material exploitation, arbor manipulation, design, terrariums, systems, communication, unfortunate facial structures, wrists and ankles, responsible waste management, ligatures, paints and pigments, nails / hair / teeth / bones, the obvious textual insectual prismatic infatuations of such a glutton, yes? (buttons buttons) And houses shaped like drawings of them.
this season: Ólafur ElÃasson
Beck, Experimental Dental School, Peter, Bjorn & John, Mos Def, Boards of Canada, Yo La Tengo, Thom Yorke, Sigur Rós, JJ Cale, Johnny Cash, Mr. Scruff, The White Stripes, Neutral Milk Hotel, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hieroglyphics, DJ Shadow, Björk, Air, KRS-One, Jon Brion, The Velvet Underground, B.B. King, Atmosphere, Portishead, Nina Simone, Mogwai, Jay-Z, King Crimson, MF Doom, Coco Rosie, A Silver Mt. Zion, Bob Marley, John Lee Hooker, The Herbaliser, Donovan, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Bob Dylan, Calexico, Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, Blur, The Go! Team, Fiona Apple, Explosions in the Sky, The Arcade Fire, Dr Octagon, Gorillaz, Cat Power, Charlie Parker, Nortec Collective, Blonde Redhead, Aesop Rock, Interpol, The Sleepy Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Cake, Feist, Felix Da Housecat, Hella, Johnny Greenwood, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Led Zeppelin, Talib Kweli, U.N.K.L.E., Sonic Youth, The Roots, Mindless Self Indulgence, Kanye West, Placebo, Lauryn Hill, Ozomatli, Nico, Outkast, Louis Armstrong, A Tribe Called Quest, Massive Attack
recently: Chûgoku no Chôjin! and The Darjeeling Limited was pretty damn gorgeous, too.
toss it.
'Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth' by William Bryant Logan, Michael Pollan's 'The Botany of Desire' (I haven't yet read 'Omnivore's Dilemma'), The Kaplans' 'The Art of the Inifinite', and other factuals.Raymond Carver, Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, Joyce Carol Oates, William Blake, Lynda Barry, Stanley Donwood, Pablo Neruda, Haruki Murakami, Leonard Shlain, William Bryant Logan, Octavio Paz, Michael Pollan, Tove Jansson, Diane Ackerman, and Rudyard Kipling are perfections, too.
Today: Otter Pops (Tomorrow: Ostriches).. actually, let's say linen.Linen everyday.