random pics I took... leading to the death of an armadillo

cool little sunday crew marching down mott st. with flags from all over the world

scene from 'Bananas' circa 1971

Sound healing

If we look back into several Eastern schools of spiritual thought, one will find the appearance of sound healing in almost all of them. In my yoga classes we always end and begin with an Om session, it's amazing the ring I feel through my body, the connection and energy it brings to the entire room is so refreshing, as if it rejuvenated us into a state where we can go out into the chaos of the world again clean, able to take on new challenges without being so easily overwhelmed. Below are some interesting sound practices used by the Tao which can be helpful as well.

Lung/Large Intestine - Metal - Autumn - White - Pungent - Sadness to Joy, Courage - Sound is SSSSSSS. . . (tongue behind teeth).

Kidney/Urinary Bladder - Water - Winter - Dark Blue - Salty - Fear to Peace, Gentleness - Sound is WOOOOOO. . . (lips as when blowing out a candle).

Liver/Gall Bladder - Wood - Green - Sour - Anger to Tolerance, Kindness. The Sound is SHHHHHH. . . (tongue near palate).

Heart/Small Intestine - Fire - Red - Bitter - Hate, Impatience to Love, Compassion. The Sound is HAAAAAA. . . (mouth wide open).

Spleen/Pancreas/Stomach - Earth - Harvest time - Yellow - Sweet or Bland - Worry to Fairness, Singing. the Sound is WHOOOOO. . . (from throat, guttural).

Pericardium/Triple Warmer - Fire - All Seasons. The Sound is HEEEEEE. . .
P/TW correspond to the fire element, but the sound is usually done as the sixth, since TW's function is to balance, especially the temperature of the upper, middle and the lower burner of the body.

The Practice.

Lung/LI: Look up and breathe in as you raise the arms and turn the palms upwards. On SSSSSS. . . sound let your arms float slowly back to their original position. Breathe normally.

Kidney/UB: Breathe in as you bend your back and bring your hands to lock around your knees. Your neck straight to avoid unnecessary tension, push the abdominal muscles against the kidneys with a WOOOOO. . sound until the air in your lungs is spent. Breathing normally let the arms float back to rest on your lap.

Liver/GB: Breathe in as you make a large circle with your arms to lock the thumbs above your head and lean slightly to your left. On SHHHHHHH. . sound let the arms float back along the circle back to your lap.

Heart/SI: Breathe in as you make a large circle with your arms to lock the thumbs above your head and lean slightly to your right. On HAAAAAA. . sound let the arms float back along the circle back to your lap.

Spleen/ST: Breathe in as you make a circle with your arms and bring your fingertips under the left ribcage (stomach area). Breathe out on WHOOOOOO. . sound as you press as deep as feels comfortable to you. Breathe normally as you float your arms along the circle back to your lap.

PC/TW: Lean back in your chair keeping the neck straight but relaxed. Or lie on your back. Breathe in as you spread the arms and bring your hands above the head. On HEEEEEEE. . sound glide your hands just above the body to rest on your lap.(This sound, done with movements at bedtime can help you to have a deep sleep).

Russian And Turkish Bathhouse in East Village

    Today I, along with my best friend and her boy friend, my roomies, rode our bikes to a Russian bathhouse in East Village, on 268 East 10th Street in New York, the place is called the Russian and Turkish Bathhouse and it's the oldest Manhattan bathhouse in the area, it was established in 1892 by Jewish immigrants.
     We locked our bikes outside, checked our belongings and stripped into our bathing suits. Outside the locker rooms there are shelves with stacked towels and robes which you may use and replace several times over. As we descend the long staircase to the main heat rooms women and men pass us by covered in mud.

    We started in one of the steam rooms where you can put eucalyptus and various other oils in to mix with the steam of the room. After that we went into the 'Turkish Sauna" which provided more of a dry heat and a little shower at the door used for cooling down in the middle of session if you get too hot. We followed that with the 'Russian Room' which was pretty amazing. It's a room of hot stone, as if you were in a little human oven but inside theres a large wood enclosed pool with extremely cool running water and buckets which you fill with the water once you feel you've gotten too toasty, the contrast of temperature is amazing, it leaves you with an almost euphoric feeling.
     Inside these rooms some people chatted, some stretched and did yoga, and I actually heard a few doing some meditative chanting which sounded rather soothing. We ended the evening with some peppermint tea on the sun deck, where we stretched out and looked at the stars. 

Talk about making the best out of a bad situation...

Nazi sexploitation

1977.Italy

1969. usa.

Stream Sufjan Stevens new 'The Age of ADZ' at NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130049247

The Age Of Adz is out 10/12 via Asthmatic Kitty. Here’s the tracklist:

01 “Futile Devices”

02 “Too Much”

03 “Age of Adz”

04 “I Walked”

05 “Now That I’m Older”

06 “Get Real Get Right”

07 “Bad Communication”

08 “Vesuvius”

09 “All for Myself”

10 “I Want To Be Well”

11 “Impossible Soul”

Artist: Know Hope

Austria

The Future of Food

1966. usa.

1958. usa.

1953. usa.

Claude Chabrol bites dust at 80...

PARIS — French director Claude Chabrol, one of the founders of the New Wave movement that revolutionized filmmaking in the late 1950s and '60s, died Sunday. He was 80.

A prolific director, Chabrol made more than 70 films and TV productions during his more than half-century-long career. His first movie, 1958's "Le Beau Serge" won him considerable critical acclaim and was widely considered a sort of manifesto for the New Wave, or "Nouvelle vague" movement, which also included directors like Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard.

His movies focused on the French bourgeoisie, lifting the facade of respectability to reveal the hypocrisy, violence and loathing simmering just below the surface. Often suspenseful, his work drew comparisons with that of Alfred Hitchcock.

Link to full article....

what makes interesting...

Evolving Influence... fashion bloggers

If you're in New York this week and are into fashion blogging this looks like its going to be a rad workshop

Date: September 9, 2010
Time: Conference 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Place: Good Units, Hudson Hotel 356 W 58th St, @9th Ave NYC

Register online by clicking here for $60
Register at the door for $75

Livestream Available

SCHEDULE:

ONE: It’s Just Business: Make a living with your blog 
9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Brought to you by Bloglovin’
Whether you’re getting up and running, or taking monetization to the next level, this session will help you demystify the business of blogging.

Speakers: Mattias Swenson - Bloglovin’ • Phil Oh - Street Peeper

TWO: Get Involved: Cultivate a passionate readership
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Brought to you by theFashionSpot.
One of the best parts about blogging is community engagement. Learn from the masters how to get your readers excited about your blog, and how to keep the love alive!

Speakers: Yuri Lee - LOOKBOOK.nu • Gala Darling - Gala Darling

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch

THREE: Foot in The Door: Launch your new career with your blog
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Blogging can open the doors to amazing new careers in fashion. This session will share experiences from those who made it happen for them.

Speakers: Susanna Lau - Style Bubble • Bryanboy

FOUR: Content is Queen: Captivate your audience with compelling content 
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Brought to you by TheFind.
What makes a great blog? Writing? Photography? Style? Je ne sais quoi? Here we’ll talk about how content will always bring your blog to the next level.

Speakers: Amy Odell - The Cut • Emily Schuman - Cupcakes & Cashmere • Rumi Neely –Fashion Toast

tool.

Woodcut from Hans Staden: True Story and Description of a Country of Wild, Naked, Grim, Man-eating People in the New World, America, 1557

Theodor de Bry Collection des Grands and Petits Voyages.1592

                                    

Slave Market at Rio

 Martha Graham 1821 

K to the P it's your birthdeeeee...

What did the big candle say to the little candle?

 You're too young to go out....                                                                                

   It's my best friend Kendal's birthday, everyone wish her a happy birthday! 

                The night before my birthday Two yeARS ago I took this friend to a routine evening pilates class, we had just started becoming friends again since high school and  at the time she had no clue that my birthday was so close. When I told her, I swear to god her mouth dropped with shock, almost in resentment as if I told her she had to throw a party for the president and would only be given two hours.

          

      I've never really had a big deal made out of my birthday, let alone my birthday's eve, and this friend went home with record speed and rounded up some more friends at her place and surprised me with balloons, a bottle, and flowers, we then proceeded to get a little crunk and shake our tail feathers. That was one of the sweetest things a friend has done for me. I ended the night puking on her bathroom floor, and she sat on the carpet against the wall beside me and was totally happy just keeping me company, and through our slurred and broken sentences I can remember feeling so lucky that I had found such a great friend.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BEAUTIFUL FRIEND!

Tom Ford.

smudges

really though, it's okay to put in effort.
no one's going to laugh if you fall.

extra cushion... a reminder to myself

The last two months I have lived in a vacation town, it has been fun, but the visibility of a repetitive string of unhealthy habits is coming to outshine the party at this point. My habits have changed to suit this place, I allowed my self to get by on the idea that I was giving myself a treat or break, but nothing could be further from the truth.

As I started to see a little layer of womanly emphasis accruing, my aesthetically driven mind jumped to ideas about dieting, drinking less, exercising. Result: All these things I'd increase or decrease for a few days, a few hours, until I eventually let the party begin again.

It's been a little frustrating because I'm seeing the effects in every aspect of my life; but, up until now I realize I have been preoccupied with my own aesthetic disapproval. I sat down and meditated for a bit and then it hit me, that I don't feel well. I just realized why...

Somewhere along the line I got lost and forgot the whole basis for how I take care of my body rides on the desire of wanting everything to work more efficiently; and, because of that reason I am cautious about what goes in it... because I want more energy and I want mental clarity, I've not had to worry about my weight or any outer or inner ailments because I don't like the way bad things cloud my brain and make my body feel. 

"....Sometimes I don't agree 

with my thoughts on being free

Lion In a coma.

Lying in a coma....."

effortless..

Pig Love

Alfred Hitchcock 'Suspicion'

This movie is worth watching, quite unpredictable. It's based of Francis Iles 1935 book, 'Before the fact.'

Cow Love

re-edit of something I started on a darker day...

Beauty all around me

Flowers and their mothers

Like soul mates and lovers they grow side by side

Colors and warmth lay within my reach.....

But I’m an iceberg where nothing grows and nothing breathes

This ground I’ve paved so everyone leaves

And I don’t sleep

And I don’t eat

So I don’t have the energy to grieve

In this place of the darkest space

There are no stars there are no smiles

But if you look hard enough

You’ll find my scars stand trial

because underneath my skin

is where I hide all the treasures and sin

and I don’t even mean to do it

I’m like an involuntary chameleon,

I’m not afraid to do it,

I’m not ashamed to talk,

But I worry that the weight of speech

on this early dock

Will sink our ship

And land us both on rocks,

so for now my dear forgive me

if I don’t always shine the light

it’s just I’ve left a trail behind

 and I can’t always map it out right

it’s not that I don’t love you

I’ll come around, you’ll see,.

But for now I’m tired of the past

And in the present I am free

exponentially love this song