NYC crica 1940

Waaaay before Instagram, Charles Weever Cushman in 1941 and 1942 left us these fabulous images of a time where men wore hats, and ladies wore knee length skirts as National Uniforms. More here.

A couple of weeks ago, we had the chance to attend the opening night of the Alberta Ballet's season,  with the National Ballet of Canada's 60th anniversary tour. To say it completely blew our minds would kinda be an understatement. It was fantastic, but mostly it was real. Especially the Emmergence ballet choreographed by Crystal Pite. 

The talent, dedication and grace of the dancers just transported us to another world. It was raw, human, and truly impressive. No special effects, no photoshop, no autotunes, it was pure talent and art at its finest. It's something I think we don't get to see enough, or maybe don't value enough these days. We go to the movies, see scenes that might have took 30 takes to nail, and then were color adjusted, the image was tweaked etc. Same goes for most of the images we see, or the music we hear. I don't think there is anything wrong with wanting to achieve perfection, or the art of digital enhancement of any kind. But I think we underestimate the value of seeing live performances, with their flaws, put on by people who dedicate their lives to perfect the art of showmanship. It is a truly humbling and human experience that we should all try to get more of, and value more. 

So,  go out and see a live band in a small venue, a play, a ballet, modern dance, circus, whatever you like, but see it live, for real. And then, tell me what you thought! Enjoy! ;)

Image via The National Ballet 

 

These neat images by Swiss artist Ursus Wehrli  for his book called The Art of Clean Up, really calm the OCD part of me, you know, when you suddenly feel the urge to organize everything in nice pretty rows, or in neat little spaces....Am I the only one feeling like that sometimes? Like how a spent 2 precious hours of last weekend organizing books by color, then subject, then title... Well, ok seeing  it in words actually sounds pretty ridiculous I must admit...

Anyways, we all have certain things we're very particular about,what's yours?

Via Cup of jo

Playfull and Oh So pretty!

That makes me happy, and want to go play in pretty dresses! Thanks to a creative colleague for the link!

Life lessons we all need...

To keep a good perspective on life!
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What would you have said?

"You look great when you smile!" would have probably been my line! What about you? This is a fantastic idea by the group Improv everywhere, the crazy-creative team that always seems to come up with brilliant ideas. I really hope I get to be part of one of their project one day!