I was born in 1969 ½
Tibetan Anatomical Paintings
Back-lit Thought Bubble
Wish I’d got a sharper picture of this
– it was late & I thought we’d come back…
Contrail Squiggle
Jean Baudrillard – The Conspiracy of Art
In a way, it [art] is worse than nothing, because it means nothing and nonetheless exists, providing itself with all the right reasons to exist.
Jean Baudrillard – The Conspiracy of Art
What Buddhas Are Made Of
Some men were building this buddha at a temple in Luang Prabang.
Next to it was a recently finished one, all shiny and fresh with defined features and painted gold – this was a little earlier in the process.
Asbestos Bloke
Block Map
(It’s Pisa)
Blue Tag Brown Tiles
Exiles in Nellcôte
Walking down to investigate the beach at Villefranche-sur-Mer, we came across the entrance to Villa Nellcôte [Map], once the headquarters of the local Gestapo, and in the summer of 1971, where the Rolling Stones recorded ‘Exile on Main Street‘.
I remembered reading about it, and seeing some photos of the house in ‘Spanish Tony’ Sanchez’s ‘Up and Down with The Rolling Stones‘, but we couldn’t see much beyond the main gates.
Dominique Tarle took some amazing photos there when he was allowed full access to the house that summer, published in a limited edition book ‘Exile’ – you can see quite a few of them here, and there’s a nice feature KEITH RICHARDS & GRAM PARSONS 1971 | SUMMER IN EXILE @ VILLA NELLCOTE, over on the ever excellent The Selvedge Yard.
Cappuccunami
My cup runneth over etc.