By mara elisa nocon ticzon 09.06.10
>>anthony vaccarello<<
so i’ve been obsessed with the song ‘black and gold’ by sam sparro, then my sister sent me this other link before i could dump the mr sparro song into my overplayed list. the song is called breathless, here are the first 2 lyrics:
I’m hunting shadows in the dark
And steaming jungles of the world,
Either to kill or to be killed,
By creatures never named or heard,
I’m lifting wishes to the stars,
The gleaming satellites of time,
Orbiting circles overhead
To futures when your love is mine,
listen to breathless by dan wilson.
it is just as consuming as anthony vaccarello‘s designs. you can thank me later ♥
xxx
By mara elisa nocon ticzon 09.06.10
By mara elisa nocon ticzon 09.05.10
By mara elisa nocon ticzon 09.04.10
>>photos taken by mara ticzon, me<<
so last sunday…
manila > abu dhabi > jfk airport, ny > blue van > my aunt’s place
the plane ride (etihad airlines) was FUN. i got a surprise, collated a whole new playlist, ate plane food which is DAH BEST, watched ‘alice in wonderland’ again in between taking care of this sweet little abu dhabi-an kid next to me. unbelievably, i fell asleep at the landing point. anyhow, i made it through the airport + eventually made it to my tita’s (that’s aunt in tagalog) apartment, the first face that greeted me was my sister’s – Toni ♥ (Hah! i was so relieved i actually got the right building + apartment.) after we hugged + lost mouth-and-ear coordination telling each other this was ‘Too Surreal,’ (i hadn’t seen her in 2 years – i hear the workload at risd is Intense) we called home base to let them know i was OK. it was an Epic night, Toe took me to this 24/7 diner, we ordered, + had several convos about all the details regarding the philippines, home, extended peeps, risd, ny, webster hall + certain Awesome people…each convo burning down to ‘I can’t believe’s‘ + ‘this is so surreal’s‘ to the point of toni losing her voice..we left around 1.30 am + slept at 2.30 am…and i woke up to another  ‘this is so surreal.’
xxx
By mara elisa nocon ticzon 08.18.10
By mara elisa nocon ticzon 08.12.10
>>published by schon mag + incredible vision of stefan giftthaler & marzia fossati+ a brave new world <<
RISD medical checklist:
†generic mefenamic (250mg)…..for headaches
†katinko…..for aching neck, back and throbbing feet
†energy drink sachets…..crud, i forgot
xxx
By mara elisa nocon ticzon 08.05.10
>> 2d paintings as good as a blind man’s braille + shades, lines, shapes, designs that draw the viewer to filter for socio-cultural undertones + mash + commercial logos + plastic wristbands + a new character + new heights + some brazilian humor <<
DALEK + ONONO = SALT + PEPPER
james marshall better known as dalek, + onono (the newly born fashion brand (2009)) headed by ademar ferrera) are responsible for the magnificent pieces above. They complement each other, maybe they should do a collaboration…I think they should, especially since onono favors doing collaborations with a Ton of people; his previous collection involved 7 other artistically-inclined folks (two of whom pioneer the contemporary dance group desaba). It says so Here. soooooooo what do you think? Yes, no? let your fingers do the talking down below…anyways, I surfed up on james marshall, found his site, spent about 30mins soaking up all his artwork, checked out his bio, and this is what i found: he’s a tattooed skateboarder from a military family, hit a milestone when he worked for takashi murakami (for painting), settled on a minimalist+flat style w/ which he developed his famed SPACE MONKEY, his masterpieces glorify ‘a profusion + hyper-abundance of color + planes of space’ + lastly he describes the push/pull forces of contemporary life as ‘an ever-expanding, contracting, barely breathing universe, contemplating suffocation while simultaneously hover[s] over the consequences of not exploring further the options that no longer l[ie] waiting in the back of the coatroom.’ I consider his perception brighter than sunshine.
And it will be so, for the next twenty years.
xxx
