The Strange Thoughts of Bernadette

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my name's Bernadette Marie. i am nineteen. i can't imagine any of this will make sense for you, but i suppose that is the point.

November 22

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Margery Amdur - hand cut frosted mylar, paint, on acetate

Margery Amdur - hand cut frosted mylar, paint, on acetate

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“ There comes a time when you look into the mirror and you realize that what you see is all that you will ever be. And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors. Tennessee Williams (via skysignal) (via happily)
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“ Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. Dr. Seuss (via kari-shma) (via happily)
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Her painting No. 2 (not shown) just sold at Christie’s for over $5 million.  According to Charlie Finch the fluxuating art market is having little effect on some top women artists* “The auction record for a shimmering 1958 Yayoi Kusama confirms that women artists, having escaped the branding obsessions of male chauvinist collectors and dealers, will have their works jumpstarted in a down market by the old verities of taste and innovation. During the past week, for example, Louise Bourgeois held strong in the $3 million vicinity, a gorgeous Joan Mitchell painting attracted heated interest, and Cecily Brown, whose ribald hymns may happily replace Hirst’s descants of death, also performed well.”  *Which is awesome.

Her painting No. 2 (not shown) just sold at Christie’s for over $5 million.  According to Charlie Finch the fluxuating art market is having little effect on some top women artists* “The auction record for a shimmering 1958 Yayoi Kusama confirms that women artists, having escaped the branding obsessions of male chauvinist collectors and dealers, will have their works jumpstarted in a down market by the old verities of taste and innovation. During the past week, for example, Louise Bourgeois held strong in the $3 million vicinity, a gorgeous Joan Mitchell painting attracted heated interest, and Cecily Brown, whose ribald hymns may happily replace Hirst’s descants of death, also performed well.” 

*Which is awesome.

November 21
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Giraffe (Academy of Science)
Giraffe (Academy of Science)