The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of love.
Historical moments in shade throwing, Inauguration Edition 2013. Keep your eyes on FLOTUS’ reaction to what Boehner said to her and POTUS.
My Queen.
One big room; full of bad bitches.
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Marion Cotillard for Dior Mag F/W 12/13, Photographed by Jean Baptiste Mondino
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Limited Edition prints are now available in my shop!
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Learning to See
I haven’t had any formal training in painting, and I’ve usually been content to use experimentation as my teacher, but lately I’ve been really hungry to learn and challenge myself as an artist. I’ve been reading through Betty Edwards’ book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and I think she is a fantastic teacher. This painting is a result of me putting to use some of the principles I’ve been learning. The main being learning how to see properly/differently. Creating art can definitely be a mental/emotional battle and this piece was definitely a challenge, but also totally exciting. The result I think is a piece that is totally different than my past works. Not just in the colors, but the movement, form & spirit. This piece has now become very significant and special to me. Oh and I painted it upside-down.
A Limited Edition print run will be available in my shop on Tuesday, July 24th starting at 9:00am PST. http://CharmaineOliviaShop.com
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Gold. Susan Sontag’s most poignant meditations on love, in diary excerpts hand-lettered and illustrated by artist Wendy MacNaughton.
Totally in love with this: “One can never ask anyone to change a feeling.”
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“The apparent reason behind these cold-blooded, shameless murders was that the four completely innocent victims offended your twisted notion of honour, a notion of honour that is founded upon the domination and control of women, a sick notion of honour that has absolutely no place in any civilized society.”
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Meet Camila Vallejo, president of the Federation of Chilean Students (FECH) and leader of the protests for education reform in Chile. On Thursday, the march she led gathered more than 100,000 people who came in support of students’ rally for free university education. Yesterday, “Families for education”, an informal get together for families with young children, gathered more than 1 million participants. She was the main speaker and organizer.
I am surprised English speaking media is not all over her case already. She has encountered bitter misogyny from government ministers that refer to her as “the bitch”, she has successfully created a political movement that is demanding concrete action and she is extremely media savvy and articulate. Charismatic, young, smart and beautiful, those are not qualities found in many political figures these days.
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I left Massachusetts at a time when I was happier than I can ever remember feeling and man, that sure is bittersweet. The past year my best friendships have remained steadfast and sure, I became...
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Today was my last day at the bank and this was in the newsletter. It felt weird seeing it in print.
I actually had permission to blog this right after I signed the paperwork (it was my very first...
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“Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we...”
