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and thank you for stopping by, taking an interest in my blog. I am the 'relentless hunter and gatherer of soothing beauty, great and small' behind these pages, which for now means: here you find the stuff that makes me think, that inspires me, that I envy and am passionate about. I would love to see or read your views too, so feel free to comment!
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Monthly Archives: April 2016
It’s my birthday
Birthday with depressive number causing flash backs. Me, a thousand years ago. I can see a few familiar traits in this picture, my mother’s mostly, but grandmother’s also. Traits that mean trouble. Trouble was my nickname in the office when I … Continue reading
Posted in (B)OOST, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, EARLY WORKS, PHOTOGRAPHY, TIME LAPSE
Tagged age, ageless, art school, believe, birthday, celebrate, DOB, flash back, Groningen, hope, learn, lessons, life, lust for life, master, Minerva, portrait, school of life, stupid, trust, wisdom, young, young at heart
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Ageless wit
With my birthday coming up, I’m holding on to Maggie Smith, the English actress. She makes being older look like it’s doable, fun even, as if it could be the better period actually. That’s how good an actress she is, I … Continue reading
Posted in (B)OOST, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME, TIME LAPSE
Tagged birthday coming up, came to be day, celebrate whenever you can, Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, death, down hill from here, extra time, flash back, flash forward, half empty, half full, looking forward, Maggie Smith fan, old age, optimist, pensioner, poetry, rear mirror, second half
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Come back
Posted in (B)OOST, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, EMPATHY, MUSIC, TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged come back, flower, Music, record, score, soundtrack, stevie wonder, the secret life of plants
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Flowers framed
Two flower paintings I saw in the Museum Kröller Muller. The paintings are similar, but see what a frame can do. Here’s a top 10 of the best flower paintings according to the Guardian.
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, TIME LAPSE
Tagged best, canvas, dutch, flower, frame, Guardian, Holland, impression, Jan Sluijters, Kröller Muller, light, museum, Odilon Redon, oil painting, Otterloo, painting, photographic, representation, reproduction, technique, top 10
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Pretty simple
Always a good idea for a the day after (referring to my last post) : Keeping it simple, one flower only.
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, PHOTOGRAPHY, THE FABRIC OF HOME, Things I made
Tagged beauty, Bloom, daily, day after, design, enjoy, flower, hangover, Happiness, individuality, miniture, natural, Nature, peony, rest, simple, small, sunlight, vase
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DESKTOP | Flowers
Posted in (B)OOST, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, PHOTOGRAPHY, THE FABRIC OF HOME, Things I made
Tagged abstract, arrangement of one, bouquet, close-up, collection, colors, curation, daily life, desktop, details, flow, flowers, images, miniature, Nature, one, PHOTOGRAPHY, selection, single, small things, star, stem, sunlight, vase
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Sunday t-shirt | Sofa captain
More Ave shirts here
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME, Things I made
Tagged 7th day, anchor, ave, base, birthground, boat, captain, captain of the sofa, chaos, day of rest, destination, Home, maintanance, mother, odyssey, origin, poetry, sea, sermon, sign, sofa, Sunday, t-shirt, txt, water, waves, white
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Word on the street
Yesterday was a day of Prince and typography. After an inspiring meeting discussing typography with a publisher I had to cross town, where every other car had turned into a Prince radio station, his music was everywhere! and the two put together reminded … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, TEXT
Tagged alphabeth, amusement, Ben eine, Black Book Gallery, canvas, evoking, fonts, Gallery, London, Marvelous, Middlesex street, painting, placing, revolution, see no evil, shops, shutters, South Africa, Street art, Typography, words
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Little Red Corvette
We’re looking at the back of a little red Corvette. Prince died ‘on April 21 2016’, as artist Rob Scholte stated, during a live show on Dutch television last night. A memorable date, the end of an area. Corny it may … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, everythingcar, MUSIC, TIME LAPSE
Tagged adventure, April 21 2016, car, Corvette, death, driving, DWDD, eulogy, everythingcar.com, jalopnik.com, legend, limousine, memories, Memory Lane, Music, news, Prince, red, Rob Scholte, story, today's dead
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Car song
A photo I took in a garage packed with old timers. Bring to mind a song I know by heart, music is from my first album ever, William De Vaughn on Souled Out by K-tell…Diamond in the back, sun roof top! … Continue reading
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, MUSIC, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged backseat, black and white, cadillac, car, carmania, driving, everythingcar.com, gangster, gasoline, Happiness, K-tell, limousine, Manhattan, Music, PHOTOGRAPHY, scene, song, soul, Souled Out, sun roof top, thankful for what you've got, top of the world, william de vaughn
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