Himonya, Meguro, Tokyo, Dec. 2018
to unravel a torment you must begin somewhere
“Inner peace now. How strange it is. I have started again to dream of a new life, of expansion. I dream of voyages, new lives, new relationships.”— Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary; 1939-1947
Time for me to embrace every part of who I am
A gift to Anais Nin, titled ‘Women Reconstructing the World’ by Jean Varda
“One morning what appeared in place of a letter was a big square package, one yard around. I opened it and it was a collage by Jean Varda. He calls it “Women Reconstructing the World.” …All of woman is enclosed in a dance of forms, squares, diamonds, rectangles, parallelograms of moods and sidereal delights, subtle harmonies and pliant mysteries. They are made of intangibles, lights and space, labyrinths, and molecules which may change as you look at them. Elusive and free of gravity. They bring freedom by transcendence.”
"The heavenly solitude, the pacifying trees, the blue night that was a good counsellor, the peace of wild animals—"
- Colette, from Claudine and Annie▼
Yves Tanguy. He Did What He Wanted. 1927.
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."
- Carl Rogers ▼
Happy birthday to self-taught painter Yves Tanguy, who was drawn to Surrealism. He joined the Surrealist group in 1925 and rapidly developed a distinct style.
“The Storm (Black Landscape),” 1926, by Yves Tanguy © Estate of Yves Tanguy / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Iceland from the Air by Andre Ermolaev
"But the heaviness of my mood stifled me. For me everything was finished. Things die when my confidence dies. And yet…"
- Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in Henry and June: From “A Journal of Love” -The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin (1931-1932)▼
"Catastrophe and flow. No control."
- Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 3: 1939-1944▼
"Something freezes me from my real spirit: is it fear of failure, fear of being vulnerable? I must melt it."
- Sylvia Plath, from a diary entry featured in “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath,”▼
“Tarkovsky often reflected on the way that time flies and wanted to stop it, even with these quick Polaroid shots. The melancholy of seeing things for the last time is the highly mysterious and poetic essence that these images leave with us. It is as though Andrei wanted to transmit his own enjoyment quickly to others. And they feel like a fond farewell.” - Tonino Guerra
Polaroids by Andrei Tarkovsky (courtesy of Thames & Hudson)
Starting Friday, see the new restoration of Stalker on the big screen.