Look...over there on the right!

{I have just realized that I have a strange addiction to the "...", also known as an ellipsis (I just looked it up). I like the look of the dots and it feels...literally, I think it 'evokes' in this cold world of text, and I think that's important.}

The links I am posting here are more important than the content of my posts...(see!) I am finding lovely things to inspire and to start with, I'd like to bring attention to a couple of them:

These are in the 'See...' section

1. Christian Stalley Art Photography
Photography as an artform is established but not yet widely accepted as formal art which one may purchase, or more importantly collect. It is still viewed as a poor cousin to a painting or artist sketch as something of value and worthy of insuring. Sad, really, and wrong. Take a look at Christian's stuff - she is utterly marvelous!

2. Zakariya Islamic Calligraphy
Another art form of rare beauty, often relegated to the 'craft' section in art collectors minds. In particular, Islamic calligraphy is beautiful for its elegant graphic and wild use of colour. Eye and soul candy.

3. Hundertwasser
Ok, this guy was extremely weird - perhaps due to the boatload of drugs he experimented with, but in Vienna there is a place called Kunsthauswien which he designed. For those who never let their feet get beyond pavement, one HAS to experience the undulating floor in this apartment building/gallery/cafe. One does not realize just how 'not-square' we are until your feet walk all over the sidewalk and interior floors that are gently sloping, hilly and soothing. We are designed to walk on this kind of terrain...think grassy fields, forest paths and beaches. Every joint from the waist down ceases to ache when you start running around the front of this place like a 5-year old...ok, maybe it was just me.

The very fact that this was a revelation made me realize this guy's point: square and flat is made for the convenience of machines not humans. I ran screaming into the nearest forest, lamenting our concrete prison.

Check out Hundertwasser's other design philosophies...it's all about making humans part of the equation again. And, this guy loves colour.