My Christmas was splendid and I hope all of you enjoyed (or are continuing to enjoy) your holidays! Living in the Pacific Northwest, my holiday was spent under a foot and a half of snow after a week and a half of snow and ice storms.
It's a rare occurrence for us to get so much snow in such a short period of time, and the cities definitely showed the unpreparedness of it all...but I really enjoyed just staying home and being completely shut-off from the rest of the world.
When I opened the backdoor, this is the ominous view my cat was confronted with: 
The snow is practically all melted now (a big benefit to living around these parts), though there's still a few lingering cat tracks... 
Nothing beats watching a good film while the snow comes tumbling down. I received a copy of The Fall (at last, at last!) and I must say, it is by far the best film I've seen in the past year or more. And has made it head-first onto my "Artistic Inspiration Movie" list. I absolutely loved every minute of it... 
The shots, the colors, the *costumes*...sigh. 
It really is a beautiful, enchanting, heartbreaking, and dreamy movie. And almost no CGI effects--which is a feat all in itself.
My favorite character is Charles Darwin (of course!) and his costume is so, so perfectly insane and amazing. I mean--look at those boots! And that coat! Damn.
I hope you all have a fabulous New Year's! I'll see you loves in 2009...
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3 comments:
too much snow for this part of the world. Just.... too much.
I loved The Fall! Its so visually stunning!
I stumbled across your blog the other day looking for something really random, and was intrigued by this movie I'd never heard of. I got it from the library and watched it last week, and OH MY. It was WONDERFUL! I was pretty worried there toward the end that it was going to take an irretrievably tragic turn, but there was a surprise last-minute twist!
Anyhoodle, thanks for blogging about it so I found out about it! Love your art, too, very much!
xo!
vbg
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