happy halloween!!

pumpkins! costumes! princesses! superheroes! monsters! creepy! children! creepy children!
ah! they're at my door! what do they want?! they're pointing at my bowl full of reese's!
NO KIDS, THOSE ARE ALL MINE!!!

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macabre food art to adore - cuddly rigor mortis art series by kristin tercek
{click the link for tons of more awesomeness like these}:

{clockwise from top left: no s'more, that boy sure does love his butter, sweet lobotomy, happy birthday, pimento mori, citruside}

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and how about some awesome halloween music
{in addition to ryan gosling's spooky music that is}:
  


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or a list of movies perfect for watching on halloween night... with the lights off of course,
since you've decided the giant bowl of chocolate your husband bought should be for you, not the neighborhood kids:
   psycho, edward scissorhands, ghostbusters, silence of the lambs, beetlejuice, coraline, the shining, shutter island, any mystery theatre 3000 movie, rocky horror picture show, or the goonies
{because when is the goonies not appropriate?}.

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as for me?

well, last year we had a few friends over for pumpkin carving and a beheading {you know, the usual}.  this year, however, i think we're laying low.  and by that i mean, the mister and i will probably engage in an epic battle of strength and will over the fate of our giant bag of reese's.  "oh husband darling,... climb aboard the murder train!"

minimalism

sometimes less really is more.  

and my absolute personal favorite

{discovered thanks to having cool friends on twitter}...

that's right, it's the muppets!

can you name that muppet?

it's okay if you get stumped, here's the cheat sheet:

row 1: kermit the frog, fozzie bear, swedish chef, scooter, waldorf, statler, rizzo the rat

row 2: dr. teeth, zoot, sgt. floyd pepper, janice, animal, bunsen honeydew, beaker

row 3: sweetums, sam the eagle, gonzo, camilla the chicken, miss piggy, rowlf the dog

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also, i've been looking into laugh therapy for some of my clients, but i need a little ice breaker.  

seen anything especially hilarious lately?  something suitable for ages 16-35.

minimalist posters found here, here, & here {where you can find a whole bunch more}.

muppet poster discovered here.

art for the soul

remember the imaginary museum i built behind my dream house? well sometimes i like to think about building a second museum, this time at my future private therapy practice.  it would hold the most moving, emotional, deeply beautiful pieces, perfecrt for personal interpretation.  

last year, at the holiday renegade craft fair here in LA, i met catia chien and fell head over heels in love with her art.  it's absolutely perfect for a therapist's office, especially if that therapist happened to work with kids {except don't we all have an inner child? and isn't a wounded inner child the thing which brings us to therapy in the first place? so it works for everyone really}.

and one that i especially related to:

aren't they all magical?!  love, true love i tell you! 

there are so many other great pieces so please go check out her website for more.

but those aren't the only pieces i'd want in my therapy museum.  our very own gracey, a dear blog 

friend from the other side of the pacific, is also an amazingly talented artist.  

gracey's art speaks volumes of emotion and depth.  see?

oh! amazing!  

you can find more of her work on her blog paper aviator, and her portfolio.

ben sollee

a few years ago dannon and i heard an npr special late one night when we were working on an art project.  it was the perfect mix of soul, bluegrass, and indie, all played on the cello!  we were amazed and instantly in love with ben sollee's music. a few months later, ben came to san francisco to do a show at a small theatre by my house, so we went and hung out with him for a bit after.  he's the nicest guy in the world, incredibly humble, and a fantastic musician. not to mention he's a huge environmental activist, choosing to tour the entire country by bicycle... with his cello in tow.  yup, amazing.

do you guys remember that imaginary art space i built here on my blog last week? 

well i've decided to throw a concert with ben sollee, and all of you are invited. 

so put your dancing shoes on and get ready to have a blast!

and if you want to hear ben sollee in concert for real, check out his current tour dates. 

he's even coming to the bootleg theatre here in LA! i know where i'll be on july 28.

happy wednesday everyone!

poster art

i'm not a big collector.  throughout my adult life i have always lived in ridiculously small apartments which never allowed me the luxury to own much, and i don't think that will be changing anytime soon.  but if i did collect anything it would be art.  sometimes i daydream of having my own museum behind my teeny cottage in the middle of silver lake.  not only would it be a place to display art, but it would also be a space for performances - poetry readings, music concerts, plays, film shoots, photo shoots - it would be my heaven!

since i can't have my museum in real life, i figured i would go ahead and build one right here on my blog.  so step on over and check out the first installment, my poster-art-meets-pop-culture favorites - unique designs, cool typography, paying homage to music & movies. love! 

from wooden toy publishing co:

{left-right} "sea legs" by the shins - artist i love dust;  "home" by edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros - artist numskull; "everything will be fine" by belle & sebastian - artist steph says hello.

from music philosophy, by artist mico:

{left-right} "on the radio" by regina spektor, "passing afternoon" by iron & wine, "no rain" by blind melon, "anyone else but you" by the moldy peaches, "to be surprised" by sondre lerche, "hurt" by nine inch nails {covered by johnny cash}, "electioneering" by radiohead, and "not dark yet" by bob dylan.

from artist jerod gibson:

and my personal favorite - great showdowns by artist scott campbell:

{left-right} titanic, flashdance, rocky horror picture show, babe, short circuit, and beetlejuice.

thanks for visiting my museum!