Nonday

Pared down to its barest essence, wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature, of accepting the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death. It’s simple, slow, and uncluttered-and it reveres authenticity above all. Wabi-sabi is flea markets, not warehouse stores; aged wood, not Pergo; rice paper, not glass.
It celebrates cracks and crevices and all the other marks that time, weather, and loving use leave behind. It reminds us that we are all but transient beings on this planet-that our bodies as well as the material world around us are in the process of returning to the dust from which we came.
Through wabi-sabi, we learn to embrace liver spots, rust, and frayed edges, and the march of time they represent.
Tadao Ando

filed under: wabi sabi, change, time, age, new years, SB, source: iainclaridge.co.uk, theepitomeofquiet

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Classic water at central market

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filed under: docmartens, polish, 1460, personaluniform,

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If you watch Home Alone backwards, it’s a story about two men who are helped out of traps by a young child, who then cleans them up. Then, the child’s family comes home and yells at him.

filed under: home alone, christmas, source: ifyouwatchitbackwards, ifyouwatchitbackwards

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haircut x warby parker x kiminori morishita for uniqlo f/w 09 x movember

day 13? i dunno. i shaved it. i know, i know.

It’s a shame that the KM collaboration was at the same time as the first +J collection, there were some amazing pieces including a fishtail parka, this patchwork madras corduroy shirt, and a pair of water resistant, insulated, metallic green-brown twisted seam snow pants… oh and some nice fair isle stuff. I have this shirt, a fair isle cardigan, and a stupid soft sueded jersey henley.

filed under: gpoy, uniqlo, warby parker, me,

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twofishareinatank:

dat silhouette

Reminds me of +J f/w 2010

source: habitualsomething, twofishareinatank

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~~Vintage~~ early 90s Barbour catalogue scans. Barbour as we know it really only happened over the last 5 years. Not saying it’s a bad thing, just is what it is. (Archival Clothing)

filed under: barbour, you'redoingitallwrong, source: archivalclothing.com

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filed under: compassion, cynicism, lol, thought, Craig Damrauer, source: 20x200.com

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New Order - Blue Monday (Hardfloor Remix)

I slept 9 hours this weekend from Friday night to Sunday night in 3 hour installments. This song pretty much captures how I’m processing everything today.

filed under: new order, blue monday, hardfloor, music,

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feltron:

Manhattan Topography. Made with Geocontext

filed under: new york, source: feltron, feltron

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feltron:

Muji Handkerchief

filed under: new york, muji, source: feltron, feltron

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Pogo - Bloom (Disney)

Even if it’s in the most purely nostalgic and shallow of ways, this is absolutely gorgeous.

filed under: disney, music, pogo, princesses, bloom, source: pogomix.net

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"I’m much better at bringing out the best in others than in myself. That’s just the kind of person I am. I’m the scratchy stuff on the side of the matchbox. But that’s fine with me. I don’t mind at all. Better to be a first-class matchbox than a second-class match."

– Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood)

filed under: murakami, norwegian wood, truthbomb, source: twofishareinatank, twofishareinatank

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Places And Spaces / Donald Byrd / Places And Spaces

Donald Byrd - Places and Spaces

funky summer disco jazz? yes.

filed under: donald byrd, jazz, disco, places and spaces, music,

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Snowbirds And Townies / Further Seems Forever / The Moon Is Down

One of my favorite songs of all time. Ever. Ever.

filed under: further seems forever, dashboard confessional, chris carrabba, music,

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