Miscellaneous links
Zadie Smith and Jerry Saltz on Christian Marclay’s twenty-four-hour film, The Clock. I’d really like to see this.
Though I’ve yet to post my first real tweet (I know how precious they are), I’ve been browsing those of the rich and famous this week. The most interesting ones so far have been the koans of Karl Lagerfeld. I don’t know if he’s the one writing them or not - maybe these are things he’s said in interviews and an assistant (having committed them to memory) is intermittently tweeting them, but it’s actually pretty good stuff sometimes. You’ll recognize the always now tone if you’ve watched the documentary about him. Here are a few examples…
“Designers must be both conscious and unconscious at the same time. Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle inspiration and talent.”
“Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive.”
“The most important thing is to do things, not to have done them.”
“Nonchalance in couture is very important, because couture without nonchalance is just the drag queen attitude of women of an era past.”
Full-time blogger Andrew Sullivan on social network / gadget addiction. It feels like it’s getting to be a real thing, doesn’t it?
“I understand the desire to check your email, stocks, Facebook wall, OKCupid or Grindr message in those moments when you simply have to walk or sit on a train or scarf some lunchtime Chipotle. But when you are actually among people you know, the act of glancing down at your mobile device is simply bad manners. It states absolutely that your current interaction is not as important or as interesting as any number of online connections. It’s rude. And it misses the point.”
A tumblr worth probing lustfully into: Bad Romance Novels. Some samples of what you’ll find there…
Cupping her, he dipped his finger into her private well. “Temperature good.” He smiled.
- “Tell Me Lies” - Claudia Dain
The light in his eyes, the softness and lambent heat couldn’t be anything less than love, even though neither of them had ever spoken the word aloud. She lifted her hands, touched his chest, his flat, hard belly, the velvet-sheathed steel that proclaimed him male.
- “Unwitting Accomplice” - Tina Vasilos
There was deft tenderness as he plundered the welcoming void of her, the taste of mint and passion and growing abandon.
- “From This Day Onward” - Elizabeth Kary
He captured her lips and she poured desire back into him, still wanting, still needing, deep in her throbbing, cavernous core.
- “A Lady’s Secret” - Jo Beverley
Sweaty stuff! One thing you learn, reading these smutty passages, is that it takes a ton of commas to write them.
Miscellaneous links
Zadie Smith and Jerry Saltz on Christian Marclay’s twenty-four-hour film, The Clock. I’d really like to see this.
Though I’ve yet to post my first real tweet (I know how precious they are), I’ve been browsing those of the rich and famous this week. The most interesting ones so far have been the koans of Karl Lagerfeld. I don’t know if he’s the one writing them or not - maybe these are things he’s said in interviews and an assistant (having committed them to memory) is intermittently tweeting them, but it’s actually pretty good stuff sometimes. You’ll recognize the always now tone if you’ve watched the documentary about him. Here are a few examples…
“Designers must be both conscious and unconscious at the same time. Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle inspiration and talent.”
“Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive.”
“The most important thing is to do things, not to have done them.”
“Nonchalance in couture is very important, because couture without nonchalance is just the drag queen attitude of women of an era past.”
Full-time blogger Andrew Sullivan on social network / gadget addiction. It feels like it’s getting to be a real thing, doesn’t it?
“I understand the desire to check your email, stocks, Facebook wall, OKCupid or Grindr message in those moments when you simply have to walk or sit on a train or scarf some lunchtime Chipotle. But when you are actually among people you know, the act of glancing down at your mobile device is simply bad manners. It states absolutely that your current interaction is not as important or as interesting as any number of online connections. It’s rude. And it misses the point.”
A tumblr worth probing lustfully into: Bad Romance Novels. Some samples of what you’ll find there…
Cupping her, he dipped his finger into her private well. “Temperature good.” He smiled.
- “Tell Me Lies” - Claudia Dain
The light in his eyes, the softness and lambent heat couldn’t be anything less than love, even though neither of them had ever spoken the word aloud. She lifted her hands, touched his chest, his flat, hard belly, the velvet-sheathed steel that proclaimed him male.
- “Unwitting Accomplice” - Tina Vasilos
There was deft tenderness as he plundered the welcoming void of her, the taste of mint and passion and growing abandon.
- “From This Day Onward” - Elizabeth Kary
He captured her lips and she poured desire back into him, still wanting, still needing, deep in her throbbing, cavernous core.
- “A Lady’s Secret” - Jo Beverley
Sweaty stuff! One thing you learn, reading these smutty passages, is that it takes a ton of commas to write them.
