04 October 2010

dunkelbunt.

"The ruler is the symbol for the new illiteracy."
-Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser
Architect

Regentag: rainy day.
Dunkelbunt: darkly multicolored.
He called straight lines "the devil's tools."

23 August 2010

merman.

"Rock is so much fun.  That's what it's all about - filling up the chest cavities and empty knee caps and elbows."
-Jimi Hendrix
Musician

Slept in bed with his guitar.
Set fire to his guitar.
Now that's love, baby.

22 August 2010

i love a good daguerreotype.

"Josiah Rowe Photographer [underlined]
Accepted as a truthful likeness of myself
October 1852, on the testimony of Emmy Clark
And infant 3 years old"
-D.A.M.
Scottish Gentleman

The quote was taken from a note that was placed behind the photograph of D.A.M.
The mystery of this handsome bloke is intriguing.


21 August 2010

the beatnik horror.

"It appears that people refer to me as 
the James Dean of Hamburg."
-Stu Sutcliffe
Painter.  Ropey Musician.

Extremely good-looking. 
Enigmatic artwork. The lost Beatle.
(And I always forget this, but he died on my birthday.)

20 August 2010

how romantic.

"You should tell him that indistinctness is my forte.*"
-JMW Turner
Painter

Grandiose. Captivating.
I wrote him poetry.
His father was a wig-maker.


*Turner's reply upon hearing that collector James Lenox had complained that the painting 'Fingal's Cave,' purchased by Lenox through a broker, was "indistinct." (about.com)



19 August 2010

"little sister don't you..."


"...kiss me once or twice,
say it's very nice and then you run."
-Elvis Presley
The King

Sexy. Devilish.
But only when he was young.


18 August 2010

my first love.

"Art needs an operation."
-Tristan Tzara
Artist

Handsome.  Debonair.  
Dadaist.
He wore a monocle.