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Graffiti Stop Motion by Broken Fingaz

This is just such a cool video, I had to share!

gah-urls and cah-urls and sah-wurls

via Tina + Wolf

rat-a-TAT-tat

I love tatoos. I'm fascinated by them, by the way they represent people, by the way they make the body a canvas. My friend is thinking of getting one that will read "Si existe el amour" (If love exists), and then, when she finds somebody and believes in love, she'll change it to "Sí , existe el amour" (Yes, love exists). Isn't that clever?

always love

"Always love, hate will get you every time
Always love, don't wait 'til the finish line"

face paint isn't just for kids

I adore this.

Photos via ILIKEITSHINY

i love lady gagaaa

and this video is why.

I love how she doesn't just try to make music, but tries to make art. her intention and her thought proccess is really incredible. I always love to read interviews with her because she really has so much to say about what she does. (I thought the interview piece below was perfect for this video too!)

"

RS: I heard you say this quote I loved, and I'd love for you to explain it – you 'make music for the dress.'

Lady Gaga: Yes, absolutely. I mean I don't write records and then decide what the video will look like. I instantaneously write things at the same time so it's a complete vision, the song and the visual, the way that I would perform it on the stage. It's something that all comes to me at once. So when I say I make the music for the dress, the dress is a bit of a metaphor for 'I make the music for everything,' for the entire performance vision.

"

(To read more of the interview, click here...)

PS In the video, at around 3:27, did those shoes look familiar? McQueen anybody? ;)

Andy!

What can you get away with?

Swoon!

There's that one book by Sarah Dessen, where one of the characters is constantly going "sah-wooon" when she talks about falling in love. That word has always seemed so awesome to me, so dramatic, so extravagant...so when I found out about the American graffiti artist, "Swoon" I had to look more into her, and when I saw her work...I was blown away.

I love these cutouts!

The tiny details in this picture are incredible!

Isn't it incredible how realistic this face looks? The emotion in the eyes is so striking.

(from top to bottom: photos courtesy of Listen Missy, Filastine Frequency, and blog.ni9e.com)

Also, this is a fabulous video on an installation she did at Honey Space. I've literally watched this video everyday for a week now, I love looking at the flickering candles, the beautiful wall art, just the way everything is arranged is so amazing.



Also, this was a great interview I found (yay google!) from SWINDLE Magazine.

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