gestures - Jean-Charles de Castelbajac

 

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from style.com

from the runway 
 Jean-Charles de Castelbajac

to roadway

photographs by IVAN TERESTCHENKO, from his site here

IVAN writes JCdeC graced me by drawing an angel on my helmet. Thank you Monsieur de Castelbajac.

to the world

photograph by VALERY LORENZO, from his site here

VALERY writes of the photograph- The Angel is a drawing with chalk that I've found on a wall in Paris, by (and I almost certainty) Jean Charles de Castelbajac
(He was a hommage to Mr. Ivan Terestchenko, which I love the work and the state of mind.)

Death of the Ball Turret Gunner

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 photograph by Valery Lorenzo

From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,

 And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.

 Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life, 

 photograph by Horst

 I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.

 When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.

 photograph by Valery Lorenzo

The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell 1945  Jarrell, too old to serve as a combat pilot, Jarrell served as a pilot 

instructor in WWII

much changes-then nothing does. still young men die to fill an old man's head with dreams of power& his hands full of money to stuff into his pockets.  the deadliest day in a ten year war

A NATO Chinook helicopter was shot down southwest of Kabul on Saturday, killing 39 troops on board. Eight of those were Afghan soldiers and 

31 were Americans, including members of SEAL Team 6.

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on marking an anniversary

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in celebration of a blog of note's first year- his admirers-bring gifts.

for being amongst us this year- beth, valery, bruce, ivan, victoria

first of all,
move me,  

surprise me, 

rend my heart;

make me tremble, 

weep, 

shudder, 

outrage me, 

delight my eyes,

afterwards, if you can.

whatever the art form, 

it is better to be extravagant than cold.  

-Denis Diderot

original photographs selected by the artists for laurent

red mug, blue linen- on july 28, 2010

phaedrus by beth nelson

chapeau by valery lorenzo

dream by bruce barone

dear pan by beth nelson

victoria falls, south luangwa  by ivan terestchenko

castor et pollux by victoria thorne

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