03-15-20. Benjamin.

03-07-2020. Maxwell and his Dad.

02-15-20. Benjamin & Maxwell in sync.

02-07-20. Maxwell reads a book at the new Joyce Winner Library.

Spice Market in India

- spice market in India or closer to home (e.g. Penzeys Spices)

Indian spices in South Africa, from Saveur Magazine

- chicken jalfrezi curry

- Demeter Turmeric

- bhangra music, e.g. "Mundian To Bach Ke"(1997) by Panjabi MC

- bohemian-style clothing: for women, for men

Little India, Singapore

- Singapore ice cream sandwich, laksa soup, Singha beer



- Demeter Fiery Curry



- Crazy Rich Asians



- Awkwafina's outfits



- The Chainsmokers, "Side Effects" feat. Emily Warren (2018)

Night Watch

- velvet jacket and silk blouse

- Demeter Gold, leather, musks

 

- Fleetwood Mac, "Everywhere" from Tango in the Night (1987)



- "The Night Watch" (1642), Rembrandt, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam



- salmon and a berry smoothie

01-15-20. Benjamin tasting the snow on December 17, 2019.

01-07-20. Maxwell helping his Dad assemble storage shelves from IKEA.

12-15-19. Happy 5th Birthday, Benjamin!

12-07-19. Maxwell working on his art.

Suspenseful Night

TASTE - Blood red cocktails and animal sacrifices (meat). A murder mystery dinner. 

Martha Stewart channels Martha Rosler's "Semiotics of the Kitchen" (1975) in a promo for the movie "Knives Out".

Tropical Fruits

SCENT - A variety of tropical fruit fragrances by Demeter Fragrance Library, including Banana Flambee, Dragon Fruit, and Orange Cream Pop. Today I'm wearing Pink Grapefruit and Fuzzy Navel.

Picnic Party

SPACE - A picnic party. For ideas (even while it's cold here in the northern hemisphere), try A Year of Picnics by Ashley English. 

My drawing is a copy of "Picnic", a 2002 painting by Fernando Botero.

I'm also thinking about Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1863, Édouard Manet, at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. I just learned about the 1981 album cover for See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy! by Bow Wow Wow (possibly best known for the song "I Want Candy"). For more picnic-related art, try this link from Artsy.net.

  

11-15-19. Benjamin playing with our Fortnite flip-sequin pillow.

Scenery of Japan (Autumn)

SOUND - Japan in Autumn playlist by Andrew Cantella which includes the Sam Feldt & Bloombox remix of "On Trees And Birds And Fire" by I Am Oak. I'm guessing that maybe the playlist was made for an autumn trip to Japan. There's nothing particularly Japanese about it. I like it anyway. It has hours and hours of the kinds of music I like to listen to.

11-07-19. Pumpkin-Foot Maxwell.

RUN!

SPACE -  A marathon, a jog on Waikiki Beach, a run near wherever you happen to be, or, if you can't make it outside and you own a Nintendo Switch, try Ring Fit Adventure. My drawing today is of my son Maxwell enthusiastically playing this unique new game. It'll get your kid (or yourself) off the couch.

Marie Laurencin

SCENT - Turpentine by Demeter Fragrance Library ~ Demeter's description: "That odorous ointment for bad paintings." Heh. Exactly.

My drawing is a copy of "L'Eventail (The Fan)", a circa 1919 painting by Marie Laurencin owned by Tate London but not on display (like a lot of her works owned by museums worldwide...).

Night of the Full Moon

SOUND - Twilight Saga - Complete Soundtrack playlist by vic_s, including "Shooting the Moon", a 2009 song by OK Go, first released on the soundtrack for Twilight: New Moon, then re-released on the Extra Nice Edition of their 2010 album Of the Blue Colour of the Sky.

This is about Twilight because the color scheme makes direct references to the Twilight Saga (colors #2, Twilight, a soft blue, and #4, Breaking Dawn, a sky blue). I do not like Twilight. I finally read the first book earlier this year, and it only confirmed my distaste for the whole thing. That being said, some of the movie soundtracks seem to be okay, though if you agree with this Pitchfork review, it might be better to listen to other, stronger music by the various included artists.