writers & kitties

Writers & Kitties is another one of those Tumblrs that leaves me questioning my own creativity - more specifically, why didn't I think of this first? I love cats and famous writers and old pictures, it only seems natural to put them all together on one blog. That aside, here's a reminder that being a loving cat owner is one small step towards becoming successful and famous. You can visit the site for more information on how to submit your own photographs of writers and kitties. 

André Bazin & Surprised Kitty

Françoise Sagan & Kitty

Tennessee Williams & Kitty

Elizabeth Bishop & Reclining Kitty

Jean-Paul Sartre & Kitty

Mark Twain & Very Small Kitty

Edward Gorey & Acutely Aware Kitty

Truman Capote & Kitty

Rod McKuen & Nuzzling Kitty

Hemingway & Kitty

fuck yeah women artists

taking a page from yesterday's highlight of tricia's curatorial tumblr project, a project i recently started with a fellow art history buff (& graduate) is a tumblr focused exclusively on women's artwork. i was surprised to see there wasn't already one with the plethora of "fan" tumblrs out there and started this to help fill the void in my workday.

each day we focus the majority our visual content on one female artist, with past ones including louise bourgeous, caroline lathan-stiefel, kiki smith, sonya blesofsky, käthe kollwitz, and ana mendieta.

Plates from portfolio “Sonia Delaunay; ses peintures, ses objets, ses tissus simultanés, ses modes”

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Film stills from Untitled (Blood Sign #1) by Ana Mendieta

Indian Dancer: From an Ethnographic Museum by Hannah Höch

Spider by Louise Bourgeois

find more women's art here. 

black and white photos of folk singers

one of tricia's side curatorial projects is a tumblr highlighting black and white photography of folk singers, both contemporary and classic ranging from pete seeger to joanna newsom. as a bit of a 1960s nerd myself, her tumblr is always a go to for a mini visual history lesson of my favorite musicians on and off stage and of course, major style inspiration. 

here's a few selected photos: 

Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell by Rowland Scherman

Bob Dylan, Donovan, and Mary Travers

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Sandy Denny of Fairport Convention in 1972 by Keith Morris

Joni Mitchell, 1976 by Joel Bernstein

Bob Dylan by Barry Feinstein, Birmingham, England (1966)