip It looks as easy as 1-2-3, it only takes some ingredients, some time and enjoying in the process.
U PRIJATNOM i krajnje efikasnom poslovnom chit-chatu sa zaposlenim u Telenoru, u tri i po reci sam iskamcila ovaj bedz. Mnogo mi se svideo. Monkey see monkey do. Zapravo, monkey get, u ovom slucaju.
PRVO, sara ja u dva poteza od onih sara sa pregaca, carapa, jastucnica i stolnjaka postala pahulja. Mala varijacija u bojama i od keramike i platna prelazimo na sneg i mraz. Divno, jednostavno i efektno.
A ONDA, ne samo da je ovom stilizovanom ilustracijom nasa tradicija upletena u digitalno doba, nego su se srpski etno motivi prelaskom u plavo beli kolor kod prakticno potpuno izjednacili sa Skandinavskim, sto je vise nego sjajna veza, s obzirom da je Telenor norveska kompanija.
Sada moj novoosvojeni cijan bedz komplementira djubretarsko narandzastu jaknu. Hepi!
IZ DALEKIH PEDESETIH, Meri Bler vam salje Season's Greetings + A memory of winter long ago:
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Ovo je, dakle, ta Meri, magicna ilustratorka koja je, kako stvari stoje, umesala prste u sve sto najvise volim iz Dizni produkcije. Evo ukratko dela njenog sarma u ovoj jednoj slici: siva podloga sa belim mrazovitim biljkicama, cinoberi i razne roze, lepi ferlaufi, trunke hladnih detalja i malo crnih akcenata.
Pa onda iz bele bele vrlo chic scene iz igloa, na zimski zabavni park, pa lepi geometrizovani predeo nalik skandinavskom selu od slatkisa. Pa odatle pravo u grad.
Cudno slicne scene grada i prirode, oba kadra su kao neka predivna ziva dzungla.
U radu Meri Bler kao da je sabijeno sve sto obozavam i sto u mojoj glavi cini moju mrezu sa ljudima mimo prostora i vremena. Od pre nekog vremena je naravno i ona u toj mrezi. Ova dzunglica od malopre neodoljivo podseca na Rusoa, a ovaj sareni zamak ili grad koji slavi je bas kao Kle.
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Jedna od prvih ilustracija koja mi padne na pamet pri pomenu njenog imena je naslovna strana knjige I Can Fly, i naravno odmah uz to setim se i ove fotografije na kojoj Jackie Kennedy kao dete sedi u dovratku sa svojom malom puslicom od cerke koja drzi u rukama upravo ovu knjigu (via fashionation). Preko okeana odstampani i pokretni crtezi Meri Bler su ono sto je ovde Ida Ciric i Dusan Petricic. Narocito ida Ciric, sa svom tom letecom decicom, prirodom i zenskom drazesnoscu. Comfort food u svetu knjiga.
Takodje - Kabaljerosi su njeni! Ne vredi, moram da vas razmrdam malo, evo ga Blame it on Samba. O-bozavam!
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Evo je Meri sa gos'n Diznijem.
Njihov kapitalni zajednicki projekat je deo Diznilenda koji se zove It's a Small World. Prvi put podignut '64. sada ga mozete videti i u kaliforniji, i na floridi, u Parizu, Tokiju i Hong Kongu. Evo Polaroida iz te '64-te (via starling-travel), pa kako je igledao tada, kako danju, kako nocu. Secerna vuna sa novogodisnjim lampicama.
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Za kraj, Meri kako lovi inspiraciju...
... i dve plocice za multiplikovanje na vasem desktopu - regularna i tamnija, pa birajte koliko zelite da vam trepere ringe-ringe-raja klinci koji se neprekidno ponavljaju koliko god da vam se desktop pruza.
(kliknite na svaku od slika, kada se otvori u punoj velicini, desni klik na sliku, save image as..., pa je na pc-ju otvorite u windows picture and fax viewer-u ili bilo kom programcicu za pregled slika, desni klik na sliku i set as desktop background. trebalo bi automatski da se isponavlja tako da imate neprekidno polje ove decice. ako imate problem, pisite)
.............................................................................................. FROM THE FAR 50s, Mary Blair sends you Season's Greetings + A memory of winter long ago: see clip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is, then, that Mary, a magical illustrator who, as it seems, had her fingers in what I love the most from Disney’s production. In short, here is a part of her charm in this single image: grey background with white frosty plants, vermillion and different pinks, nice gradients, dashes of cold details and some black accents. And then from white white very chic igloo scene, onto the winter amusement park, then nice geometrized site looking like the Scandinavian village made of candies. And from there straight to the city.
Strangely similar - city and nature scenes, both sequences are as some gorgeous living jungle.
In Mary Blair’s work, it seems as if everything I adore and everything that in my head makes my network with people outside the space and time is compressed. Since some time ago, she is of course also within this network. This little jungle mentioned above irresistibly reminds of Rousseau, and this colorful castle or the city celebrating is just like Klee. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of the first illustrations occurring to me at the mention of her name is the I Can Fly book cover, and obviously right away I remembered this photograph in which Jackie Kennedy sits like a child within door frame with her little meringue daughter holding this particular book in her hands (via fashionation). Drawings by Mary Blair, printed and moving across the ocean, are the same thing as Ida Ciric and Dusan Petricic works are here. Especially Ida Ciric, with all those flying children, nature and feminine gracefulness. Comfort food in the world of books.
Also – the Caballeros are hers! Can’t help it, I have to kick you a bit, here is Blame it on Samba! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here’s Mary with Mr. Disney. Their major joint project is the part of Disneyland called It's a Small World. Initially built in 1964, now you can see it in California, Florida, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Here’s a Polaroid photo from the mentioned 1964 (via starling-travel), and how it looked like then, in the day, and in the night. Sugar cotton candy with New Years lights. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the end, how Mary hunts inspiration… see image … and two tiles for multiplying on your desktop – regular one and darker one, so choose how much you’d like the children hopping ‘round to blink in continuous repeating as far as your desktop goes. (click each of the images, when it opens in full size, right click > save image as…, and then open it on your PC with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, or any other image viewer, right click on it and choose “set as desktop background” option. It should automatically multiply so that you have continuous field of these children. If any issues, drop a line)
UPRAVO SAM SAZNALA za ne-ve-ro-vatnog fotografa iz Malija. Njegovo ime je Sejdu Kejta.
Kada pronadjem neku novu ljudsku gromadu za koju do sad uopste nisam znala, a tragove toga sam naslucivala u prolazu i u fragmentima cekala da se kockice ovako sloze, sva ustreptim. Trunke rekonstruisane atmosfere sa snimanja Sejdu Kejte smo videli u spotu za pesmu Got Till It's Gone - Janet Jackson i Q-Tipa. Obozavam ovo vreme lako dostupnih informacija koje se ulivaju u moj kompjuter sa svih strana, obozavam tv koji mi je otkrio gospodina Kejtu, obozavam net koji me zapljuskuje morem njegovih fotografija. A Afrika je u svakom smislu za mene jos uvek potpuno neotkriveno parce Zemlje.
Rodjen je 1921. u Bamaku, glavnom gradu Malija, umro u Parizu 2001, samouki fotograf je stvarao predivne crno bele fotografije koje voli i lokalni fotografisani zivalj, a istovremeno i umetnicka publika i kritika sirom sveta. Kao nekakav fotografski naivac. Direktan, dirljivo naivan, snazan toliko da mi se place. Sa teskom mukom medju svim tim licima, studijskim pozama, odecom i titravim printovima biram ovih nekoliko. Prvo, cetiri horizontalne i poprilicno bizarne:
Neke koje na drugi nacin ostavljaju bez teksta:
I gomilica zenskih, sestrinskih, sarenih i bez boje:
Filmic sa propratnim tekstom i mnogo fotografija:
I spot za Got Till It's Gone:
Sa usemplovanim komadicem Joni Mitchell koji kaze Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.Evo ga i original, cisto onako.
