twenty seconds

the most beautiful twenty seconds.

obayashi

director nobuhiko obayashi. my heart just got so much bigger.

friday fuzzy

this is pompon. resident feline at helloneëst.
he is my cat crush. the cat most.

i fall in love with the movements.
the way the frenchies stretch their necks and twitch their ears.
the way a baby grabs its feet. the way a cat nuzzles and twists
to be scratched in just the right places. that's the part i love.

pompon's got the moves alright.

while we're on the topic of cats. and movies. and kids.
(oh, we weren't talking about movies? well, now we are.)
if you have a kid and like cats and want to watch a movie...
and if perhaps you like the quirkiness of foreign movies and want to dip some little toes in those waters.
i must insist you watch miss minoes. i have no idea how i ended up watching it, but it's delightful.
a dutch movie, dubbed in english, it still manages to retain all its charm.
and the costuming is wonderful. watch with your kids. and cats.

xo. r

colosse

"colosse"

i love that there are people in the world who take the time to make these magical things happen.

hope you had a wonderful weekend and a lovely mother's day. we went to the zoo! the red panda exhibit was like a real-life friday fuzzy. the fence was short. pretty sure i could have climbed up into that tree with them if i dared.

xo. r

( art and love )

to me, love has always been a pas de deux.

a beautiful idea. chloé suits better than a tutu.

i do recommend watching this in fullscreen. it's breathtaking.

{ via frolic. via nowness. via janie taylor's feet. }

xo. r

( the loveliest thing )

david eustace's short film

the little ballerina

featuring tomomi sato

more at the anthropologist

alice

everytime i think about tim burton's upcoming version of alice's adventures in wonderland, i get butterflies. they're gonna be fluttering 'til 2010 when the movie's released.

as eager as i am to see burton's interpretation of my hands-down favorite book, i doubt he can cast a darker shadow on the story than jan svankmajer. svankmajer's version imagines the story less as a daydream and more as a nightmare. it's beautiful, creepy, horrifying and wonderful. but i love how far he steps from the disney standard (which has very little to do with lewis carroll's story at all).

a few shots from "alice"

just after tumbling down the rabbit hole.

alice, shrunk.

weird and random. did i mention the white rabbit is a bit of taxidermy?

alice, about to grow.

too big for the white rabbit's house. 

a. if you haven't read alice's adventures in wonderland & through the looking glass, you should. right now. sooner if possible. read it closely and you will be amazed how often it's quoted and referenced in the most random nooks and crannies of modern culture.

b. if you're brave enough to watch alice, make sure you stick around for the short, darkness light darkness. the name constantly floats around my head, it's a perfect triplet.

c. keep a sense of humor about your language. carroll demands that it be a playful thing:

'Stigand, the patriotic archbishop of Canterbury, found it advisable — "'

'Found what?' said the Duck.

'Found it,' the Mouse replied rather crossly: 'of course you know what "it" means.'

'I know what "it" means well enough, when I find a thing,' said the Duck: 'it's generally a frog or a worm. The question is, what did the archbishop find?'