Quoi de neuf? Tu me manques beaucoup…

About a year ago I bought a shopping tote at a dollar store with that printed on it. I sent a photo of it to my friend in Midi-Pyrénées and asked him to translate for me (my French is horrible). He translated, laughed and asked why I’d bought it if I didn’t know what it said? Obviously I told him because it’s in French and the colors, brown and teal, go really well together and also because it was only $1. I’m very thrifty. So having just given such a long story about a tote I now have to tell you that I’m going to be away till the 12th of April. Nothing bad (thankfully) just some things I need to do and will most likely be unable to sign-on during that time. I anticipate missing the blog world quite a bit.

But before I go, some favorites...!

‘New York, NY’, ‘Mont Saint-Michel’ and ‘Venice Beach, CA’ from the (Life with) Maggie Project by New York based photographer Ofer Wolberger:



‘Maggie has a unique style and personality. She travels around the contemporary world, but is attracted to sites with a slippery sense of time. Like the typical tourist, Maggie poses in front of objects and environments that suit her temperament, befriends the local people and visits iconic historical sites. Throughout her journey, Maggie collects memorable snapshots for her archive, in a sense constructing an identity through the photographs. At a time when so many people are obsessed with constructing online identities through social networks like MySpace and Facebook, Maggie is out in the physical world attempting to understand how and where she fits in.’





‘Complications’, ‘Collection from nature’ and 'It's not me, it's you' by Swedish artist Camilla Engman:



‘Often through animals or people, Camilla’s pictures inspire their audience with a wide range of feelings. Her work has a knack of allowing you to grasp a notion without robbing you of your personal interpretation, regardless of whether it’s an acrylic painting, paper-on-paper or mixed media.’





‘On the Lounge’, ‘The Coming Darkness’ and ‘Away From The Big House’ by California artist Marci Washington:



‘Currently I am interested in building a fictional narrative with connections to history as well as to the present. It's like I'm illustrating a novel that doesn't exist. If it did, it would probably be a lot like Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, or Turn of the Screw- novels which function as social commentary as well as haunting epics of supernatural romanticism.’





Lastly, do you love ‘free’ music as much as I do? Shameless, I know. Nevertheless, here’s a happy pretty song: ‘Benton Harbor Blues’ by the Fiery Furnaces. Please visit *HERE* to download or just play… *Bises*