Artist Jenny Holzer‘s sign is a wondrously-expansive view of living Valentine’s Day…daily. We’d love to have this bench in our Laboratory…a fine reminder…
Read MoreValentines: Digital, Analog and Otherwise
Creating a one-inch expression of love to be utilized by millions is no slam dunk as seen in this short conversation with designer Jessica Hische, who created a Forever stamp for the U.S. Postal Service. (Video link HERE.) I love the harmonious convergence of digital and analog as seen in her workspace with computer cum hand…
Read MoreTaking a Break… to Take a Leap
Of late, we’ve felt like this: trying to gain control of a wild horse — also known as our life. We’ve learned the hard way when we hit rough patches — of health, or crises of our own or our friends — our best bet is to STOP, and take time to catch up, heal, rest. So…
Read MoreJumps + Leaps (Nick Cave Does Pogo Sticks)
(Video link HERE.) Some fab, out-there LEAPS from performance artist Nick Cave. And just in case you’re inspired, here’s where you can get a Pogo Stick that will hold a person up to 160 pounds.
Read MoreLow Shelving as Settee, Display and Storage
Lately, we’ve been seeing appealing LOW shelves in some of the interiors we’ve come across. The low-to-the-floor horizontals they create have the effect of making the ceiling look higher, especially useful in low-ceiling rooms. We especially like the these clever shelves spotted at Il Richiamo Del Bosco (The Call of the Woods), and eco friendly bed & breakfast in Sala Baganza,…
Read MoreHOW You See Is What You Get
At But Does it Float, we were struck by this the title of a photography exhibition (not by the photographs). “How you see is what you get” is one of Improvised Life’s essential principles. NOT in the magical thinking way, that we will get everything we want if we just think a certain way. But in…
Read MoreBohemium Homes: An Alt Kind of Eye Candy
We browse A LOT of websites in our search for illuminating content for Improvised Life that will inspire new ways of viewing every aspect of the everyday. We have a special fondness for interiors as we hunt for ideas we can apply to our own space, if only in our imagination. But we have grown…
Read MoreBreath Breathing Human Beings (video + Rumi)
(Video link HERE.) We are knocked out by this video of the endless kinds of breath we humans experience daily, passively, actively…but mostly, unconsciously. It is a wonderful reminder of this mysterious intake/outtake of oxygen and expression…
Read MoreGif of the Week: Transformation
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Read MoreTable Setting: Flowers Right on the Table
We’ve documented our friend Maria Robledo’s inspired vase-less flower arrangements before. Usually, she would lay gorgeous flowers from her garden right in the center of the table. Recently, in the East Coast dead-of-winter, Maria worked her magic with vin ordinaire flowers she bought at the deli down the street. Our pictures don’t do her lovely table justice,…
Read MoreThomas Merton: Paradoxical Thinking is a Key to Creativity
Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk of one of the most rigorous orders which he entered in his twenties after quite a wild youth. Merton sought and wrote so lucidly about cultivating a spiritual practice in modern life, that he has been likened to a zen monk in his simplicity, commitment and the breadth of…
Read MoreFinally, A Pleasing LED Bulb + Our Lighting Strategy
After a great deal of testing, and disappointment, we’re happy to say we’ve FINALLY found an LED bulb we can live with; with pleasing, BRIGHT incandescent-quality light.
Read MoreSnowboarding in LED’s
(Video link HERE.) Insanely beautiful and daring. The absence of any sound except the simple piano accompaniment punches up the stark black and white imagery as Sutton carves across snowbanks and threads through barren trees trailing a roostertail of powered crystals. May your Monday be this luminous. —Susan Dworski via Nowness
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