Distractions, diversions, and other frivolous things.Tumblr (3.0; @thessaly)http://thessalylaforce.com/<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzokwcOrjQ1qz7tzqo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lucian Freud. Painter Surprised by a Naked Admirer. </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/17936875639http://thessalylaforce.com/post/17936875639Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:31:00 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzijud28n31qz7tzqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I <a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/02/16/leanne-shapton/" target="_blank">visited</a> Leanne Shapton at her studio. </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/17740862672http://thessalylaforce.com/post/17740862672Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:23:01 -0500mywriting<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/17740794461/tumblr_lzijs93wli1qz7tzq&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>“Feel it All Around” by Washed Out. Aka the song from the opening of Portlandia.</p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/17740794461http://thessalylaforce.com/post/17740794461Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:21:45 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzijobM26L1qz7tzqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Can this be a scene from my life? </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/17740641660http://thessalylaforce.com/post/17740641660Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:19:23 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzc5piUpo51rngud3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fsgbooks.tumblr.com/post/17552180566/jane-mounts-ideal-bookshelf-quilting-another" target="_blank">fsgbooks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jane Mount’s <a href="http://www.janemount.com/art/sets/Books/IdealBookshelf22.php" target="_blank">Ideal Bookshelf</a> + Quilting = another great idea. (via <a href="http://blog.largeheartedboy.com/" target="_blank">Largehearted Boy</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>Omg. Yes. </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/17612767771http://thessalylaforce.com/post/17612767771Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:48:48 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z25aG8oZrg0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Go to 6:47 minutes.</p> <p>Q: “Sex and rock, is it inevitable?”</p> <p>Kim Gordon: “Sex and rock? I dunno. Butter and jam? Um, yeah, I think it’s uh, sex and rock go really well together.” </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/17155533719http://thessalylaforce.com/post/17155533719Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:47:00 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysbp1MHI81qz7tzqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Irina <span>lazareanu</span>, so lovely. </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/16936036176http://thessalylaforce.com/post/16936036176Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:29:25 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly1tzwj59Y1r1cf1go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rachelcomey.tumblr.com/post/16116206271/guy-bourdin-polaroid" target="_blank">rachelcomey</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.guybourdin.org/" target="_blank">Guy Bourdin</a>, Polaroid</p> </blockquote>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/16807784886http://thessalylaforce.com/post/16807784886Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:51:59 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lynevyFYCR1qz7tzqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lisa Taylor. </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/16807726643http://thessalylaforce.com/post/16807726643Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:50:22 -0500<p>I like slippers gold</p> <p>I like oysters cold</p> <p>And my garden of mixed flowers</p> <p>And the sky full of flowers</p> <p>And traffic in the streets</p> <p>And Maillard’ sweets</p> <p>And Bendel’s clothes</p> <p>And Nat Lewis hose</p> <p>And Tappe’s window arrays</p> <p>And crystal fixtures</p> <p>And my pictures</p> <p>And Walt Disney cartoons</p> <p>And colored balloons.</p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/16306124045http://thessalylaforce.com/post/16306124045Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:25:28 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxv0astxML1qz7tzqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Yes! What is the tiny hole for? (Illustration by Christoph Niemann.) </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/15906106083http://thessalylaforce.com/post/15906106083Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:42:28 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwgo2yTLG11qz7tzqo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/2012/01/girl-crush-perfect-relationship?currentPage=2" target="_blank">I wrote about making Girl Crush Zine with Jenna Wortham and my enduring admiration for Leanne Shapton for <em>W Magazine</em> this month</a>. </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14461664397http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14461664397Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:18:34 -0500mywriting<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/14391038448/tumblr_lwdwv8UQh91qz7tzq&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Obsessed with this song from Drive. </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14391038448http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14391038448Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:35:32 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwd8h7kZnN1qz7tzqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Joan Didion. </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14368686754http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14368686754Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:48:43 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwd8dzyUVi1qz7tzqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sigrid Undset. </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14368603784http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14368603784Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:46:47 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwd7agn8m81qz7tzqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>As much as I found Melancholia to be very indulgent and absolutely ridiculous, the imagery from the opening sequence has made an indelible impression. Though I’d be curious to check out <a href="http://www.therestisnoise.com/2011/11/melancholia-bile.html" target="_blank">Bill Viola again</a>, the idea that depression feels like being weighed down by large, heavy strands of gray, murky rope as you try to walk forward—well, it intrigues and appeals. </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14367579575http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14367579575Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:23:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwbfrjV8kx1qhz2hzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14365628214http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14365628214Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:37:50 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw98jp0v6W1qz7tzqo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I am such a sucker for first edition books, especially from the first half of the 20th century. </p>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14266201842http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14266201842Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:59:49 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw3ic8quUh1r1cf1go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rachelcomey.tumblr.com/post/14117890659/andrew-wyeth-farm-road-tempera-on-masonite-1979" target="_blank">rachelcomey</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Andrew Wyeth, <em>Farm Road,</em> tempera on masonite, 1979</span></p> </blockquote>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14252893299http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14252893299Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:47:27 -0500“It is 12:20 in New York a Friday<br/> three days after Bastille day, yes<br/> it is 1959 and I go get a shoeshine<br/> because I will get off the 4:19 in Easthampton <br/> at 7:15 and then go straight to dinner<br/> and I don’t know the people who will feed me”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171368" target="_blank">Frank O’Hara, “The Day Lady Died.”</a> </em>http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14220261343http://thessalylaforce.com/post/14220261343Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:36:38 -0500