How can music be happy and sad at the same time? Listen to Arnalds’ work and you’ll hear it. This performance at New York City’s (Le) Poisson Rouge re-imagines the Icelandic musician’s magnificent work with a small orchestra: 28 musicians known as Ensemble LPR, along with guest singer Arnor Dan.
The cutest Icelandic composer under 30 I’ve ever seen.
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If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”
From top to bottom:Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke (herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).
Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.
Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.
The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.
Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).
Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).
Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).
Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).
Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.
I would wreck the fuck out of each and every once of those plates. I am the best granddaughter universally.
*weeps at all the beautiful food*
This makes me absurdly happy.
Gramnanas rule the world
And a post for Nana on this Mother’s Day.
Julianne Moore as “Famous Works of Art” by Peter Linderbergh - for Harper’s Bazaar
Seated Woman With Bent Knee by Egon Schiele, La Grande Odalisque by Ingres, Saint Praxidis by Vermeer, The Cripple by John Currin, Les danseuses by Edgar Degas, Madame X by John Singer, Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer, Woman With a Fan by Modigliani, Man Crazy Nurse #3 by Richard Prince, Adele Bloch Bauer I by Gustav Klimt.
I would actually marry Julianne Moore, no words describe how attractive, and wonderful she is.
Mother’s Day post! Mom loves art. She digs this photoset.
Eight Writers and the Walks that Inspired them.
Hike time for Mother’s Day! We’re not quite on the level of famous writers, but ambling around in the woods is great.
SoDo District by Zonnie Toledo on Flickr.
Game time - Mariners vs. the A’s.
EDIT: WE WON. IN NINE INNINGS
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*sobbing*
whoooaaaaoaoa
I. Just.
What.
jean. Jean. Jean. JEAN. JEAN WHAT IS THIS EXPLAIN ME I’M UPSET
(Source: jaeginmywaeg)
Intermittent glimpses into my mind, as well as my wanderings and adventures.
