God loves the good people
And he loves the bad guys too a little bit
He hates the debil! 

need to get Ezie and Ezra to sing this when they learn how to speak! am sure i can handle the guitar.

Who knew researching could bring up some addictive benefits — here are 2 songs playing on the site of the beautiful Joah Love (which does cute, fine children’s togs). Total boogie material!! (:

(I really like the instrumental version playing on the Joah Love site!)

“Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”
- Job 1:21 

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
- James 4:14 

Some of my favourite visual identities have a common thread — they’re done for art centres:

Jonathan Barnbrook for Mori Arts Center + Museum (Tokyo):
(Barnbrook also weaves political themes in his creative direction)

David Rager for New Museum (New York):

Kashiwa Sato for National Arts Centre (Tokyo):

And a little snippet from the latest collection at The Selby! :D

~ Christopher Simmonds, art director at Partner + Partner UK.

be sure to check out the  latest NYT magazine, a compilation of women issues. it includes a lovely story on how microfinancing has allowed opportunities to groom female breadwinners in developing countries. just yesterday, the site was updated with reader-submitted photographs of women around the world — in this gallery are some of the most gorgeous ladies i’ve seen, faces of strength than power.

clockwise from top left:
- an aspiring model in the village of Ghana recycles a pair of sunglasses discarded by a volunteer
-  a factory worker at a ceramic tile workspace in Yunnan
- a cancer battler/survivor
- Maheena from Kenya went the distance to seek treatment for an ailment, but could not return home as she did not know where she’d really lived

it’s been a month of extremes…

fear and peace
faith and doubt
yes and no

…but i wouldn’t have it any other way. :) 

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– the last image is a painting by Francois Gerard. so tender and cold all at the same time no?

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– faith faith faith. “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” ~ heb 11:1.

What do you love at work most?

Here are six things I love:

1) Thinking about ideas and content freely — with the deadline far away.
2) Working without interruption on a single project.
3) Using a wide variety of tools and techniques.
4) Travelling to new places.
5) Working on projects that matter to me.
6) Having things come back from the printer done well. 

- Stefan Sagmeister

Salvador Dali – Rose Meditative (1958)

On toiling:

“Baba, you cannot practise art on an empty stomach – let me first make enough money from the lighter forms, then I’ll be able to devote myself to classical,” says Shyamji.

– Amit Chaudhuri; The Immortals

On living:

The only dream worth having, I told her, is to dream that you will live while you’re alive and die only when you’re dead… …To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.

– Arundhati Roy; The End of Imagination

On love:

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

– 1 John 4:18

He is love.

Jackson is all things to all men. Neither black nor white, neither masculine nor feminine, he looks like a bizarre blend of Napoleonic dandy and star trooper. Disturbingly, Jackson lists among his inspirations Liza Minelli, Diana Ross, and Peter Pan, a catholic enough collection to cover all the angles. 
- Deyan Sudjic, Cult Heroes

Smooth Criminal is my favourite MJ track of all time. He uses his voice to varying effects and to portray multiple characters, first starting out as if a machine gun, then sounding like the cacophony of a worried crowd and finally attempting the shrilled helplessness of a victim. I don’t know which other MJ song embodies the pop icon more than this particular one — a criminal, spectacle and victim all at once. 

As he came into the window / it was the sound of a crescendo