02 5 / 2013
4 Sisters Take Their Photo Every Year For 36 Years
Back 1975, American photographer Nicholas Nixon once took a photo of his wife Bebe and her three sisters, and they came up with an idea to make it an annual tradition. Since then, the Brown sisters took a photo every year till 2010. To make the series more coherent, the four sisters - Heather, …
This got shared on my Facebook today. What an amazing project to undertake. Such a beautiful way to document the changes of ageing.
31 3 / 2013
BEFORE MIDNIGHT TRAILER YOU GUYS, I THINK I JUST EXPLODED
NB. Big spoilers for those who haven’t yet seen Before Sunrise or Before Sunset. If you fall into that category, I cannot recommend these films highly enough to you, go forth and watch.
25 2 / 2013
Every Best Picture winner from Wings (1927) to Argo (2013)
20 2 / 2013
I’ve just finished reading Elizabeth Cowie’s article entitled ‘Fantasia’ and I’m left slightly disappointed that there was not even a mention of Mickey Mouse.
19 2 / 2013
Lesson # 91 : “Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.”
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich © Milton Greene, NYC, 1952
22 1 / 2013
And this is two years ago.
I miss my friends, and the Summer Ball (that was actually in Spring), and wearing dresses, and having friends to go out with instead of staying in (and re-watching Being Human UK for the third/forth time), and university. Blah, blah, blah.
I miss these beautiful ladies and university, too!
13 1 / 2013
I’ve been studying Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) as part of my PhD and I love the character of Midge. She represents the sensible, the rational and was trapped as much as Madeleine/Judy was out of her love for Scottie.
Although I’m learning that Hitchcock tended to trap women, revealed through theoretical readings of his films, there’s no denying his extraordinary sense of filmic convention. He made some absolute crackers.
04 1 / 2013
"Long afterward, Oedipus, old and blinded, walked the roads. He smelled a familiar smell. It was the Sphinx. Oedipus said, “I want to ask one question. Why didn’t I recognize my mother?” “You gave the wrong answer,” said the Sphinx. “But that was what made everything possible,” said Oedipus. “No,” she said. “When I asked, What walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, you answered, Man. You didn’t say anything about woman.” “When you say Man,” said Oedipus, “you include women too. Everyone knows that.” She said, “That’s what you think."
25 12 / 2012
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… A Totoro in a Camphor tree!
Seen on my dashboard on 1 December, scheduled to reblog on Christmas morning, because I have some standards. ;-)
Happy Christmas!
Happy Christmas, everyone!
(via peterdroberts)
