linneia

butterfly factories on tumbling clouds

2012-01-24T16:33:00.000-08:00

The end of last November brought a really beautiful gift to my family and me ... the birth of my baby niece, Vivian. Her tiny toes, her little hands ... her peachy cheeks that stretch when she yawns ... she's a miracle. She's afraid of taking baths, but if you hold both of her hands, she stops crying and suddenly she is so, so brave. I kiss her cheek and her forehead nearly everyday. The presence of a baby girl is so sweet and tender.

My brother told me that having a baby girl in your arms ... makes you want to give her the whole world. :)

"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."
–Albert Camus

a breeze in my veins

2011-10-28T19:46:00.000-07:00

poconos, pennsylvania

Had an extremely amazing opportunity to shoot a wedding at the beautiful Poconos in Pennsylvania. It didn't even feel like "work". It was more of a getaway for me away from the city. It was so quiet, relaxing, beautiful, lush, and crisp there. I would go there again in a heartbeat if given the chance!

color the roses in ink

2011-08-26T07:26:00.001-07:00

honey

2011-08-17T16:00:00.000-07:00

work in progress

Everything's going so fast.

The distant water shimmers
I raised my hands as if in prayer
Leaning back in the night, I looked up quietly
And saw a small firefly fluttering in the sky
-- はなび, AAA

gray rain

2011-08-14T16:41:00.000-07:00

I woke up to what sounded like the heavens falling down on earth. It was raining so hard ... this kind of gray and forlorn morning called for laying in bed on floral bed sheets, a mug of hot tea steaming nearby, and piano music playing softly.

mary

2011-07-19T19:36:00.000-07:00

model & makeup: mary
photo & styling: me

Here's Mary. :) All I can say is, she's a very beautiful friend of mine.

.. But I was smiling
More gently than anyone else
Standing alone
Without an umbrella
-- rainy day by ayumi hamasaki

soon.

2011-07-12T21:38:00.000-07:00

During the 4th of July weekend, I got sick with a high fever. I had achy bones and standing up drained me of all my energy, so I napped through the entirety of Saturday, waking up every a couple of hours to watch the light from my windows change from seafoam white to soft honey and finally to dark inky blue as the night cast its shadow. Sometime before the sun set, I woke up dazed to the sound of high-pitched chirping that came from the attic: baby birds. They just hatched. Their chirping sounded so raw, the first cry of their life.

All day long, and over the night, my mom tended to me. Her warm hand on my forehead. Her rice porridge. Her caring and devotion.

sakura

2011-06-07T18:49:00.000-07:00

walk deeper in ..

claude monet and impressionism attracted me by magnetic force the first time i was introduced to them by my high school art tracher: the pastel colors, the gardens, the flowers, the leisure. the walk through the cherry blossom trees and the garden itself was everything i experienced when I saw a monet painting for the first time.

quietly

2011-01-08T21:19:00.000-08:00

Chine-collé, etching in plexiglass

etching in zinc

Chine-collé, cut in linoleum

These prints are from printmaking class ... I really enjoyed every moment of the class! I'm not the best printmaker in the world .. but it was SO much fun. Will truly miss it.

early hearts at night

2011-01-08T20:06:00.000-08:00

something about the snow when it falls. i love it. the gray milkiness of the sky,

the mist that thickly covers the top of trees from far away, the silence of it all.

Levi's Photo Workshop

2010-11-21T07:28:00.000-08:00

Been having an obsession with floral overlays over photos ....

I was at Levi's Photo Workshop this weekend. My friends and I fooled around in front of the photobooth and printed our pictures (printed in vintage saturation ... the tones are absolutely gorgeous) on t-shirts for free there.

I'm in love with the photo with the man in black, which reminds me of Phantom of the Opera and Edward Scissorhands.

A rack of Levi's jackets and jeans.

neverlost

2010-11-04T16:58:00.000-07:00

view outside the plane on the way back from Hong Kong

unfinished drawing

"... Whatever you do, dont give a damn what they say
You are wonderful just the way you are
Cant stop whats coming your way ..."

love love love olivia lufkin

The fickle weather here brought a hint of winter chills to NYC a few days ago and it reminded my friends and me of the merry festivities to come ... I honestly cannot wait to see the first falling of snow!

raindrops in my pocket

2010-10-30T04:53:00.000-07:00

the texture of water, or just water alone, reminds me of

raindrops i saw on a bush of sweet-pink roses as i walked past the park,
the thick-as-chocolate fog that i squinted my eyes to see through but still could not,
the crystals of ice that found a home under the porch light,
the spray of water that cast a flash of rainbow,
the reflection of the starry sky on the black inky lake ...

gone fishing

2010-10-12T05:09:00.000-07:00

Went fishing! We didn't catch any fish though ... what luck!

Pear Picking

2010-10-04T18:06:00.001-07:00

I hope for a next time, because I didn't charge my camera fully and it died after a few snaps at the pear orchard. Lesson will never be learned .. =)

Crystallined

2010-08-20T10:27:00.000-07:00

Old art that I recovered from my old files :)

Etherea

2010-08-20T06:49:00.000-07:00

I drew this a few years ago. A little editing done yesterday in PS.

I've begun a butterfly farm -- in honor of us.

2010-08-18T13:58:00.000-07:00

Bright Star

"Fled is that music. Do I wake or sleep?"

wildwildwood

2010-08-08T19:26:00.001-07:00

umbrellas like confetti on beaches. lemon and water. wildflowers on the side of the road. washed out wood. smiles of summer. holding hands. my neighbor's roses. custard. dolls. carnival lights.

wildwood had every color of summer. i was happy to be able to capture them all ... a color capturer.

i'm listening to a song about rainy days right now. it does make me think of autumn and winter. i'll be glad for snow, but i will miss the corn fields.

Lemon-made Sun

2010-08-04T17:28:00.000-07:00

Here are some shots from a shoot I had with my friend Julianna Ritter a week ago :)

Vintage

2010-07-19T07:35:00.000-07:00

Vintage bags!

I love vintage things. They've been and seen things, things that is part of their story, a story that I become a part of once I put the bag over my shoulder.

Vintage things ... they remind me of the worn door knob that has felt the warmth of so many people's hands ... like a grandma's linen apron that has old stains, like the forgotten music box.

A treat for today.

The Sky Looked Like This

2010-07-13T13:28:00.001-07:00

This is the sky on July 3rd, when my tiny town celebrated America's birthday a day earlier.

And this is the sky I saw two days ago.

chase the stars and never look back

2010-07-04T12:31:00.000-07:00

fawn

2010-07-01T10:13:00.000-07:00

"Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, tree clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery – celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to”.

~Jim Jarmusch’s 5th Rule of Directing.

rosewine

2010-06-28T07:06:00.000-07:00

Photographs of my relative's wedding tablesetting. It was so, so beautiful.

reminiscence

2010-06-26T10:39:00.000-07:00

i will be your strength
your shelter shading from the rain
right here - brandy

model: emma baksay (thank you so much emma!!)
photo/styling/direction: me

at the beach. a simple practice session. something to keep, something to remember about this summer.

but we can still touch the sky

2010-06-04T15:54:00.000-07:00

Summer rain and rainbows
Swollen cotton clouds
Apples the color of roses and white sunlight
June meteors and a sea of fireflies
Wishes that these days would never end
Speckled moons and honey stars
Tea and gardens
A little bit of longing
Golden sand and hearts
City lights and sea breezes
A dream of a world where sunflowers grew in snow, and where silver stars shined in a violet and orange summer night sky

All of it. In a book. Everything of a summer that I didn't want to forget.

silver holes and white deserts

and the rain and blood of the rainbows.

june meteors falling

speckled moon and honey stars

singsong heart

the nights fade away, and i'm forgetting how to dream

And things I collected and put on top of a little tree stump on my wooden drawer:
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faded-watercolor heart bookmark, sea star, fallen ribbon, seagull feather, and a dried pink rose petal

pink marigolds

2010-05-31T17:23:00.000-07:00

Feel something, feel nothing
Listen closely, listen closely
Wide open ears
Disarm the dream tickler
In the constant moment
You will find me where it's quiet
Listen closely, listen closely
Let the blood flow
Through all the spaces
Of the universe
- a little pain, olivia lufkin

collected: honey cinnamon oatmeal . star constellations . ballerina . a full moon . thunderstorm

liquid skies and tamed suns

2010-05-27T21:32:00.000-07:00

All I did today was prepare food for our little barbeque in the yard. Whenever I draw or paint or play the piano or read ... there's this kind of silence in the mind. My hands just move, and I just keep going. Cooking and baking is just like that as well to me ... until cake batters flood over the pan in the oven or I burn the whole bottom of a stew. I also can't forget to mention that time when all the cookies slid off the pan as I carried it out of the oven!

But life felt really rustic today. There was a lot of sunlight, good laughs, clinking of ice cubes in glasses, smoky barbeque that gets all in the hair ... and food made from scratch in a kitchen where other family is there preparing food with you ... the whole day tasted like lazy summer.

sea me

2010-05-26T10:53:00.001-07:00

the salt in the air,
the sand between my toes,
the setting sun that looks like a faraway egg yolk,
my hair that's gently tousled by the warm-as-honey breeze,
my skin that smelled like sweet pineapple and milky coconut,
the sweet coldness on my tongue from the orange and vanilla-twisted custard on a cone,
the day that i felt this was all i ever need

remembering days at the beach.

serenity

2010-05-07T15:49:00.000-07:00

school is almost over ... !!!

school gingerbread

2010-04-24T23:09:00.000-07:00

a piece by suga nakayama.

a chloe ribbon i kept. it still smells of faint wildflowers and rosewater.

apple crumb pie i made one day :)

Some old photos from days past that i never got around to putting on here.

It's almost 11:11. if it's ever that time of the day for you, you know what to do: make a wish! It may be childish, but my friend has gotten me in a habit of doing it.

gold air

2010-03-07T11:15:00.000-08:00

From my moleskine that I'm working on trying to fill up: