Holy Guacamole

I found this blog when I was looking for photos of Cueva de los Cristales aka the Crystal Caves in Mexico. I have no idea what the author is saying but I sure can appreciate their sense of wonder at this crazy, crazy planet.

Drowned Rat

Poor Lily, she's absolutely petrified of having a bath. Photo by me.

Obamarama

Oh my, I love it when people on facebook post precious, precious gems. Bad Paintings of Barack Obama? Yes please! Thank you Ben.



Yes, that is a taco on his head and yes, those are red roses exploding from the water he has just parted.

In other, less exciting news. I've changed the name of the blog from 'The Art of Being In Between' to just 'Georgie Bird'. When I started the blog I was referencing Naomi Klein's idea of ironic consumption.

In 'No Logo' she quotes the Hermenaut Zine: "Going to Disney World to drop acid and goof on Mickey isn't revolutionary; going to Disney World in full knowledge of how ridiculous and evil it all is and still having a great innocent time, in some almost unconscious, even psychotic way, is something else altogether. This is what (Michel) de Certeau describes as "the art of being in-between," and this is the only path of true freedom in today's culture. Let us, then, be in-between. Let us revel in Baywatch, Joe Camel, Wired magazine,and even glossy books about the society of spectacle [touché], but let's never succumb to the glamorous allure of these things."

BUT... this blog is more along the lines of "sum of the things I lyk" so Georgie Bird it is then.

Long Lost Houses

I just revisited this captivating series of photographs called 100 Abandoned Houses. For real, I can't believe how amazing this project is. The photographer, Kevin Bauman has been taking photos of abandoned houses in the Detroit area for over 10 years. According to his statement there are over 12000 houses like these in Detroit.

He also states, "I had always found it to be amazing, depressing, and perplexing that a once great city could find itself in such great distress, all the while surrounded by such affluence ... How could an area that was obviously once a wealthy enclave in the city become an example of the downfall of American cities?"

Originally found via Unruly Things ages agooooo.

Farewell Friend

Check it out! It's a giant burger cake. No not a cake in the shape of a burger, it's a giant burger with birthday candles on it. It was made for a friend's going away pot luck dinner. I was so proud of myself. It will probably end up on Handmade Gone Wrong but I had a giggle.

Latest Acquisition.

Welcome to my life Baby Deer Salt and Pepper Shakers.


Twee as hell. But you know, I'm okay with that.

Lily

Lily the Chihuahua x Foxy (hilariously referred to by breeders and other 'Best in Show' types as Taco Terriers). Despite the ill-proportioned head-body ratio she's not a bad dog.

Magic Library

These images were from the 2005 Chris Cobb exhibition called "There is Nothing Wrong in this Whole Wide World". Together with a group of volunteers, Cobb rearranged 20,000 books in the San Francisco independent Adobe Bookstore by colour. Holy bejebus!

Cobb says: "Even though there is so much to be unhappy about in this world, we should try to create something amazing and beautiful and interesting despite all of the problems."

I think Louis CK would agree. You should check out "Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy". It's a bit of a youtube hit.

I also found this:
A lot more doable; Chotda's version of the colour coded bookshelf is pretty cool and so is her pug.

Books are so sexy.

Birds of Paradis

To continue the good vibes:


These two images are from Birds of Paradis which is a flippin' styley blog. Now found via Monatomic Gold tumblr too.