Kristin, 2011
The fact that a thing is difficult must be for us the more reason for doing it. — Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Ricky Young of The Wild Feathers, 2012
Madi Diaz’s new record is $5 at Amazon this month, and it’s well worth it. I haven’t listened to anything else in the past week.
Here’s my chest tattoo that I got yesterday afternoon from Ian White. It’s a black ‘n grey piece… the redness will fade over the next month.
Caylin
Nashville, Tennessee
Brooke
Las Vegas, Nevada
Repeating easy tasks again and again gets you not very far. Attacking only steep cliffs where no progress is made isn’t particularly effective either. No, the best path is an endless series of difficult (but achievable) hills. — Seth Godin
Q: What’s the best way to finish a project?
A: It’s just work, work, work. You can be the most gifted person in the world, but if you don’t work, you don’t have any results. So if you want to do things, then you have to do them, just for the joy of doing it, not for becoming famous, not for this, not for that.
— Marjane Satrapi on The 99 Percent… I just want to shake them and tell them to photograph whatever they want. I tell them to pretend that they have a museum in their basement. It is locked and they are the only person with a key. I tell them to close their eyes and imagine what pictures they see down there. It can be anything, just be honest. Then make those pictures. — Alec Soth (full interview)
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Olivia, Will and Maria
Client: Griffin Technology
Stylist: Amanda Valentine
Hair/Makeup: Sherita Leslie