PEONY PROJECT

Completely captivated by this article and video by artist and journalist Richard Johnson recently in The Washington Post. Set in the PICU at my first hospital, he does the seemingly impossible and makes what we do look beautiful. 

I'm fascinated by group living and communes. It never fails to make me happy that in the 1970s, Norman Kirk's Labour Government in New Zealand created the ohu scheme. Similar to a kibbutz, it allowed  for groups of young people to lease pieces of land and create communes for a peppercorn rent- most failed, but a few remain. Then there are the two communes around here, Twin Oaks Community and Acorn Community Farm, that tempt me every now and again.

Above are two books that I love on the topic. Family by Lauren Dukoff. Set mostly in California, it documents a loose group of musicians centered around Devendra Banhart:  backstage, at home, practicing their music. Then there is Spaced Out: Radical Environments of the Psychedelic Sixties by Alastair Gordon which is both coffee table tome and academic exploration into the history of communal living and architecture from the years 1961-69.  

Comedian Bill Hicks encouraging us all to challenge authority and the existential nature of accepted truth.

- “killed it” / “killing it”

- bae

- trending

- curated

- cray

- “on point”

- “Holy {…….}, Batman!”

Summer Wants:

Beatrice Valenzuela Olive Slip-Ons

Kathleen Whitaker Small Foil Necklace

Kate Worums’ Bottoms Print

Boulange hair

A fringed hammock

Coolhaus Dirty Mint Ice Cream