the most thought-provoking thing...

...i've read today is this quote on images/living by anais nin:

"i will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which i cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy."

hi, my name is alannah...

...and i'm apolitical. questions? okay, great. glad we got that out of the way!

(thanks to natalie dee!)

the most comforting thing...

...i've read today:

"...I would like to suggest a connection between this discussion of hands and Matisse's own handling.  (A huge photograph of Matisse working on his final sculpture while bed-bound in 1950 only underscored this connection for me - the artist's hands are as big as a bear's.)  As evidenced from some of his earliest sculptures, having a feel and sense of the material of his sculpture was essential to Matisse, and form the basis of what Bois has called his 'materialistic impulse'."

(excerpt from the blog Miscellany, Inc.)

big hands, big shoes to fill in this world.  capability belongs to the greats.

the most beautiful thing i've heard...

...today? "Te toca a ti" - literally, "It touches you" or "Your turn". Courtesy of Megs. :)