the friday mixtape

A Brazilian mixtape over at Little Paper Planes by my best friend, Clarita.

Painting: Alfredo Volpi 

my friend clara says

Oh how lovely to be in love but it takes a lot of our time, no?!?!

Photo by Clara Azulay

clara

in the Salty Dirty Water Dress Tent by Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao. They'll be at artMKT this weekend.

a mercy

"And Florens, poor Florens, she was completely smitten." A Mercy, Toni Morrison (for Clara)

Photo from Kissssing, a Love Blog from Porter Hovey

and today

at Clara's graduation from SJSU, 24 Japanese American students who were forcibly removed from California universities to be interned during World War II were honored with degrees as part of the California State University's Nisei Diploma Project.

Photo Dorothea Lange

the only rule is work

For Clara and Glenn. Sister Mary Corita's rules can never be posted enough.

if you were with me

Mom and I went to Heath Ceramics, Afghanistan, and saw the Soul Children of Chicago. There were temari balls and cookies with D's mom. And chapino with Jeff and Silke, Christmas dinner with Kathleen, Slumdog Millionaire with Clara, elephant seals with Ally and Masin...

Edith Heath from Heath Ceramics: The Complexity of Simplicity

minister of culture

Going to see Gilberto Gil tonight - thanks Clara! I will wear my uniform of jeans and flats. Lovely photo Of Josephine from un fille comme moi.

modern friendship

Clara believes that I edited Lopate’s quote too aggressively. Here it is in full: "Still, it was not until the age of thirty that I reluctantly abandoned the Best Friend expectation and took up a more pluralistic model. At present, I cherish a dozen friends for their unique personalities, without asking that any one be my soul-twin." So, instead of a soul twin, it's more like a soul tribe. A cacophony of catastrophic personalities (Modern Friendship).

Image from Janfamily via touchy-feely.