NYC as depicted by artist Mark Lascelles Thornton. Red and Gray ink on paper. Part of the "Happiness Machine" series.
(image via archdaily)
inversion practice
working on forearm stand in central park. It's taken a lot of work but getting much better!
(image by: vivien chin)
much ado about nothing_in the park
This year's Shakespeare in the Park started off great with a performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Really funny and well cast. It's the last week so go see it if you have a chance. Free tickets if you wait in line at Central Park. Watch the sunrise warm up and city and have a relaxing picnic day at the park while you wait in line with friends. It's worth it. Or enter the virtual lottery online if waiting isn't your thing.
Can't wait for the 2nd play of the summer, King Lear, starring John Lithgow. Starting soon!
(images by: Vivien Chin)
nostrand @ sunset
Off a corner on Nostrand Ave. Local art and flair absorbing the sunset.
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oyster bar
Celebrated at Grand Central Station's Oyster Bar restaurant. Enjoyed the vaulted interiors and had biggest oyster of my life! Hand sized. Coupled with an Oyster martini.
(images by: vivien chin)
grand central
The buzz and lights of grand central terminal.
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weathered train
Old train sitting on the 1,2,3 line. Stripped and grafittied. Love the weathering
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miffy + light
Ultra cuteness
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today's desk view: mist rolls in
Where did the Empire State Building go? The mist rolls in...
printer's set
Amazing printer's set found in antique shop today. I would have loved a set. All wooden block even!
(images by: vivien chin)
minori
Japanese artist, Minori, at exhibition in Tokyo. Amazing & beautiful.
(image from tokyofashion.com)
how golden the sunset felt_(uncut)
Post-rain walk home at Central Park South tonight. Shimmery and warm.
(image by vivien chin)
aurora_honda syoryu
Stunning rattan weave with the shadows to match. Very inspiring. "Aurora" by artist Honda Syoryu. Displayed at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.
(images by vivien chin)
the wrong house_alfred hitchcock
bates house & motel from "Psycho"
brenner house from "The Birds"
newton house from "Shadow of a Doubt"
Architecture of a cinema great Alfred Hitchcock. "The Wrong House--The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock" by Steven Jobs has piqued my curiosity.
'The drawings are “reconstructions of spaces that never existed,” Jacobs says, and as such, they don’t always make sense architecturally.'
(images and quote via arch daily & design boom)
bourbon pickled pineapples
The pickling journey continues as I experiment with pineapples. Mixed together a bath of vinegar, bourbon, sugar, mustard seed, thyme, and bay leaf for them to soak in. Cucumbers aren't the only ones who get taste transformation through pickling. Can't wait.
UPDATE: successful batch! bourbon pickle perfection.
(images by: vivien chin)
through the swamp
Panoramic views of my walk through the swamps of Barataria Preserve outside of New Orleans in the Jean Lafitte National Park. Had my first 'gator encounter as well. Up close and personal. Highly recommend going if you are in the New Orleans area. It's the best way to walk through the swamp without breaking the galoshes out, not to mention it's just plain amazing to explore! Look out for those swamp bunnies...
(images by vivien chin)
easter egg intricacies
If only all Easter eggs were like this.
(image from Green Renaissance)
whitney biennial: sans papier
Carvings created by holding a knife in place and rhythmically moving a pencil along it's edge without looking to see what's being created. Pieces by artice Peter Schuyff
(images by: vivien chin)
whitney biennial: pillar of inquiry/supple column
Cascading out of the waffle ceiling. Installation by Sheila Hicks at The Whiltney Museum Biennial
codex seraphinianus
Magical drawings by Luigi Serafini. World of fantasy and the bizarre with an alphabet unique to itself. Avocado trees with flying clouds & rainbow wings. Dreamy. I can't wait to get a copy of my own.