Aux cyclades électroniques;

(listen here)
This photo from Garance Doré has been making the rounds on some of my favorite blogs, but it’s just so fantastic that it definitely bears repeating:

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This image was in my mind in deciding what to wear to a meeting yesterday, and the color brightened my mood so considerably that it’ll be part of my [...]

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Un pezzo di ispirazione;

Once again it’s snowing out, but it should be turning to rain shortly if it hasn’t already, and I need some color.  Back in the spring we went to see Color Chart:  Reinventing Color from 1950 to Today at the MoMA which featured some gorgeous pieces from the museum’s collection, but they allowed no photography [...]

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The stranger sang a theme, from someone else’s dream. The leaves began to fall, and no one spoke at all–but I can’t seem to recall when you came along, ingenue;

Suddenly having a large amount of time on one’s hands can open up avenues for projects that may have been either rushed or completely neglected otherwise.  It also allows me time to pull out movies that I would otherwise never watch–including one of my favorites, Great Expectations.

Mind you, I find the script to be rather [...]

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It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for this neighbor;

(Yes, I know, it’s not terribly original.  Blame it on the excess sun I got today.)
My neighborhood is rather uniqe in that it boasts a lot of vibrantly colored houses, and given that today is just freaking gorgeous out and we had a nice afternoon to ourselves, we first played some tennis, then we headed [...]

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Je suis la jeune fille aux cheveux blancs;

Damn you, MoMA, for tempting me with your endless exhibits on things I like–first fonts, now color?

(Color Chart:  At the MoMA until May 12)

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Twilight time to dream awhile in veils of deepening blue as fantasy strides over colourful skies of form disappearing from view;

It appears that Pantone has been either listening to a lot of Billie Holiday since the new millennium or its members have spent large amounts of time on the water: 
Color of the Year (from NY Times sidebar), 2000-2008:
2000:

 Cerulean Blue: Chosen for the millennium for its calming zen state of mind. 

2003:

Aqua Sky: A cool blue [...]

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