writing, writing, writing.

I just ordered these from a photographer named Maditi... we have been conversing through email - she is such a sweet, lovely woman! Find her work here & and find her blog here!

what does writing mean to all of you?

my writing is:
joy,
prayer,
confession,
and grocery list.

seeing,
hearing,
knowing,
and complaint to AT&T.

here,
now,
there,
and en route to your computer screen.

I used to write because I thought I could do nothing else. Now I write because I can do nothing else - passion won't permit me the wiggle room.

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
- Carol Burnett

creating as responsibility... this must be a constant reminder.

happy, happy monday!

found it on friday...

apartment/design/photography finds.

dream buy from threepotatofour shop.

simply photo - the shop.

see jane work.

three potato four shop adorable shop featuring tons & tons of little birds!

bound to booker's, journaler's, readers unite : )

simply photo... beautiful!

domino's tips for decorating small spaces… running small to very, very tiny (like my own).

seejanework cute office supplies, journals, more! And the prices aren’t too shabby, either.

Delphine Chanet – a photographer to know, to explore…

Purl... fantastic prints, for buy or just pure inspiration.

Jackie-specific etsy find: johnwgolden.

beautiful patterns, colors & things: nantakajoy.

Old favorite, maditi likes.

needing more help...

I think I am finally going to invest in a new digital SLR. Advice? Warnings? Bewares? Enlighten me.

Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, on Work & Integrity.

Howard Roark's advice...

to Peter Keating-

Never ask people about your work (33).

It's I who have destroyed you, by helping you (611).

general:

Show me your achievement- and the knowledge will give me courage for mine.

I am a man who does not exist for others.

I have come here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life.... It had to be said. The world is perishing from an orgy of self-sacrificing.

Pain only goes down to a certain point.

To say 'I love you' one must know first how to say the 'I.'

Dominique comments on Roark's work:

There is not a person in New York City who should be allowed to live in this building (287).

Ellsworth Toohey:

A leash is only a rope with a noose on both ends.

I don't want to be on a leash, I want to be free. And I want to own myself, and do what I love, I want to be my own boss and a free agent... it is not in my Pisces nature to be hemmed in by anything - be it a boyfriend, employment, location -

so?

so I am reintroducing myself to myself, and every day things become more clear.

<3>

I have a brown wall...

cream...

simple...

themed set of six...

so many options!

I need help decorating my... tiny tiny tiny but beautiful & lovely apartment.

I painted one of my 4 walls "Van Buren" brown.

(the old bird would have posted it, but with my stalker issues... you understand.)

and now I am at a loss! I want to showcase my infantile art collection, but I am not sure a) which prints to put up, and b) how to arrange.

Any suggestions?

scraps from my afternoon net surfing, mostly from domino:

"Use simple modern frames—but always different, to avoid that gallery look." —Allegra Hicks

Steven Gambrell favors painted frames. Mix and match with unframed but similar art.

"Grand old oil paintings often look great out of their frames." —Allegra Hicks

According to Miles Redd, you should frame art "however the picture dictates, but I love French mats."

The secret to displaying artwork? "Big mats and snappy but simple modern frames."

cambitos no pacífico

cambitos no pacífico
Originally uploaded by anashio

I want a new tattoo... what do you think?

the trick: not having what you want, but wanting what you have.

my new place..

finds:

art/design/apartment finds.

from paper schamper: www.growhousegrow.com

velocity art and design.

fun color/word association site.

15 best home offices.

curiosity shoppe

fun, new (for me) blog:

cassettes from my ex

Etsy, again : )

Q: Do you have an Etsy shop? If you do, let me know! I am cruising for new art and decoration...

1st A: Joanna, author of the fantastic blog A Cup of Jo, posted a list of her favorite etsy stores... check it out!

2nd A: Flora d has an etsy shop.... actually, her blog is neat too - intriguing fresh & clean design.

3rd A: Abby's shop.

4th A: I just went through this one, I absolutely love it: Mrs. Eliot Books.

5th A: Doobleh-vey's shop.

6th A: Oh! How Lovely's new shopping blog.

7th A: Katelyn Jane's blog & shop : )


Thanks, all of you : )

In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.

flower decal
Originally uploaded by robinannmcintosh

I'm a little late joining in the etsy-craze, but I just started exploring this incredible website... and wow! what a wealth of finds!

I bought this wall decal for the area above my bed. What do you think? I ordered it in brown...

check out the etsy shop here.

Work Ethic.

Curacao July 2008
Originally uploaded by robinannmcintosh

Still reading Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead.

I continually read books when I need to read them - I always hear the things I need to hear - I always see the things I need to see - so why can't I believe I feel what I need to feel?

Some Rand-y quotes:

Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter.

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.

Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.

Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.

The most depraved type of human being is the man without a purpose.

new apt inspiration

new apt inspiration
Originally uploaded by robinannmcintosh

apartment inspiration.... what do you think?

da da daaa....

first day on the new job. got here 30 minutes early (yes, I am my father's daughter), so now I have some extra time.

don't have internet in the new place yet, but I have some posts I will postdate....

off to check what all of you have been up to!!

<3

from the horse's mouth.

round two... soon. very soon.

I haven't written for ... awhile. Reasons being:

One, a potential employer, I am hesitant to write truthfully about my life. I sit down to write and a biting self consciousness seeps into my words... I write whatever I want to say, but when it comes time to cross that finish line - well, I can't bear to press "PUBLISH POST" for fear it will crop up in a future interview.... !!!! HELP!

... and two, I've had some stalker issues. Restraining order might be on the horizon...

... however, I refuse to be ruled by some fear or some concern or some worry.

in short, I apologize for my absence.

I am soliciting your advice-

how do you manage to tread that line between privacy and publication? How do you know if you are being "real" and "honest," or merely arrogant and exhibitionist?

other news:

- I GOT A JOB!

- Omar is here, in town, raising hell.

- Move into the new apartment tomorrow.

- Sir Sampson is hanging out with his dad this weekend, enjoying a few nights with the boys.

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!