Hedy Lamarr, 1938, the year Louis B. Mayer brought her to Hollywood, photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Anjelica Huston by Gian Paolo Barbieri 1973

The Los Angeles home of Miriam Wosk, remodeled by Frank Gehry.

Interior Design, John F. Pile, 1988.

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FRED HERZOG

Ballet dancers appear in a love scene from Phedre by Jean Cocteau in Paris, 1952.Photograph by Justin Locke, National Geographic Creative

Cocteau Twins

Michael Caine by Douglas Kirkland (1966)

April is the cruellest month, breeding / lilacs out of the dead land

The X-Files / 1×02 “Squeeze” 

Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico, December 21, 1953

thesis: the “song playing from another room” phenomenon appeals threefold to the millenial experience of nostalgia, isolation, and the sensation of eavesdropping on the lives of others via social media and hyper-consumption of culture actively building upon itself at a rapid pace

“My English is not good.  Spoken English is very difficult.  But I want to study at Columbia so I am trying to improve.  I decided to come to America because of Forrest Gump.  I’ve watched the movie five times.  I like Forrest very much.  Forrest is very simple.  He picks one thing, and he keeps going.  When I was young, I thought Forrest was stupid.  But now I have a different view.  I think people are too complicated.  They complain about everything.  Forrest never complains.  Forrest chooses one thing and he keeps going.  I watched the movie last month to encourage me.  My life is hard because people don’t ever know what I’m saying.  But I just think of Forrest.  Forrest figured everything out because he just kept going.”

Isabella Rossellini

Adventures in solitude, Mario Pucic

Charleena Lyles, a 30-year-old pregnant mother, was shot to death by Seattle police with her children – including one with Down syndrome – present in the apartment.

She called the police for help, had a knife in her hand to protect herself and her children. Cops saw the knife and immediately shot her to death in front of her children. She was pregnant and was a mother of four already. Needless to say the officers were white.

They could use their tasers, they could try to talk to her at least rather than shooting her. 

Be careful the next time you call the cops for help.

RIP Charleena Lyles.