still life
from the quantitative to the qualitative
lau nau
living room songs
tantra song
The purer the consciousness, the bluer and clearer the sky.
from Tantra Song,
by Franck André Jamme
tr. Michael Tweed
joy
saul leiter
[New Design Observer] Saul Leiter is sitting in the corner of his East Village studio apartment nibbling on a madeleine. The room is dense with photographs and paintings, piles of books, partially worked canvases, stacks of newspapers, and a collection of cameras, watches and pens, the last of which are arrayed like bouquets in cups. The putty-colored walls are peeling and a bank of north facing windows are without shades. “If you’ve spent a good part of your life being ignored, there are great advantages. People leave you alone.” He’s been left alone for almost forty years. “People are very taken with the idea of success. Everybody wants to be successful, except me.” (read)
