Charming Sappy Song - Jamie Cullum

Heard it tonight on the radio, sharing with you all.

Intolerable Beauty

That's how my son referred to one of the cats.
He is right - beauty can be intolerable. It makes us possessive and greedy. It overwhelms, takes precedence, distracts and can be destructive, it can break your heart.
When cats are involved, it's harmless. With humans, less so, and with objects - well, that's how we get to have so much crap we know not what to do with it all.
Having said that - anyone in dire need of some beautiful clothes? come to me!!!


This image is from a blog of a guy who among other things chronicles street art on his daily walk to work. Check it out - great images there.

http://www.kevinbroome.com/labels/Street Level.html

Announcing - Personal Shopper Services

A few people who know my natural ability to match bodies with clothes have suggested I add personal shopping services to people who need it and can afford it. I have decided to try and augment the business by offering my time, and my good eye to people who can't do it themselves and need help.
So - if you know anyone who might benefit from it please let them know.

My new literary obsession

Her name is Jane Gardam, a British author of substance.
She's not well known round these parts, but she should be. Her prose is pure poetic pleasure, not overdone, her characters well drawn, her stories fulfilling. She writes mainly about women and their relationships, but the men are there too, and not as an aside, she gets them as well.
I'm on a roll with her books, and luckily, she's prolific enough to provide me with the reading material I need nowadays.
Click on the post title to get more information about her.

Inception

The hottest thing this summer? hardly.
Empty fluff, albeit quite beautifully done, is still fluff. Forgettable in every way. No residue left once you're out of the theater.
The discussion about dreams and their construction is always an interesting subject, but this film reduced it to some slow mo tricks, however technically well manouvered, and pretty much left it there.
It was a good thing to do as a family on a summer night in the city, though, and afterwords we all shared some of our dreams and nightmares and since a discussion between parents and kids is always welcomed, I can't dismiss it altogether.
It is good entertainment, as movies should be. But don't expect a revelation.

Dear Banksy

I wish he'd chosen my little shop wall for his art. He's a wonderful artist and any city should be proud to have his stuff adorning it's walls.
I might be very late joining the party about him, most likely, but the film "Exit through the gift shop" which brought him to Toronto is not about him at all, I don't know what that was all about. Who outside of L.A. has heard of the other guy?