About me
I'm Jennifer. I'm 27. Originally from NY state but now I live in Portland OR. I am the proud owner of a Bachelor's degree in Community Development.
You can expect to read about the following topics on my blog:
Bicycles
Fine Art
Pop Culture
Hot Dead Dudes
Portland
My dalmatian, Robot
Sweet Fashions
Bike Messenger "culture"
Maybe some recipes
Gardening
Minutea from my lifeI like reading blogs, turns out I also like sporadically writing in my own blog. Eventually I think it would be cool to have a blog with a “purpose” or “cohesion”. Thanks for finding your way here or clicking that link I sent you in an email. Blog blog blog.
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Category Archives: Art
Lucien Freud
I’ve seen this photo with this handsome fellow pop up a few times in the last two days on a few blogs that I read. He’s a British figurative painter. Sort of an octogenarian now, but his work is interesting. … Continue reading
These textile patterns are getting me stoked for spring
These are not springspiration, but I liked them as well… You can find more in the textile collection on VADS (visual arts data service)
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From some blogs I like:
theswampbyhawkeyeandtrapper folkloric it’snicethat weirdfriends hungryeyeball
“I liked the John Singer Sargents…”
Actually this post is about Rufus Wainwright, the headline is from one of my favorite Rufus Wainwright songs. Please abide my rather ad hoc image selections, and lack of sourcing, eep! Ok, I have a bit of a dilemma. Rufus … Continue reading
Collages
I just ordered a bunch of magazine subscriptions, only vaguely for the purpose of reading them. I want them mostly for collages. It’s started raining in Portland. some old collages I made
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Time-Based Art Festival 2010
I signed up to volunteer at the TBA festival this year. It includes music, video, performance art, visual art projects, etc. It takes place at the vacant high school near my apartment. I get some free tickets in exchange.. woohoo! … Continue reading
the sun’s birthday
I found this book at one of my favorite thrift stores. The quotes are sorta cheesy, but I find a weird comfort in the patterns in nature.
Prokudin-Gorskii
These photos are from the Prokudin-Gorskii Collection in the Library of Congress. They were taken in Russia from 1905-1915. You can read more about Prokudin-Gorskii and his process here. Edit…. I showed these to my pal Eric and mentioned how … Continue reading
