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The majority of art in my house is outsider art. Self taught work makes me believe in art, whereas most contemporary work makes me question that belief. You can get affordable, wonderful work from Creativity Explored in San Francisco. They will ship from their online store, but the best is to go there in person. You can flip through thousands of works in the flat files and you can meet the artists. They also have ceramics. Some iconic outsider artists that I love - for all of you God posters, look into B.F. Perkins. Mose Tolliver paintings on wood are true genius. Marcia Weber Art Objects is a good source - also a great place to visit in person. My husband and I did a road trip to her gallery in Alabama and started in New Orleans - take the back roads not the main highways, itâs longer but it's worth it. Speaking of New Orleans, it's a great place to look for Hatian vodou flags - sequined, hauntingly beautiful and mysterious.
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Came across this site while looking for more pics + info on Howard Finsterâs Paradise Garden and hit a goldmine of outsider/folk art archives! Lots of good stuff around Chicago too bc the guy (Bill Swislow) who runs the site is on the board of the Intuit Center! Fun to just click around⌠so many little gems to discover!
Mar 17, 2024
Crazy shit!! Ludicrously intricate paintings that are often about how human geographies are formed; you could look at these for hours and hours and hours⌠a good chunk her work is in the MoMA so if yâall are around there and havenât seen her stuff⌠I meanâŚ
Jan 28, 2024
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If there were a gun to my head pointed by an assailant who demanded that I describe the feeling of living in the USA using only pictures (hey, this is my unreal conditionalâworry about your own), Iâd simply point them in the direction of Michael St. Johnâs âPortraits of Democracy,â which are currently on view as âThese Daysâ at Pio Pico gallery in LA (now extended thru Jan. 1). St. John is probably your favorite artistâs favorite artist: a lifelong student of the aesthetic form who cares more about the Big Issues than making big paintings just because thatâs what someone said collectors want. Heâs also a preternaturally gifted painter (by practice, no less!) whose every choice involves the deliberate reproduction of the very tension that makes life in 2020 one nonstop âParty in the U.S.A.â if you know what I mean. If youâre gonna look at art, why bother with anything you couldnât spend your whole afternoon uncovering the intricacies of, anyway? Viewings are by appointment only, but donât let that intimidate youâitâs literally a phone call, prolly even a DM away.
Nov 24, 2020
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My friend Lex Brown visited LA last year and told me to watch this show. She said start with season 7. I can't even say how captivated and obsessed I became with this show. Alone is a reality show about people surviving in the remote wilderness by themselves, and they have to film it all themselves. The person who lasts the longest wins. Season 7 is set in the Arctic and the format is slightly different because they have to survive for 100 days to win. I am so impressed by these people and their skills and I just can't recommend it enough. I think starting with season 7 is so good, then you can go back and watch from the beginning or whatever. Season 7 is perfect.
Feb 10, 2022
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I'm prone to anemia which makes me feel tired and weak - two feelings that I despise - so I take this. If you're a E-Girl or a waif you should be taking it too (for your bruises etc). If youâre pregnant you should definitely take it - and it also helped relieve restless leg syndrome which was a bizarre and horrible sensation I had when I was pregnant, and when I took floradix at night it helped me sleep a little bit better.
Feb 10, 2022
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I have been passionate about this on Twitter and I hope it is helping people. This will keep you from getting sick, or if you are sick it will help you recover faster. It comes in two forms: capsules and tablets. The capsules are easier to take, the tablets are horse pills that taste absolutely awful, but they work better. My hardcore regime is 6 tablets 3x a day if I am trying to prevent being sick or if I am sick. For more casual maintenance you can take ~3 to 6 per day. I always bring them on international trips to help with jetlag and protect my immune system. My other travel secret is nuun caffeinated electrolyte tablets - the product is called sport+ caffeine. It's for athletes but I find it so helpful for travel and being in a hotel, it's so convenient to just drop a tab into a glass of water. The hydration from the electrolytes is really helpful for jet lag and I like easy access to caffeine. One of my pet peeves is being away from home and having to get dressed to go out for a cup of coffee or tea, I like to enjoy these things in bed in private - I don't want to see anyone. The nuun tablets are a way to deal with that if there is no coffee maker in the room, although almost all hotels will have a hot water kettle and even if it's not in the room you can usually request it. I travel with my own tea for this reason. I switch between Harney & Sons Paris tea and Mariage Frères Marco Polo because you can get both sachets - and you donât need a mug to brew tea, you can pour hot water into a glass from the bathroom and it's better anyway because you can see the color of the tea and get the strength just right. One more thought on the nuun tablets - they are amazing for a hangover but i donât drink anymore so thankfully I no longer have to worry about that. If want to feel âfestiveâ my favorite n/a beer is the pale partake its only 10 calories and not sweet, I just wish they would change the name because itâs really embarrassing and dumb.
Feb 10, 2022