Art + Inspiration
Windswept Trees and the Pointer Sisters
Oh, my friends. Hello. If you’re like me, you can use all the inspiration you can get right now. May the items below draw your attention in the best way, and remind you of goodness, creativity, the human imagination—and the deep, eternal meaning to be found in the arts. Enjoy.
This is a great story about LA’s rockabilly/punk band Lone Justice and how “Viva Lone Justice,” their first record in nearly forty years came about.
This guy’s Instagram account is great. Stefano Perego is his name, and he photographs architecture, much of it Brutalist.
I feel we don’t talk enough about The Pointer Sisters. This track, the video, the outfits! — so underrated.
A stunning painting by Group of Seven’s Emily Carr, one of Canada’s greatest painters. Those moody, windswept trees! I feel transported.
Swirl, 27 x 22 3/4 in., 1937, oil on canvas
Fascinating article about the language of birds, from the New Yorker.
Sebastian Jern is a Swedish director, cinematographer, miniaturist and VFX artist. Check out these miniature sets he makes out of unlikely materials to create epic images. Really magical.
Proud maximalist here, and I’m delighted to learn about English designer Max Allen in the latest issue of World of Interiors.
A perfect object:
Several years ago, my husband and I went to see Rickie Lee Jones perform at Levon Helm’s Barn, a wonderful, intimate space in Woodstock, NY. It was stormy that night, and throughout the evening we could hear rain falling on the roof. At the end of a beautiful show, she closed with this song. I remember it so clearly, one of those moments when it felt like time stopped and an alternate reality was revealed.
Walid al Damirji is a British Iraqi designer who uses vintage fabrics to make handmade clothes, wall hangings, upholstery and more.
I’m just learning about the ancient rock art of Australia’s Northern Territory. It’s a remarkable collection of images and sites dating back 50,000 years, representing some of the oldest and longest running historical records of any group of people in the world .
And, lastly, a bit of classic cinema: the dance with the globe from Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator.
Thank you for dropping by and giving your focus here for a few minutes. It means a lot that you’re out there. As a wise old clown told me once, years ago: “We need each other in this lifetime.” —Chris
Thank you for the beauty and inspiration 🩷✨😘