Anne of Carversville

1. I think about you all the time by waterandsleep
2. (green moths) Untitled by Jeana Sohn
3. Theater of Insects by Jo Whaley
4. Sleeps with Butterflies by Stephani Pui-Mun Law
5. Butterflies by irrr
6. Monarch III by Elisa Lazo de Valdez
7. Kate with Flowers by Erin Petson

I think about you all the time. Really I do. :)

There are a number of special things in today’s collage.

Image number one. The first image, with the mossy vegetating writing, reminds me of guerrilla gardening. Have you heard of that? Ingenious little subsersive phenomenon. I hope to see it pop up around my area. Maybe I can engage in it too. It’s a nonviolent, proactive, productive way of supporting green living and showing protest against the culture of mass consumption and neglective/destructive politics.

Image number three. The butterflies with the musical notes— representative of my frustrated musical ambition. In another life, I may yet pursue my dreams of becoming an opera singer!

Image number four. The lady with the swans, on a beautifully branching tree, surrounded by rainbow butterflies. That’s Tori Amos. She’s one of my favourite singers of all time… and the artwork is by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, one of my favourite fantasy artists. In short, the image is perfection! Here is Tori Amos’ lovely, gentle song, Sleeps with Butterflies. The music video itself is a work of art:

Image number five. The girl with the butterflies on her back. I can’t tell you how much I adore her top! I want to own it and wear it very often. I want to design clothes like that, translucent and tattoo-like. I think it would be appropriate for my art, because mostly, people like to get my drawings tattooed on their skin.

Butterflies have been particularly active in my artist-mind lately. Some recent work I’ve done:

Irridescent green
About longing, hope, and the spirit.

The violet dress
Clothed in delicate wings.

Vegetation
Florid ink blooming on the page… roses from the 1890’s, the period of aesthetes and decadents.

Butterfly necklaces
Irridescent jewellery I made.

The soul and the senses
Remember that Oscar Wilde quote?
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

Desktop wallpaper for you! :) Click below to download:

The souls of butterflies (1600x1200 desktop wallpaper)

So I was working on this post, feeling a little blue actually, I’ve always been moody but there’s this persistent dark cloud that’s been bothering me lately… Suddenly a friend I hadn’t heard from in a while popped up on my Yahoo messenger and said hello. Sweet girl. :) Becky is a visual artist— photography, art direction. She does great conceptual work like this. She shared this cute song with me so let me share it with you too. The Show by Lenka. The link will take you to the music video, which I’m unable to embed here.

Bubbly song, right? I do feel better listening to it. Reason #1283874864 why friends are so important in life.
Happy 2009, everyone!

Love,
Feanne