Lately, we’ve gotten into NBC’s Blindspot, a television series about a beautiful woman who is found completely tattooed and naked in a duffel bag in Times Square. To promote it, NBC has rolled out a massive tattoo-driven marketing campaign, including a “Tattoo Yourself” image generator app on their website. You choose a tattooed male or female body,…
Read MoreHand as Note Pad, Art Material, Tool, “Thundering Channel”
The other day at Artists and Craftsman, we noticed the cashier’s ever-ready note pad —his hand — and were reminded of the many ways we’ve used our hands. We mentioned this to Sinnae Choi, Improvised Life’s brilliant aide-de-camp, and she wrote some seriously powerful words about just what hands can do, and be.
Read MorePrimitive Modernist Body Art: Stars, Stripes, Zigzag, FAB
We WISH that we could see people who had adorned themselves like this — with stars, stripes, zigzags, more —as we wander the city. Such possibilities. We envision the top one as wondrous tattoos.
Read MoreToast as Comfort and Stovetop Toasters
Reading about $4 artisanal toast, the Bay Area’s latest food craze, got us thinking about our favorite alt ways of making our favorite comfort food.
Read Morepersonal style: tattoos and chanel
We were wandering through Saks Fifth Avenue the other day fending off smiling sales people trying to spray us with perfume, when we saw a surprising woman with a bold tattoo of the classic feminist Venus fist ; she was sitting at the Chanel counter checking out some makeup. We loved her style that was…
Read Morecool designs to paint on buildings, walls, more
In the small country of Burkina Faso near the border to Ghana, it is common for dwellings to be painted with intricate patterns using colored mud and chalk. The patterns tells stories of the community’s culture. We are amazed at how modern these rustic wall paintings are, and imagine how beautiful they would be adorning…
Read Moretattoo’d words of wisdom + hope
We are big fans of tattoos — permanent or impermanent — as a tool for living, and have posted quite a bit about them: to-do lists, uplifting signs, reminders of one sort or another. We recently tweeted about an 81 year-old woman who tattooed “Do Not Resuscitate” on her chest, so concerned was she about…
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