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Girl on a Hot Tin Roof
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An eclectic accruement of the many inspirations I stumble upon as I circumnavigate the world. I take inspirations from a huge range of sources: art, fashion, photography, theatre, literature, science, travel, and the wily humdrum of everyday life!
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Eureka!

The eureka moment is a sudden understanding of something that has been previously thought about. The term was first coined by Archimedes, a Greek mathematician and all-round utter genius. The wo...

17 dec 11

Smoke signals.

In September 2010 I blogged (here) about photography involving smoke, clouds, dust etc. as I was transfixed by the elegance of the shapes and different resonances of the images. I have continued to b...

16 dec 11

Where have I been?

Good question. I last posted in January of this year, and since then I have, lived. Living you say, isnt everyone living? In my opinion, this is not the case. Living is learning, and learning comes i...

16 dec 11

Haute Couture.

Givenchys Spring 2011 Couture collection caught my eye. It consists of ten outfits, designed by Italian Riccardo Tisci, inspired by popular Japanese culture. A Japanese dance style called Butoh is su...

30 jan 11

Digital trinkets.

I am in the midst of exams so should really have my nose in a book rather than be sat here finding digital trinkets that please me... sometimes these things happen! Here are a few little things that ...

14 jan 11

Lyrical seduction.

Zebra by Beach House is my song of the moment. It is just so chilled and serene, providing a great backdrop to so many activities. It is like an adults lullaby, or musical massage.Any way you run, yo...

12 jan 11

White Winter Hymnal.

I was very lucky to receive a wonderful digital camera for Christmas, and I am enjoying experimenting with photography and composition. Here are a few of the photos I have taken that sum up my Christ...

12 jan 11

Art. Fashion. Identity.

The current exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, entitled "Aware: Art Fashion Identity" is a thought-provoking journey through the use of clothing as a mechanism of communication and disp...

07 jan 11

Evolving English.

The British Library are currently showing an exhibition entitled Evolving English, which follows the evolution of our language from the first written examples in Old English, to the slang and globali...

05 jan 11

As sharp as a nib.

Excerpt from Dantes Inferno that provides an epigraph to the poem below. Read before listening.The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot is one of my favourite poems of all time. His reading...

29 dec 10

Use of space.

Heike Weber is a German artist who caught my attention for her interiors created by drawing with marker pen on vinyl-covered walls. The transformation of the rooms is striking, and the different patt...

24 dec 10

Tangential ramblings.

I am so excited to hear that Lilly Heine is now selling a couple of items in Topshop! I blogged about her MA collection from Central St Martins earlier this year. I LOVE the t-shirt below... if only ...

10 dec 10

To become.

Ludovico Einaudi is an Italian pianist and composer. I recently discovered his music, and it is now an integral part of my daily life. I generally listen to Einaudi whilst studying, and find that his...

07 dec 10

As still as a statue.

This Antony Gormley statue stand atop Blackwells poster shop on Broad Street, Oxford. From the street, the figure looks eerily calm in the shadow of Exeter College chapel, especially at night where t...

01 dec 10

Aesthetic satiation.

Im feeling random, so I thought I would compile a few photographs / artworks / images that satiate my aesthetic needs. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have done. Nothing is beautiful, only ma...

30 nov 10

The lighthouse.

The lighthouse is an evocative image that has been used over and over again in art, literature, music, film, theatre, photography and much more. For some unknown reason, I have come across a lot of l...

29 nov 10

Right to protest.

The right to protest is undisputed, but is it right to protest in the manner that students are currently protesting about the higher education cuts and fee increases set to action by the government?T...

26 nov 10

City of Dreaming Spires.

I love this city. These are some photos that my friend Kate has taken over the past few weeks - Oxford is such an inspiring place to live and work. The Rad Cam. The Sheldonian. The stone he...

05 nov 10

Vincent.

This song by Don McLean is incredibly beautiful, based upon the painter Van Gogh. I first heard it on the mighty Radio 4s Desert Island Discs programme as Johnny Vegass choice (which I defi...

15 oct 10

ORANGE.

So, we now have the material realisation of the trends for Spring/Summer 2011. It has cheered me up incredibly to see such summery colours and clothes on the catwalk now that Autumn is here and the w...

14 oct 10

Teeny tiny living.

The Small House Movement is a very quirky concept that advocates a better quality of living through residing in a smaller abode. Advantages, in their opinion, include increased simplicity and ecologi...

07 oct 10

A room with a view.

This is the view from my new room - incredibly beautiful, and I love the big tree.

05 oct 10

Guilty Pleasure.

I have something to tell which I am not ashamed to admit - I love the Harry Potter series. A lot.J K Rowling gave an interview to Oprah in the United States recently, during which she said something ...

03 oct 10

Stumbled upon my blog?

Follow my blog with bloglovinJust a girl on a hot tin roof, staying on it as long as she can...

03 oct 10

Jean Paul Gaultier: anti-establishmen t.

I am very impressed to see Jean Paul Gaultiers SS11 show hit the catwalk with a controversy! The show included UK size 28 Beth Ditto (right image) and one other "plus-size" model alongside th...

03 oct 10

Paranormal Activity.

Nowadays, it is easy to manipulate an image to create some special effect or desired alteration. Photoshop is an incredibly popular program, "Auto-enhance" is the default for all photos, and ...

03 oct 10

The Edges of the World.

I visited the Ernesto Neto exhibition, The Edges of the World, at the Hayward last month and found it very interesting.  The immediate room contained a large red structure meant to symbolis...

30 sep 10

Theres no place like home.

I am moving to university next week, after several gap years in which I believe I have learnt more than during my whole thirteen years at school! I am currently in the process of packing up my belong...

29 sep 10

The Gathering by Anne Enright

I wasnt particularly attached to the plot of the novel, nor was I intrigued by the Irish familial context and Irish history addressed by Enright. Im not interested in family dysfunction and I couldnt...

29 sep 10

My favourite Milan Spring/Summer Collections

Jil SanderAh-mazing, sculptural, minimalism / maximalism contradictions, several eclectic prints, circus-like silhouettes, luminous carrier bags, block colours / stripes, billowing skirts with minima...

29 sep 10

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