Daily Poetics

Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.

poem root casting on Flickr - Photo Sharing!.
Nicole Dextras

Title Quote: Rilke

... Memories I do not seize inside.

Link: Home - Portia Munson.

My art installations are a contemplation of and comment on our manufactured perceptions of nature. We as a culture are defined by the objects we mass-produce, consume, and throw away. I collect these objects and assemble them into congested installations, in essence using as my resource the refuse of consumer culture that usually ends up in landfills and yard sales, what you might call “the backside of the mall.” -Portia Munson

Title Quote: Rilke

For like as herbs and trees bringen forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds.

Link: m a r t í n   a z ú a.

Designed from the traditional material used for  making  typical Catalan bundles. A bag of great capacity that is made in two versions - Catalan and  Catalan / African one.਀ഊDesigned for Neorrural exhibition and commercialized by C.I.R.E

Azúamoliné 2004

Title Quote: Thomas Malory

Unexpectedly you find it, welling upwards in the empty tree.

Link: 5.5 Designers.

Title Quote: Rainer Maria Rilke

You were wild here once. Don't let them tame you.

Link: Shoostore.com :: cydwoq, trippen, john fluevog, chie mihara, & more :.

"Feira is that gotta have green heel. The green is perfect those who love to wear green. It goes with just about anything, believe it or not. For a 3 inch heel, you’re feet will be happy and comfortable. The insole is detailed with recycled quilting and the leather detail around your heel with the strap makes these shoes hard not to fall in love with."

Title Quote: Isadora Duncan

...The forest murmurs allude to us...

Link: tanya aguiñiga - furniture.
Title Quote: Octavio Paz

Surprise me, as a seed surprises itself.

Link: rescue beauty lounge :: Nail Polish :: Drop Dead Gorgeous :: Recycle Nail Polish.

"This deep blackish emerald green turns your nails into an accessory, as important as a piece of jewelry. Go green " rbl

Title Quote: G. Herbert

First the stalk - then the roots. First the need - then the means to satisfy that need. First the nucleus - then the elements needed for its growth. -robert collier

Link: Christopher Cousins artwork presented by Foster/White Gallery.

"Christopher Cousins was born in New York City. His work is greatly influenced by American Indian culture and art and the religious fervor of Medieval and Renaissance art. His textural, abstract works are created purely by instinct. Cousins begins his paintings by taking found materials (I.e. twigs, leaves, string) and attaching them to the canvas to create textural support underneath his oil painting. His works evoke an organic, naturally evolving, and perhaps chaotic environment; they are fields of action in which he struggles to perceive the transcendental". - foster white gallery

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field ... I'll meet you there ... When the soul lies down in that grass - the world is too full to talk about. -Rumi

Link: Inhabitat » TORD BOONTJE FLOWER RUG for Nanimarquina.

"The recent collaboration between star Dutch designer Tord Boontje and the uber-hip Spanish rug company Nanimarquina is truly a great combination- like chocolate and mint, or peanut butter and jelly. The two independently-fabulous design entities have joined forces to create the playfully genius Little Field Of Flowers rug, whose floral shaggy tendrils are just as endearing as they are warm and fuzzy under your bare toes.""

I ask only to be free. The butterflies are free. -Charles Dickens

Link: Galleri Charlotte Lund : Leif Palmquist.

Del av dagen, del av natten, 2" 2006, oil and pencil on canvas, 150 x 120 cm

"Galleri Charlotte Lund has the pleasure of presenting a solo exhibition of Leif Palmquist with a new series of work. The exhibition features abstract paintings and drawings by Leif Palmquist done in watercolor, oil and pencil. The motifs have an element of repetition, sometimes portraying a sound. In the exhibition “Before and after a second”, the artist develops his world of imagery with light forms that feel ephemeral and give the impression of having fallen down from the cosmos."

No truth is so sublime but it may be trivial tomorrow in the light of new thoughts. -Emerson, Circles

Link: Hidden Art - Shop.

"New Leaf notebooks are a range of A6, blank, hand-sewn notebooks made of recycled paper. The range is inspired by the new leaves of springtime and uses embossed leaf motifs and the embossed phrase “turn over a new leaf”. Range of 6 colours combinations."

Link: Frame - The Great Indoors - Products.

"KLS Designs It was not the wind that blew fresh green leaves onto this tile: after being attached to a concrete underlay, the leaves were sealed in place with a coat of resin, which makes the tile suitable for outdoor use. The standard size of this custom-made tile is 20 x 20 cm. Other patterns and sizes on request."

I think everybody should like everybody. -Andy Warhol

Link: Welcome to Art-Evolution.com.

An object makes infinity private. -Joseph Brodsky

Link: MoMAstore - Apple Slicer.

Apple Slicer Jessica Battram, 2004

Position this ingenious disc-shaped slicer on any apple and rotate to release perfect slices for snacking or cooking. Don't need a whole apple at once? Just leave the disc pressed against the fruit, and it will not dry out or turn brown. Made of stainless steel. Dishwasher safe.

There is apparently a fragile bridge between expecting nothing and wanting everything. -Jim Harrison

Subversive Jewelry

Justin Guinta   Sunken Treasure Necklace

 

One of my talking points will be the accident of geography. -Janis Joplin

Link: GEOLOPES GIFT PACKS AND BULK ENVELOPE ORDERS.

G eolopes are common sized envelopes and stationery recycled from outdated government surplus topographic maps published by various U.S. and Canadian government mapping agencies.  This is the perfect three R's green product for the next century --Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.  They make excellent gifts for the geomanics on your list or just use them for yourself.  Your correspondents will definitely want to tear open their mail when they get one of these fascinating envelopes in the letterbox.   There is no telling what geographic areas of North America will appear in your assortment -- mountains, forests, lakes, rivers, cities -- who knows?

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. -Alfred North Whitehead

Link: Naked & Angry - Pattern Design Talk.

Pattern Talk At Naked and Angry, we have a deep, dirty love for beautiful patterns. While we wish that everything cool made from patterns is made by us, that's simply not the case. Here we will showcase amazing things that people are creating with patterns.

>>>Submit pattern designs to be scored and manufactured into blow-your-mind products...Want to win $500 cash and 5 free Naked & Angry items? Simply submit a pattern of your own to be scored. If it gets a high score and is then chosen to be made into a product, we'll send you the cash and prizes.

Link: Wallpaper* - Entertaining - Can do - August '06.

Why is it that the French and Italians know how to preserve vegetables in a tin so much better than everyone else? The French get the perfect balance of seasoning, giving foreign foodies a canned lentil and green bean habit (we've been known to stockpile on visits to Leclerc), while the Italians produce illustrated labels so desirable we are quite happy to litter our larders with them just for their decorative potential. Of course, the contents also make delicious instant salads with a dash of raspberry vinegar and olive oil.

We live on the leash of our senses. -Diane Ackerman

Link: BarXV.

A SPECIAL SOFT DRINK WITH ALL NATURAL FLAVORS WHERE THE SCENT PLEASES YOUR SENSES YOU EXPERIENCE THE AROMA INSIDE AND OUT A SPECIAL DRINK FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO MIX WITH VODKA OR FAVORITE WHITE WINE AS A SPRITZER

Most of the change we think we see in life Is due to truths being in and out of favor. -Robert Frost

Jongeriuslab.

A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller. --Paul Klee

"With the quiet irony typical for her work, Hella Jongerius named her new sofa for Vitra Polder. The word refers to the tracts of land reclaimed from the sea in Holland by creating dikes and drainage ditches. The elongated carcass of this asymmetrically arranged sofa is similarly low and flat, and emphasises the horizontal. The carcass consists of a wooden frame cushioned with foam and upholstered with a technical fabric. It serves as a platform for four conspicuously voluminous, elongated cushions. Securely positioned in a depression in the carcass, two of these comfortable cushions filled with polyester wadding form the seats and backrest. The area around the cushions offers space for a removable armrest or a place for things like magazines or a tray. The cushions and carcass are upholstered in five different fabrics in five co-ordinating colours. This play with colours and textures underscores the asymmetry of the piece, and together with the large buttons decorating the cushions are unmistakable trademarks of the Polder Sofa. Made of natural materials like bone and mother of pearl, the buttons are sewn to the cushions with bold broad cross stitches. Through the selection of the threads, Hella Jongerius creates a contrast of colours that further enhances the distinctiveness of this design feature"......Tag from a vintage green sofa...

 

Let that which stood in front go behind, Let that which was behind advance to the front, Let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, Let the old propositions be postponed.
--Walt Whitman

Surely it was time someone invented a new plot, or that the author came out from the bushes. -Virgina Woolf

Anna Peach: Golden Egret Studio: Sculptures: Photography: Paintings: Murals: Art: Hawaii:.

Coconut Couture

The Introduction series began within my first year after moving to Hawaii. I moved due to my love of islands. There is something about islands which remains just beyond my reach. My entire adult life has been dedicated to the study of islands. I have done it on my own. I have taken in over seventy islands in fifteen countries, from the North Atlantic to the Indo Pacific Rim. I have moved through them with trust in myself and a need to express it. ‘Home’ has become a fluid concept. With time, I became aware of the categorization of life on islands. More specifically what was perceived as ‘belonging’ as opposed to ‘not belonging’ was often a shift of time and desire. The term Introduction was chosen to mark the start of my exploration in environmental sculpture while also referencing the ‘introduction’ of both plants and people to this island. -Anna Peach

 

I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets. -DH Lawrence

Link: Zorb Limited � 2005.

It's a vigorous wash for the unclean, a cool drink for the thirsty and a revolution for the oppressed masses. It cures heartbreak, heartburn and hangovers, halitosis and that nagging feeling that you've left the iron on at home. It brings couples closer together, keeps sandflies away, tells your mother-in-law when she's stayed too long and packs her bags - encourages hair growth in the bald and defoliates the hairy. It'll power your warp drive, warp your sense of reality, pull off your clothes, clean your teeth, read you a story, tuck you in at night and make you dream sweet dreams.

Welcome to Zorb!

Where all your dreams are realized (as long as you dream of rolling down a hill inside a giant plastic ball).

At market and fair, all folks do declare, There is none like the Boy that sold Broom, green Broom. -Unknown

Sweep Dreams

 

Sweep Dreams brooms are designed and built for daily sweeping. Made in the lush forests of Thailand, each piece is carefully hand-woven to produce an elegant classic that's the perfect addition to any kitchen, garden or hearth. Sweep Dreams brooms are made from 100% renewable sorghum grass around natural bamboo handles. The unique colors are achieved using eco-friendly nontoxic dyes and they are assembled by adult workers under fair labor conditions and compensation.

Look for the signature seeds and buds in the bristles of the broom. According to American, European and Chinese folklore, these buds bring good fortune for the coming year, making your Sweep Dreams broom not only strong and beautiful but lucky as well.

Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels. -Goya

 

 New from Leonine Design...

 

..."beaded leashes" that connect the arm band and the leg garter, which can then be reconnected to connect garter with leashes to make various sizes & styles of belts or independently closed to make various lengths of necklaces, various thicknesses  of bracelets, anklets or hair pieces...
Leonine Design

 

And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold: And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald. -Coleridge

 

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She with one breath attunes the spheres, And also my poor human heart. -Henry David Thoreau

Sencha - Our Products.

She with one breath attunes the spheres,   And also my poor human heart.

Sencha Naturals Green Tea Blend Mints

Sencha Naturals produces it’s own green tea extract exclusively from organic, fair trade tea estates. By sourcing high quality green tea, as well as utilizing traditional extraction methodologies, our extracts contain potent levels of the key actives which are referred to as polyphenols (catechins) and flavonols.
Three green tea mints equal approximately the same level of polyphenols as an average cup of green tea

VoJo Energy Mints

Link: Green Tea Mints by CSPost.com.

Green Tea Mints    For centuries, green tea has been used to naturally inhibit the root that causes bad breath. With a lovely combination of organic green tea, natural sweeteners and unique flavorings, this mint leaves your breath fresh and your teeth safe from harmful sugars and artificial additives. The mints also contain the benefits of the antioxidant, anti-viral and anti-bacterial agents from the green tea extract for an overall healthy body. Available in three flavors Original, Lively Lemongrass and Delicate Pear.

 

The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present. -Charles Baudelaire

Jiro Kamata Tesa Tape Ring

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. -Lord Byron

One mild Steel ring with a range of magnetic words to apply and create a variety of different sayings on your ring. Magnets available in a choice of red, blue, green, pink, orange, purple and black with white lettering. Alternatively you could choose a white magnetic with lettering from the above range of colours.
Ambre

Green how I want you green. -Lorca

 

Laura Spector Rustic Design.