Sexiest. Car. Ever. (redux)

Okay, maybe I was wrong, before. Here's the 1958 Maserati 4.5 coupe.

Some words that have been stewing in my pot for a week or two

_______________________________________________________ “All life is just a progression toward, and a regression from, one phrase—‘I love you.’” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Offshore Pirate” (via Beautiful & Depraved ...which is NSFW) _______________________________________________________ Theory of Girls Two things that most contribute to a girl’s sense of femininity are: a) her mother; and b) finding herself the object of male attention. If you grow up without good looks or a mother, do you learn to compensate with exceptional humor or talents? I like to think so. Magic Molly _______________________________________________________ “Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common." Dorothy Parker (via Bohemea) _______________________________________________________ “I want women to be liberated and still be able to have a nice ass and shake it." Shirley MacLaine _______________________________________________________ “To insult someone we call him 'bestial.' For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. Isaac Asimov (via Big Fun) _______________________________________________________

Another find, courtesy of Beautiful & Depraved

"Unless it is mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of time. There are too many mediocre things in life—love should not be one of them." From Don't Touch My Moldeskine, via Beautiful & Depraved.

Hitting a little Close to home

This has been hanging around as an active tab in my browser window for weeks. I just can't bring myself to delete it's daily reminder. It's an article Working in Close It's a riff from a productivity blog, 43 Folders, about the working approach used by Chuck Close, an extraordinary artist who's life is as interesting as his work, which appears in low-rent spaces like The Met, MoMa, the Getty, and the National Gallery of Australia. But I especially like the pull-quote from blogger Brian Oberkirch, summing up the implication of Close's approach to work and creativity: And, sorry, all those romantic notions you have of absinthe spoons, manic episodes and Kerouac-like rambling on a long roll of butcher paper really aren’t operative. Creative work is mostly showing up every day and enduring a million tiny failures as you feel your way to something a bit new. What a great message for those of us who complain, occasionally, of having un-ideal conditions to create, or the wrong mind-set, or the wrong flavour of yogurt, or whatever. Just get on with it. That is the work of creativity: just getting on with it. “Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.” — Chuck Close (Discovered via Beautiful & Depraved, which continues to knock me out.)