Emily M. Danforth's Blog, page 17

"So many of the writers I love seem to be fed by many diverse streams. They are like mash-up artists,..."

“So many of the writers I love seem to be fed by many diverse streams. They are like mash-up artists, drawing on the whole of their own reading histories and life experience, too, I imagine, to devise a new mode of perception. They shatter our generic expectations. They make these mutant tales, hybrid stories, by recombining the genetic materials of many different genres—the gothic, the lyric, the Western, science fiction, myth, and fable. Sometimes I also like to think of these writers I admire as mad-scientist opticians, correcting for certain blind spots by giving us an altered view of reality, foregrounding certain shadowy truths, refocusing our attention. By fusing the shards of so many differently tinted lenses—by refusing to privilege any single genre’s monocular capture of ‘reality’—they disrupt our ordinary ways of seeing. So you get this unstable, glorious kaleidoscopic vision—an oculus that is the book or the story.”

- Karen Russell (via mttbll)

publishersweekly:Madame Bovary in Pie Chart Form.

publishersweekly:

Madame Bovary in Pie Chart Form.

fer1972:Water Paintings: Sarah Harvey

fer1972:

Water Paintings: Sarah Harvey

keprojects:See it today! Sebastian Masuda | Colorful Rebellion...

Sebastian Masuda, Colorful Rebellion - Seventh Nightmare exhibition at Kianga Ellis Projects Feb 28 - March 29, 2014. Photo by GION


Sebastian Masuda, Colorful Rebellion - Seventh Nightmare exhibition at Kianga Ellis Projects Feb 28 - March 29, 2014. Photo by GION


Sebastian Masuda, Colorful Rebellion - Seventh Nightmare exhibition at Kianga Ellis Projects Feb 28 - March 29, 2014. Photo by GION


Sebastian Masuda, Colorful Rebellion - Seventh Nightmare exhibition at Kianga Ellis Projects Feb 28 - March 29, 2014. Photo by GION


Sebastian Masuda, Colorful Rebellion - Seventh Nightmare exhibition at Kianga Ellis Projects Feb 28 - March 29, 2014. Photo by GION


Sebastian Masuda, Colorful Rebellion - Seventh Nightmare exhibition at Kianga Ellis Projects Feb 28 - March 29, 2014. Photo by GION

keprojects:

See it today! Sebastian Masuda | Colorful Rebellion - Seventh Nightmare at Kianga Ellis Projects, 516 W. 25th Street, Studio 306B NYC. Gallery hours: Wed - Sat, 11am - 6pm. Photos by GION.

artchipel:INVITATIONChloe Early (b.1980, Ireland)Working in...

artchipel:

INVITATION

Chloe Early (b.1980, Ireland)

Working in oils on linen and aluminium panel, Cork-born artist Chloe Early has developed a unique style that is simultaneously lush and raw. The romantic and the gritty meet in her paintings, which tease out a distinctively poetic worldview through the juxtaposition of extremes. At their core is a sensitivity to lyrical feelings and themes - love, beauty, innocence and softness - which collide with more worldly symbols of aggression and degradation, such as bullets, bombs, urban refuse and ruins. Graduated from NCAD in Dublin in 2003, Chloe moved to London in 2004 where she has lived and worked since. Her paintings have been exhibited worldwide with group and solo shows.

Solo show Suspended @ The Outsiders London
04.04-03.05.2014

© All images courtesy the artist

[more Chloe Early | artist found at Juxtapoz]

simonschusterca:We’re absolutely in LOVE with these new...

simonschusterca:

We’re absolutely in LOVE with these new contemporary covers for seven of our favourite Judy Blume novels, all designed and illustrated by the incredible inkygirl. What do you think?

Read about the inspiration behind the new look!

likeafieldmouse:Nico Krijno

likeafieldmouse:

Nico Krijno

"If you are going to be on the artist’s side of the fence, your job is to place a bit token in the..."

“If you are going to be on the artist’s side of the fence, your job is to place a bit token in the jar of empathy. You don’t get to abdicate that purely because you are dealing with people who in real life you find completely uninteresting.”

- Tana French, interviewed by Amy Benfer in 2012. “Ghost Estates: Ireland After the Bubble.” (via ryansara)

likeafieldmouse:Judit Reigl - Outburst (1958-9)

likeafieldmouse:

Judit Reigl - Outburst (1958-9)

missbelivet:Gorgeous shots of Cate Blanchett (Carol) &...

missbelivet:

Gorgeous shots of Cate Blanchett (Carol) & Rooney Mara (Therese) by photographer Brian Douglas.

April 2, 2014 - Cincinnati