Entomology.

“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.” 

John Keats

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Twin Fawns.

I came upon twin fawns in the display case of a mom and pop toy and science store in Kansas City, Missouri. It took me two years to win the trust of the shop owner and save the money to buy them. A taxidermist spotted a dead deer by the side of the road. He stopped to properly dispose of the body and realized she was pregnant. He opened her and found near full-term twin fawns, he removed and preserved them.

Deer rarely have twins and the taxidermist retained the uterine gesture of their bodies. I built them a vitrine with a light blue base. Their prematurity exaggerates the delicacy of an incredibly sweet thing. The points of their hooves, the length of their lashes, the spots of their hides, nose to small nose in an ur-cartoonish realism … Viewers’ eyes trick them into believing the fawns are breathing. The tragedy of beauty is its transience.

The twins live forever in their own demise. They are sleeping beauties.They have been muses since I first saw them … We dress death in lilies and bronze the names of our dead sons on walls. We erect altars of toys and hold candlelight vigils to express hope. My twin fawns sleep endlessly on their baby blue block in my studio. The twins never opened their eyes yet their wondrous fatality evokes an acceptable alternative to death.
— Peregrine Honig.

Sofia Coppola.

May 14th was Sofia Coppola's birthday and tonight we are celebrating accordingly by watching somewhere. 

All images are taken from the photo book for each film (thanks Karl) and can be found here.

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Maytime in the orchard.

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"You wanted the honey, you wanted those big blossoms
Clotted like first milk, and the fruit like babies."

                                                                     -Ted Hughes


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Mariam Sitchinava.

"This project expresses my desire of depicting women's inner colour pallete alongside with their beautifullness with the help  of flora. Thirteen Georgian girls aging 27 to 23 had a freedom of making their own crowns."

Mariam Sitchinava.

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Ellen Rogers.

Ellen Rogers is an all-analogue photographer whose experimentation in the dark room produces the most stunning and ethereal images. 

I adore everything about her work and this post has been long overdue, but now I have time on my hands there is nothing I would rather do than surround myself in beautiful images. 

I am fortunate enough to call her a friend, and an incredibly generous friend at that. Above is the gift she sent for my 21st birthday, I am in awe of it and it is certainly one of the loveliest things I own.

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P.S. Ever wish you could breathe under water?

"I like the sea: we understand one another. 

It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I."

   -Greta Garbo

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"Dear Captain Zissou: 

I am 12 years old and live in Charbone, Kentucky. A creek runs behind our house, where I live with my mother. She met you once, some years ago, and I collect and catalogue amphibians, reptiles, and insects. I don't know what this one's called, so I named it myself. You are probably my one of, if not the, favorite person I've ever studied. 

I plan to be either a) an oceanographer, b) an architect, c) a pilot. 

Thank you very much for your good work. 

Sincerely, Ned Plimpton, Blue Star Cadet, Zissou Society. 

P.S. Ever wish you could breathe under water?"

Diving for McQueen on Nowness.com.

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