miss juliette-lee - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I don't mind having to flip a record at the conclusion of each side.I have the wanderlust.I like to discover.I once left a pile of chalk pastels on my brick window ledge after a night of drawing the city scape, and it rained. The pastels half-melted, and, even though they were ruined, I couldn't bring myself to clean them away. The composition of how they'd melted and strewn was too engaging and delightful. I watched them slowly decompose for the 14 more months I lived in that two-bedroom on Hudson street. Everyday I'd check on them, like a plant--I'd tend to them. I'd take pictures. On the right kind of day, they could even make me cry. They became my favorite picture of beauty. If anyone understands why this has become one of my favorite metaphors for life, we should be friends.I paint: (www.julietteshimkin.com) And I take pictures: (www.flickr.com/photos/julietteshimkin/)

Nina Simone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVfIWUHn1T8

My Interests

rhythm, grammar, broccoli rabe, Love, overcast days with the chance of rain, andy goldsworthy, people who read books, frisbee, yiddish.

I'd like to meet:

ironically, people who don't use myspace so often and can help get me away from my computer. Nina Simone(see above)people who will invite me to africa. people who will invite me out dancing or to frisbee games. cilantro enthusiasts.

Music:

nina simone, sam cooke, Miriam Makeba.

Movies:

The Shimkin Ultimatum:
Starring Joshua and Juliette Shimkin. Coming to theaters this Summer!

Books:

The Razor's Edge, American Pastoral

Heroes:

Maughm's protagonist, Larry, in The Razor's Edge.

My Blog

just a teaser. . .

There will be so much to show and tell when I get back home, but until then . . . We spent the day at one of the many refugee camps in these parts, and these folks went nutz over our cameras--here's o...
Posted by miss juliette-lee on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:39:00 PST

Le Wedding

So my cousin got married over this past weekend, in Geneva. That's in Switzerland. Actually not in Geneva, but right next to it, in this tiny little town in the mountains called Sion. He's not real...
Posted by miss juliette-lee on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:19:00 PST

Im the girl who hurt herself at karaoke.

It was said on the phone last night, "so, now you're that girl: the girl who hurt herself while singing karaoke.""It's true," I said. "I'm the girl who hurt myself at karaoke."I'm totally bed ridden....
Posted by miss juliette-lee on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:04:00 PST

i've been carving spoons

This is my favorite spoon! So I did a sexy photoshoot with it! (it's only an inch long - its TINY!)This one i call, Dancer in the Dark!not only and also: dovetail joinery is a wonderful, beautif...
Posted by miss juliette-lee on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:32:00 PST

just a couple of things

So, as we all know, James Brown died. I hope you all danced your way through the tears, because that's what i did. Alive or dead, even though i never met the man, i think he would've wanted us all t...
Posted by miss juliette-lee on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:45:00 PST

I'm easy to please these days.

Since I've moved here, I do everything alone. Sunday is my only day away from the shop, and it's the day when everything else needs to get done: laundry, bill paying, house cleaning etc. I very much...
Posted by miss juliette-lee on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:45:00 PST

Snowy Day: Part II

It kept snowing, so it was a lazy snow day at the school and I went for a walk down to the creek:And the sun came out:And so I could see more colors:and here's one of me, incase you miss me.No, Catya,...
Posted by miss juliette-lee on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:18:00 PST

"Abstractions in Winter" or "a snowy day late afternoon procrastination tactic"

It snowed last night. A lot. I took some pictures:one for the bird lovers:and a couple for my mom, who loves the scenery shots:...
Posted by miss juliette-lee on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:52:00 PST

Home Is Where You Make It

I went for a walk on the very windy and rainy beach this afternoon.And the waves were pushing and pulling all of the beach logs and drift wood, into the water, and then crashing back onto the beach. ...
Posted by miss juliette-lee on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:19:00 PST

The Photo Speaks for Itself

saw this while driving to the Vancouver airport. . . I know, I shouldn't be taking pictures while actually driving, but while driving is usually when i see the funniest stuff.this guy and his car, whi...
Posted by miss juliette-lee on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:20:00 PST