B E A C H T O N E S

The Inside Out Mermaid

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:50:00 -0400

The Inside Out Mermaid is fine with letting it all hang out — veins, muscles, the bits of fat at her belly, her small gray spleen. At first her lover loves it — with her organs on the outside, she’s the ultimate open book. He can pump her lungs like two bellows and make her gasp; ask her difficult questions and study the synapses firing in her brain as she answers to see if she’s lying; poke a pleasure center in the frontal lobe and watch her squirm. Want to tug on her heartstrings? No need for bouquets or sad stories about his childhood. He just plucks a pulmonary vein and watches the left ventricle flounder. But before long, she starts to sense that her lover, like all the others before him, is getting restless. This is when she usually starts showing them her collections — the basket of keys from all over the world, the box of zippers with teeth of every imaginable size — all chosen to convey a sense of openness. As a last resort, she’ll even read out loud the entries from her diary about him to him. But soon he’ll become convinced she’s hiding things from him and she is. Her perfect skin. Her long black hair. Her red mouth, never chapped from exposure to sun or wind, and how she secretly loves that he can’t touch her here or here.

MATTHEA HARVEY

Is there anything more exciting than knitwear?? (NO)

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:04:00 -0400

Is there anything more exciting than knitwear?? (NO)

Michael Kors Spring 2013

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:17:40 -0400

Michael Kors Spring 2013

A History of New York in 50 Objects - NYT

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:06:23 -0400

A History of New York in 50 Objects - NYT

Kagemusha. Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:59:17 -0400

Kagemusha. Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Ballgown by Charles James - via The Museum of FIT

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:58:13 -0400

Ballgown by Charles James - via The Museum of FIT

Happy Fourth

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:32:17 -0400

Happy Fourth

Jon Rafman

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:49:52 -0400

Jon Rafman

Josiah McElheny

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:26:21 -0400

Josiah McElheny

Works by HyungKoo Lee

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:54:31 -0400

Works by HyungKoo Lee

London home.

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:53:30 -0400

London home.

thecultureofme: “Dead of the Living Night”.

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:17:05 -0400

thecultureofme:

“Dead of the Living Night”.

Cannons - Youth Lagoon

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:05:00 -0400

Cannons - Youth Lagoon

Sharde Thomas, center, is believed to be the last living link to...

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:08:48 -0400

Sharde Thomas, center, is believed to be the last living link to America’s fife and drum blues music. Scenes from Mississippi Hill Country. via TMagazine

Tanlines - Brothers

Wed, 09 May 2012 15:13:42 -0400

Tanlines - Brothers

Looks from Céline Fall 2012 and Marker on Paper by Sebastian...

Wed, 09 May 2012 13:46:54 -0400

Looks from Céline Fall 2012 and Marker on Paper by Sebastian Wickeroth.

Inside Martino Gamper and Francis Upritch’s home. via T...

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:47:21 -0400

Inside Martino Gamper and Francis Upritch’s home. via T Magazine

kpseesee: Korean sculptor Seung Mo Park creates giant ephemeral...

Wed, 02 May 2012 18:08:12 -0400

kpseesee:

Korean sculptor Seung Mo Park creates giant ephemeral portraits by cutting layer after layer of wire mesh. Each work begins with a photograph which is superimposed over layers of wire with a projector, then Park slowly snips away areas of mesh.

Candidly shot series of self-portraits chronicling the...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:06:00 -0400

Candidly shot series of self-portraits chronicling the photographers evolving relationship with her body. Photos by Jen Davis. via NYT

Jessica Chastain is adorbs. via T Magazine.

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:14:00 -0400

Jessica Chastain is adorbs. via T Magazine.