“I feel there is nothing more artistic than loving people.” – Vincent Van Gogh
Calgary Cinematheque’s Annual Focus Series puts spotlight on actress Tilda Swinton
CALGARY — This season, the Calgary Cinematheque has made British actress Tilda Swinton their centre of interest for its Annual Focus Series. Four films featuring Swinton were carefully selected: the British arthouse film The Last of England, directed by the late English director Derek Jarman; I Am Love, the Italian drama by director Luca Guadagnino; the thriller Young Adam by Scottish […]
Archive: Calgary indie songstress Samantha Savage Smith releases sophomore album
photo courtesy of cbc.ca January 12, 2015 CALGARY — It’s hard not to love local heroine Samantha Savage Smith. Her persona is down-to-earth, she sings sweetly and strums gently, releasing feel-good, gentle indie rock songs that more often than not leave you with chills. When she’s not jamming in her basement or recording an album […]
Marina Keegan: Enough time to be in love with everything
“Do you wanna leave soon? No, I want enough time to be in love with everything… And I cry because everything is so beautiful and so short.” -Marina Keegan, from the poem “Bygones”
Space Talk
Get inspired by space: “Nothing captures the strange contradictions of modern spaceflight as well as spacewalking—shoving off into space with only your wits and training, sealed into your one-person spacecraft. An EVA (extravehicular activity) is, for almost all astronauts, the ultimate professional challenge and the ultimate thrill ride. When you’re outside the station, you are […]
Scent inspo – like poetry
“My perfume is not reasonable. It makes time lie. It does not reflect any particular era but emotions from every era. It does not come from any country because it has travelled through them all. It does not resonate with any one season because it lives in all seasons” – Azzedine Alaia on Alaia Paris […]
In his words…
“I don’t believe in writers’ block. I think it’s just being afraid to write the truth down” -Dane Cook
In Patrick Demarchelier’s words
“Take pictures all the time. Don’t worry if you take a bad photograph; you learn more by taking a bad picture than a good one. If you don’t like it, study it and figure out why you don’t like it. You’ll learn from your mistake.” -Patrick Demarchelier, fashion photographer
The Calgary Collection Presents…
I’m excited for this event on Saturday. A film screening and live performances…couldn’t get better than that.
“Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.” – Vesta Kelly
