As Millay once said,
“Carpe diem and noctem.”
I’m paraphrasing.

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8-bit characters meet up with beautifully photographed scenes. Designer Aled Lewis.

Thrilled to begin telling this story to those that knew and loved the Pokemon craze/those that ask Polka-what?

Looks like we’re not the only ones who are fans of the mash-up. Pokemon Fashion blog PokeXFashion slams the world of high fashion into the slightly more animated one as pocket monsters hide surreptitiously behind models or grab the limelight instead.

Even more at PokeXFashion

“Whenever I found myself in a conundrum I looked to my father for advice. And always he offered the same encouragement: ‘Ask yourself, What’s the worst that could happen? Someone might tell you no, but there’s no harm in that.’ Just take a chance. Ask the question.”

- Susan Stroman

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We all get overwhelmed. Life can be a whole pile of overwhelming. Next time you’re on the verge of imploding/exploding/ode-to-joying, remember that there are a number of situations in which it is perfectly acceptable to have a meltdown.

A handy guide:

- When you’ve tried to spell “receive” incorrectly 5 times in a row

- When the saran wrap tears leaving you with an endless strand of plastic 1mm in width

- When Blockbuster is out of the next season of Breaking Bad

- When traffic stops you from going more than 10 city blocks over the course of two hours

- When things end

- When new beginnings arise

- When you can’t decide which way you should part your hair

- When someone asks you what your favorite book/movie/restaurant is and there is no possible way to pick just one

- When you have too much

- When jealous folks get rude and catty

- When that new song you love becomes that overplayed song you love within the course of a week

- When you think you feel a spider on you but there’s none there

- When nothing is happening

- When everything is happening

All good problems to have.

Allow yourself all the feelings. Each and every one of ‘em. You’ll be glad for it at the end of the day.

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How many of us can say that they’ve actually got around to reading Melville’s novel, easily considered a treasure of world literature?

Peninsula Arts with Plymouth University have made the daunting task a little easier with their 21st century-friendly project, the Big Read. Readers such as Tilda Swinton and Stephen Fry embellish a chapter of Moby Dick each with their voice and skill. The project also curated 136 artists to create an accompanying illustration for each of the chapters of the book.

No better way to revisit a classic than by bringing it to the arts-hungry culture in such a digestible format.

Should you need me these next few days, I’ll be diving into these deeper waters.

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Storytime folks.

“Here are some questions I am constantly noodling over: Do you splurge or do you hoard? Do you live every day as if it’s your last, or do you save your money on the chance you’ll live twenty more years? Is life too short, or is it going to be too long? Do you work as hard as you can, or do you slow down to smell the roses? And where do carbohydrates fit into all this? Are we really all going to spend our last years avoiding bread, especially now that bread in American is so unbelievable delicious? And what about chocolate?”

- Nora Ephron

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