2012: Shift in Consciousness
2012: A Year of Shifting Consciousness
A New Year is amongst us and with it, we move one step closer to raising our vibrations and consciousness.
Balance is ever so important as we approach a time when us humans will begin to become more conscious of how we respect the earth, each other and ourselves. In essence, we are becoming more aware.
It is never too late to begin your own journey of remembering who you are and where you came from.
Here are a few simple ideas to help you get the new year started off on a positive path:
1. Make a list of things you would like to accomplish by the end of the year. This list need not include the details of how, but instead the intention to actually complete these tasks.
2. Acknowledge your past accomplishments. Look back at some of the difficult moments from past years and quickly jot down the lessons you've learned from them. Give yourself credit for overcoming those obstacles.
3. Forgive. Forgive those you've felt have wronged you and forgive yourself for making your own mistakes. A buddhist proverb says it best: "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."
4. Be open to new experiences. Every moment is an opportunity for you to grow and evolve - as long as you allow yourself the experience. Creating rigid expectations takes away from being aware of the present moment and may limit your potential understanding, growth and evolution.
Star Wars: Chop Sabers?
Kotobukiya is delighted to announce an innovative and fun addition to their Star Wars line of products: Lightsabers merge with Japanese culture and “Chop Sabers” emerge! Suitable for eating sushi or defending the galaxy, the Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader lightsabers measure over 9” long, with the blades cast in translucent material. The smaller “children’s size” Yoda saber measures approximately 8” long. As a special bonus each set includes translucent Star Wars logo chopstick rests.
Geek Japanese Star Wars fans are going to eat a lot more as a result of this. Eating sushi will never be the same again.
CHOP SABERS?
Via: Kotobukiya
THE OUTSIDERS (MIAMI) - JAN. 7th
THE OUTSIDERS
JOHNNY ROBLES
ERIC TORRIENTE
KIKI VALDES
GEORGE SANCHEZ-
CALDERON
KRISTY LEIBOWITZ
DAVID MARSH
NICOLE SODEN
EDWARD CROWELL II
DAVID CABRERA
DIANNE RADLER
ROLLIN STIRMAN
Works by:
Opens: Saturday, January 7th 2012
Ironside Warehouse
7630 NE 4th Court
Miami, FL 33138-5032
6pm - 10:30pm
KIKI VALDES + IRONSIDE PRESENT:
Photos: Eric Torriente 'Aphrodisian' development stages.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un Looking like Russell from "Up"?
Coincidence?
Act Like The World Is Watching You
Whenever you do a thing,
act as if all the world were watching.
- Thomas Jefferson
DIY: Styling Your Mason Jars
DIY: Marilyn Escrobar's Cool Jars
Got a little crafty in between finals and made these bad boys. Super simple DIY I found online a couple weeks ago. Used 3 mason jars(the DIY I found originally used pickle jars), 3 plastic toy animals, krazy glue and Krylon metallic gold spray paint. I’m pretty pleased with the results. :)
Escrobar's own words on the process:
I could of never thought this up on my own. I am glad I came across Marilyn Escrobar's blog. This would make a great gift for a family member if you stick candy in those jars. Come to think of it....hmmm....I might just do it.
Via: Marilyn Escrobar
Baby Puts Hand In Obama's Mouth
Baby Grabs Obama's Big Mouth
President Obama may have been able to laugh off the mouthful of fingers given to him by 8-month-baby while visiting U.S. troops in Hawaii, but the baby’s parents could not.
“I was mortified. I was so embarrassed,” Meredith Wagner, mother of the five-fingered culprit, Cooper Wagner, said today on “Good Morning America.”
Wagner, 27, and her husband, Capt. Greg Wagner, 25, were smiling for the cameras with their son and President Obama on Christmas Day at the Marine Corps Base at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, which the president visited while vacationing on the island with his family.
As the three adults struck a pose, Cooper reached up and stuck his tiny fingers in the president’s mouth.
Meredith Wagner saw it all happen and reached up to pull Cooper’s hand away from the mouth of the leader of the free world, while her husband smiled straight ahead at the roomful of photographers, ensuring the moment would be captured in perpetuity.
“I actually didn’t even see it until the president had already left,” Capt. Wagner told “GMA.”
“She had to tell me about it,” he said of his wife.
Meredith Wagner can be seen looking a bit red and embarrassed in the moment, while an amused Obama, a father of two daughters himself, laughs it off.
“He kind of laughed and said that Cooper looked up and saw his big nose and just wanted to get a hold of it,” Capt. Wagner said of the president’s reaction. “He played it off really well and got a good chuckle.”
Parents ‘Mortified’ After Baby Gives President Obama a Mouthful
Via: ABC
Wanting a Relationship
I want a relationship, not a Facebook one.
Future Fossils (Atari Joystick, Turntables)
Whoa, Future Fossils
This is a really sweet series titled "Future Fossils" and you can buy these crazy vintage artifacts over at Bughouse. You gotta wonder what a kid from the future is going to think of when they see a pair of turntables.
Via: Bughouse
Mo Flicks
FLICKS.FLICKS.FLICKS
Ah, the great thing about the interwebs is you can just take shit and share it and those people take it and share it too. It's a lovely world after all. Enjoy
Passion for Fashion: Look of the Day
Gee, What
to Wear?
Baseball jacket/Zara (men’s), shirt/vintage, leather pants/Munhte plus Simonsen, boots/Zara
I’ve been looking for the perfect baseball jacket for a while now, but the other day I came across this one in Zara (men’s department). Sometimes it pays off to stop by men’s department in both Zara and H&M! I hope you’ve all had a merry Christmas! ♥
So. Cool. I found this on Passion For Fashion blog. It's updated on a good daily basis. Always something great to see on there.
What is she wearing:
Via: PassionforFashion
Dogs Always Think You Are Right
'You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says, `My God, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've thought of that!'"
- Dave Barry
OUTSIDE of Wynwood. Jan. 7th 2012
THE OUTSIDERS
JOHNNY ROBLES
Eric Torriente
EDWARD CROWELL II
KIKI VALDES
GEORGE SANCEHZ -
CALDERON
NICOLE SODEN
DAVID MARSH
David Cabrera
ROLLIN STIRMAN
DIANNE RADLER
Opens: Saturday, January 7th 2012
( show runs one week only)
Curator:
KIKI VALDES
Ironside Warehouse
7630 NE 4th Court
Miami, FL 33138-5032
KRISTY LEIBOWITZ
Rick Ross Fat Joke
Rick Ross is so fat, when he takes a shower his feet don’t get wet.
WHO'S AN OUTSIDER? JAN. 7TH
THE OUTSIDERS
JOHNNY ROBLES
ERIC TORRIENTE
KIKI VALDES
GEORGE SANCHEZ -
CALDERON
NICOLE SODEN
KRISTY LEIBOWITZ
DAVID MARSH
EDWARD CROWELL II
DAVID CABRERA
ROLLIN STIRMAN DIANNE RADLER
CURATOR: KIKI VALDES
Opens: Saturday, January 7th 2012
/ Ironside Warehouse: 7630 NE 4th Court. Miami. 6 - 10:30pm
"A group show in a warehouse by some train tracks"
Do Hollywood Crackheads Look Like The Brady Bunch?
Coincidence?
Lady Pink Wears Jenny Holzer
This is Lady Pink, one of the only female graffiti artists active in the ’80s. Jenny Holzer, famous for her feminist postmodern “Truisms,” designed this shirt and Lady Pink wore it around NYC.
JUST IN CASE
YOU DIDN'T
KNOW
Via: Sarah Deetz
Mark McNairy: Women's Spring 2012 Collection
How Coal Miners Used Canaries
“19th century coal miners would traditionally take canaries in cages down into the mine with them. The birds would act as an early warning system for carbon monoxide gas. When the canary stopped singing the miner would know that he had to escape the chamber he was in.”
“This particular yellow canary was obviously a favoured pet as well as a working bird. Inscribed with the legend : ‘In Memory of Little Joe. Died November 3rd 1875. Aged 3 Years’
DEAD CANARIES
Via: areoccuringnightmare
Santiago Rubino
Inspired as much by dreams as by chance encounters with complete strangers, his beautiful creatures with their pensive and melancholy expressions, evoke feelings of love, sadness and longing. Dark-haired figures dominate sparse backgrounds giving the impression of characters alone in the desert or even outer space. Spanning time as well as space, Rubino draws on sepia toned paper and attires his subjects in anything from Victorian dresses to S&M spiked heel black leather boots. These juxtapositions give his works a timeless quality that adds to the eeriness and universality of their appeal.
No matter their attire, the figures are stoically composed; whether they look ahead at the viewer or off into the distance their gaze is of such intensity the viewer can only begin to imagine what memory or daydream consumes them. The black graphite and the restraint Rubino employs to make the drawings reveal a dark undertone to the work that addresses the human capacity for evil and destruction in the face of beauty.
With his artwork, Rubino creates an elaborate cosmology that encapsulates his views on the interconnectivity of individuals throughout history and his belief in karma and an ever-flowing energy through which everything is bound.
Rubino, is a self-taught Argentinean, first known by local police and the admiring public for his exquisite graffiti paintings, is successfully channeling his energies and gaining attention in the art world.
SANTIAGO
RUBINO
VICTORIAN VIXENS
I've been following Santiago Rubino's work for years. His drawings have crazy detail and the narratives tap into a place we can all connect with. His murals are just like his paper drawings. Check him out.
Via: Santiago Rubino