In this documentary short, Shaped on all Six Sides by Kat Gardiner, Andy Stewart shares his philosophies about his relationship with and respect for the craft of wooden boat carpentry. This quote on quality and his place in the work stood out:
A lot of the allure of working on wooden boats, actually, is because the sea is the final arbitrator of the quality of your work. It’s very gratifying to see repairs that I’ve done 30 years ago still holding up, and so I feel like I’m part of a long continuum of craftsman keeping vessels around and alive.
It reminded me of the NYTimes article, The Stories That Bind Us, which lays out the benefits of children knowing their family history. Sharing traditions and values through storytelling can help to develop an “intergenerational self,” an understanding of their part in a family narrative that is built with both successes and difficult challenges. A good read…
blank billboard love continues
Upstate on the Hudson
lunchtime at DIA
Valentines day in the year of the summer of love
On Kawara
en route to work.
House made from 3 identical pieces of scrap metal placed on a rock on Randalls Island, NYC 2013
Lawrence Weiners original statement of intent first published in 1969.
still blows my mind.
Cottage in the Scottish Highlands.
Contributed by Martha Schlee Bamford.
(Source: sourcetosea)
Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
—Marcel Duchamp (via atelierellsworth)
Yves Saint Laurent ‘Mondrian’ dress in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, NL
Letterbox in Hampstead, London UK
