Into the wild

Some fun I had with the latest issue of Jille magazine and a 1951 copy of National Geographic. It's been so long since I collaged. I forgot how enjoyable it is!

Troublesome feelings

We all face the creeping feeling that anxiety brings from time to time. Once it rears its hideous head, it can feel impossible to push down. Anxiety has to be one of the ugliest states of being. It's slow burning, unapologetic and all consuming. Over at the New York Times there is a wonderful series that explore such feelings from a collection of talented writers. You can see more here.

100 yen love package giveaway!

I'm doing another 100 yen love package giveaway, this time on Always Sometimes Anytime. Simply comment here and tell me the best gift you've ever received under $10 -  then you're in to win! Good luck!

きれいな 浴衣

I'm lusting over these amazing yukata at mina perhonen. How nice it would be to own one of these beauties? 

  Yukata is a casual summer version of Kimono. It's a lot less restrictive and lighter to wear which is essential for the hot Japanese summer months.  You can see more here.

Drawing by Mickaël Le Goff

I love this wee video capturing the magic of drawing by Mickaël Le Goff  featuring French and Chilean artists, Johanna Tagada and Camila León in Berlin.

Lovely!

A bunch of ladies and a cat

 
 

Here are a few drawings I did for my lovely friends over at Always Sometimes Anytime. You can see the full write up here!

Teenage wasteland

The Life archives are an easy thing to get lost in, dishing up one historical gem after another. In particular I loved the 1964's photographs of Japanese youth, captured by Michael Rougier.

"Nowhere in the world does youth seem to dominate a nation as they do in Japan. They are overwhelming and everywhere, surging, searching, experimenting, ambitious at some times, helpless and without hope at others. Isolated on a tight little island, they have not, except on the surface, become international like their counterparts in freewheeling Europe."