Color I Adore

From Apartment Therapy's Small Cool 2009 competition. I LOVE the color of this kitchen and don't wanna lose it!

Thank you Keri Smith

Via Keri Smith (author of the above is Hermann Hesse, translated by James Wright). Beautiful and clearly Keri does the same photos of pages with her camera phone that I am prone to.

Quick Update

Ok, folks, the posts here have been getting more infrequent and there are several (good) reasons why:

1. Client work is up. I am OVERJOYED to announce that my idol and very popular blogger and coach, Jeannette Maw (Good Vibe Coach), is my newest client!!!! A former client from Australia has returned

2. My work is beginning to get noticed among people I admire and whose work I follow. I'll be interviewed shortly on a popular online writer's site whom I adore. I've got a book that is coming along that she wants to discuss.

3. I've started yet another blog which is gathering quite a large following which I hope to turn into a book at the end of the year (you can see it here but you'll know more about me that I really want you to).

4. I've gained real clarity in my work and my business blog which, for financial reasons, will be the focus of 2010. I know what I want to write about and do with it, finally. I was on the right path but I veered a bit. I'm back on it, encouraging business people to be Authentic, do work that is Relevant and grow their communities Organically. It ain't just about the money baby and I love Jeannette so much because she totally gets this!

I'll still pop in from time to time (can't help but share the culture stuff) and M is taking over The Truth is Stranger blog and making it her own soon. I hope there will be enough of me to keep you interested elsewhere and I will never let this blog completely go (once I stop blogging/writing for others I'll be able to devote more time to this).

2010 is already shaping up to be my best year in a long time. My dream of partnering with a loved one in the work world has come true. My deliberate creation work has certainly already had an impact. I hope you are happy and healthy whoever and wherever you are!

The Absolute BEST Visual Films (So Far...)

I came across this post by the awesome, uber intelligent Keri Smith today and promptly add Stalker to my Netflix queue. I totally agree with this:

"My point in talking about this is to say that I felt distinctly that in some ways it is not necessary for me to understand what the artist meant, and possibly in my own way I understand it completely."

Some of these films would have been a wash if not for the profound visuals. The visuals are absolutely enough. Not all are fiction. Andy Goldsworthy's Rivers and Tides is breathless (cold) beauty. Some are slow and meditative like the first. Others are simply weird. I hope I can come up with enough pithy phrases to describe them all. There are more that I've forgotten, I'm sure. If I add I'll let you know. I REALLY want to know which you love.


Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring. This movie is almost painfully beautiful. It is quiet. It is lovely. It defies explanation.

Oscar and Lucinda. Honestly, I don't remember much about this movie except for how

What Dreams May Come. NOT a great movie, but the most hopeful vision of heaven I've ever seen (who doesn't hope our dogs come bounding up to greet us?). Dark and glorious at once.

Bright Star. BFF Steph thought this was like watching paint dry, but if you love gardening like I do, it almost feels fragrant. Monet comes to mind.

Amelie. The queen muthah for me. I LOVE THIS MOVIE. It has not a shmarmy, nor cynical bone in its body. Funny, sweet, French.

City of Lost Children. Hard to believe that the same director who directed Amelie could do this twisted, steampunk riddled film. But he did. And it is glorious!

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. For me this movie is all about the young ninja heading off with her lover in the cave. Wow! What a cave. There are some spectacular moments in this movie and also in House of Flying Daggers. Both worth your time.

Moulin Rouge. Agreed. It makes me dizzy to watch too. But it is hard to argue with Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet) and his ability to make a dazzling movie. Even if it makes you want to lose your lunch. This one has a rockin' soundtrack.

Jeremiah Johnson. I have a soft spot for this '70's flick. My dad loves it and I watched it with him a time or two growing up. Very little dialogue, lots of horseback riding in blinding, snowy weather. Robert Redford, ruggedly beautiful, back in the day. Famous director. Do you know who?

Rivers and Tides. This movie begs so many questions about what compels someone to make art, especially art that will be washed away or will melt in days or moments. But while you are asking yourself those questions, prepare to be captivated by watching the simple beauty of Andy manipulating nature.

Planet Earth. Come on! This movie rewrote the book on those Disney nature films we used to have to sit through at the drive-in (because our parents liked them). Sigourney Weaver is a definite add in this version.

(I know, there are no Tim Burton films here. I'm thinking...)