Nearest to My Heart

I dig this song almost as much as I dig the couch at 1:08, but I have a tendency to love furniture more than music.

A Cross

In a dream I saw a cross
one arm was short
and the other infinitely long
Some say
it's simple
All problems have already been solved
the burden is light and every tear
will be wiped away
it's enough
to live your life from start to finish
then simply awaken to eternity


But I keep carrying the other arm
the endless one
and I know that the light thing is a burden
that what must be wiped away is a tear
larger than the planet
there are days that drag on longer
than forever
And I can't imagine a death
that means awakening
a darkness
that is light
a moment
that is immortality
a love
that is not you
-Anna Kamieńska

The World's Gone Mad

Trench coat from Banana Republic's impending Mad Men-inspired line

This coat cannot exist unless I own it. Not buying any clothing the rest of the summer (ok, Goodwill and vintage clothing will probably make a liar out of me) so I can justify purchasing it.

In a Perfect Situation

There's the pitch, slow and straight.
All I have to do is swing
and I'm a hero, but I'm a zero.

Abelardo Morell

I ran across some Abelardo Morell works the other day, and I can't stop looking. Here are some of my favorite images from his Museums series:

The Philadelphia Museum of Art East Entrance in Gallery #171 with a DeChirico Painting, 2005

Early Sunday Morning By Hopper - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2007

Two Paintings by Zacarias Gonzalez Velasquez, Lazaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid, Spain, 2009

More M P

I'm dying to see this, but for the moment this is satisfactory. 

Mildred Pierce-Chapter 6

"But he looked so pitiful."

"Baby, they all do. That's what gets us."