January 2012
3 posts
“Yesterday I got a phone call from a lovely 21 year-old woman who was tired of...”
– amanda smith, hopeforbpd.com
(reblogging cuz truth and also this is basically my life story scary so even down to the getting misdiagnosed with bipolar at 17 part)
Physiognomy →
beauty-perception:
Physiognomy is a project that explores the “meaning” of the features of the human face. The basic premise of physiognomy is that the features of the human face are outward indicators of unseen traits of personality and character. According to this “science,” the topography of the human face encodes meaning.
I had been examining cosmetic surgery and noting that outward...
December 2011
16 posts
The Enduring Legacy of Basquiat's Hair
thenewinquiry:
The painter’s generative conflict (and coif) lives on
By Itoro Udoko
Jean-Michel Basquiat had a professional career that lasted just nine years, but in that time he managed to make himself one of the most significant painters of the 20th century and an enduring cultural icon. Basquiat was a bundle of contradictions; he made art from the streets, yet his work appeared in...
November 2011
22 posts
October 2011
47 posts
