In my bid to be more self sufficient, and also because now my Saturdays are freed up, I’m going to start a more fashion focused blog.
www.fashionhedonist.blogspot.com
No posts yet, but I hope to get it off and running very soon.
So no more fashion related stuff on this blog, but more of my thoughts and random stuff that has happened to me – for instance, getting harassed by a crazy guy on Holland V but that will come later.
If I’m ever in San Francisco, I want to check out this amazing piece of work.
Defenestration by Brian Goggin on 6th & Howard
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DEFENESTRATION
1997-present
(Site-specific installation on the corner of 6th and Howard St. in San Francisco)
This multi-disciplinary sculptural mural involves seemingly animated furniture; tables, chairs, lamps, grandfather clocks, a refrigerator, and couches, their bodies bent like centipedes, fastened to the walls and window-sills, their insect-like legs seeming to grasp the surfaces. Against society’s expectations, these everyday objects flood out of windows like escapees, out onto available ledges, up and down the walls, onto the fire escapes and off the roof. “DEFENESTRATION” was created with the help of over 100 volunteers.
The concept of “DEFENESTRATION”, a word literally meaning “to throw out of a window,” is embodied by the both the site and staging of this installation. Located at the corner of Sixth and Howard Streets in San Francisco in an abandoned four-story tenement building, the site is part of a neighborhood that historically has faced economic challenge and has often endured the stigma of skid row status. Reflecting the harsh experience of many members of the community, the furniture is also of the streets, cast-off and unappreciated. The simple, unpretentious beauty and humanity of these downtrodden objects is reawakened through the action of the piece. The act of “throwing out” becomes an uplifting gesture of release, inviting reflection on the spirit of the people we live with, the objects we encounter, and the places in which we live.
Today, my boss told me that I have the same ’steel’ that my mum has.
I thought that was the nicest thing anyone told me. My mum is the strongest person I know.
To spend less time brooding and more time living 
Source: lovelylivtyler
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