1 // Vintage postage stamps that inspire fanciful storybook themes Chicago-based Illustrator Diana Sudyka uses vintage stamps from Europe as the starting point for fanciful paintings created using gouache, ink, and watercolor. Sudyka offers prints of many of her paintings on her website, and she also shares her work on Instagram. 2 // The shortlist The Sony World Photography Awards have announced […]
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Five things to be cheerful about this Monday
I have not yet suffered the loss of a close family member, a partner, or a child. The closest that death has come to me so far is a dear friend, a colleague, the partner of a work friend, the son of some one in my inner circle, a beloved furry family member. And yet… […]
Five things to be thoughtful about this Monday
1 // Read a novel instead Okay then, I will. 2 // The importance of darkness Specially for my friends in the depths of winter right now. And a reminder for me to look forward to winter. We want to make a case of surviving these months of darkness, but instead, I want to make […]

Five things to be cheerful about this Monday
Source: Dundle Hill Gallery 1 // We Who Are Your Closest Friends we who are your closest friends feel the time has come to tell you that every Thursday we have been meeting as a group to devise ways to keep you in perpetual uncertainty frustration discontent and torture by neither loving you as much […]
Five things to be thoughtful about this Monday
1 // Life is not a journey … it’s the dance. Wisdom from Alan Watts, animated by AfterSkool 2 // These words from Claire Christian I like to imagine that self-love is over here throwing the raddest party and a whole heap of people are choosing not to come because it’s a fancy dress party. […]