(Images taken by yours truly)
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Making art is never a waste of time.
Be yourself to the fullest – everyone else is taken.
Taking a break or stepping outside during work can change your entire day.
Stretch in the morning.
Keep being curious and don’t stop reading.
Everyone is beautiful.
Never underestimate the power of a good night sleep.
A seafood dinner can heal all wounds.
[posted by Farrell]
(image via here)
DIVING into three books at the same time: Skin Cleanse, Inner Gym (both pre-releases by friends) and Men, Women and Children.
FOCUSING on trying to meditate every single day and incorporate more cardio and sunlight into my daily life.
REFLECTING on this year and how fast things change, how permanent those changes can be and how exciting the rest of my life is going to be.
MAKING last minute plans for a mid-week trip to Washington DC with our dad.
RECEIVING lots of reminders that GRATITUDE is the reason for the season.
UPDATING my tumblr site laurenfeighan.com (domain courtesy of last year’s Christmas gift from our brother, David) with some new music & images.
Act I. After you straighten your hair and put on your travel suit & glasses, swing aside the domed top and ease into your vessel with a casual grace.
Act II. Once secure within the ship, send out your message of love.
Act III. In due time, and blue-green light, don your disco best and watch how you sparkle and shine.
[posted by Lauren]
We hope your weekend was chock full of loveliness! Here is a little look into how we spent our time:
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Lauren – Bridgehampton, NY
Grey skies can’t stop this autumnal glory.
Had an incredibly fortuitous visit to the Dia Art Foundation’s Dan Flavin Art Institute and left with instruction to spend the next six months viewing art, being in the present and manifesting through gratitude. Sold!
Post-yoga, Sunday night blogging.
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Farrell – Los Angeles, CA
Started off the weekend celebrating one of my best friend’s 30th birthdays!
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Spent time with friends and family around a fire, drinking wine and watching “Zombie Blood Chaos.”
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Getting ready for some killer shrimp with the Cook gang.
A Comfortable Corner (The Blue Kimono), William Merritt Chase, oil on canvas ca. 1888
F: How was your birthday? What did you do?
L: My birthday was so nice! I woke up in Bridgehampton, NY to so many texts and Facebook wishes. After a lazy morning, I went to the the Parrish Art Museum and then out for this all American lunch, which seemed like a great idea until I arrived in a super intense yoga class and spent the next 45mins to an hour really regretful for either having eaten all of that or showing up to yoga afterwards, not entirely sure which. After yoga my friend Maggie cooked me such a delicious dinner of fresh scallops and sauteed microgreens straight from a local farm, with a chocolate chia seed pudding for dessert. Can’t really ask for a more pleasant way to spend a day!
L: My sense is that this year is going to be about simplifying my life and applying myself to completely new projects and ventures. I’m looking forward to slowing down, enhancing my quality of life, removing negativity/toxicity, staying open to connect with the people I encounter and nurturing the relationships I am fortunate enough to have.
F: What was the last thing you ate?
L: See above about that amazing scallop dinner!
F: Have you been meditating?
L: I was doing the Oprah/Deepak 21-day meditation but then fell behind for a few days. I picked it back up this morning though, which was nice, but it bothers me that I am off-sequence and there’s nothing I can do about it. Just when I think I’m all chilled out…
F: How do you feel about the holiday season?
L: It’s too soon! Seeing Christmas decorations and inventory in stores already literally grosses me out. I like Thanksgiving and Christmas when they’re actually happening but the anticipation of them never feels very good to me. The association with the weather getting colder doesn’t help either. Wouldn’t life be different if our holiday season was in the summertime?!
1) It’s always a thrill to read coverage about the art and music our little brother is making. I learn something new about him or his work every time and this interview | Monster Rally (aka Ted Feighan) is no exception. (via blog.eventseeker.com) -Lauren
2) My boss sent me this awesome site called Home Polish where you can hire a designer for your apartment at affordable prices. Check it out. (via Homepolish) -Farrell
3) I have been thinking about The Immortalists trailer ever since I saw it a month ago. It is a documentary about the fountain of youth. (via Youtube) -Farrell
4) What to Stream On Netflix: The Ultimate Indie Wire Guide is going to become my pre-Netflix landing page. I’d way rather scroll through these lists to find something to watch than to spend the endless amount of time I do trying to find something on the site itself. (via Indewire.com) -Lauren
5) 13 Genius ways to decorate a small space is always a welcome article title for me. I love to read about how people decorate their spaces – especially if they are small. (via Cup of Jo) -Farrell
6) Yesterday a friend introduced me to Chapter Be, “Interviews and daily inspiration from those who are charting their own journeys to have a career and life doing what they love.” I can’t wait to spend some time checking out the stories! (via chapterbe.com) -Lauren
With you by my side –
dance parties are way more fun
dinner parties are always better
yoga is more rewarding
saying yes happens more often
sharing is easier
plane rides fly by (I thought you might like that pun)
panic attacks aren’t so bad
stories are more fun to tell
scrabble is more challenging
death beds aren’t so scary
long walks seem too short
milestones are more exciting
Basically – everything is better when you are there. I am so happy you are alive.
(Image found here)
Ever since I was little I have loved the moon. I have memories of making the drive from my grandmother’s house and following the moon (or was it following me?) the entire way home. It wasn’t until I was a little bit older that Suz and I made the connection that we both really loved the moon. Ever since then, she and I would call each other every time the moon was particularly charming. She would leave me messages like, “Moon Girl #1, this is Moon Girl #2. You know what that means. Look up tonight.” She was always the first person that I would think of when I looked at the moon. I would wonder if she saw it that night and if she thought of me too. I even made a playlist for her of only songs that mention the moon.
When I first really understood that she was going to die, my first thought was the moon – the fact that we will always have that. I will always have that. In the 2 and a half months since she passed I have seen some of the most spectacular moons of my life. I have also gotten the opportunity to share with other people my love for the moon. In my mind I understand that Suz is not controlling the moon, but in my heart it feels like a communication that we have with each other. There is this feeling that if the moon is still there above me, I will never really be alone.
So to Moon Girl #2 I have seen the moon. I have been looking up – almost every night and when I do I always say, “Hi Suz” as if you are really there in front of me.
[posted by Farrell]
(image via flickr)
REMEMBERING things that Suz said to me and her favorite things about the holidays.
READING Albert’s new screenplay and loving it!
WATCHING Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey on Netflix and realizing just how little we know.
EASING into the day after an early morning flight from Cleveland back to NYC.
CHERISHING the outpouring of love, friendship and memories shared at a beautiful memorial service over the weekend for our friend Bethany Cocco.
HYDRATING after a couple of rounds of cocktails last night at the newly opened Spotted Owl, in Tremont, with one of my oldest friends. The bar was once a bible factory!
via design boom
I had a conversation last week with a woman who studies feng shui. We were waiting together at a bus stop and struck up a conversation that started as small talk, then moved on to all sorts of deeper topics. While we were talking about her study of feng shui, she said something that has really stuck with me. She said that there needs to be some element of imperfection in a space, otherwise a ‘perfect’ energy will just continue to flow without disruption, thereby becoming boring or stagnant. That was the jist of it anyway, and it makes so much sense to me. The most compelling art and music always has at least one element that breaks the rules, and the most interesting people and relationships are never completely perfect. We wouldn’t want them to be. It isn’t a matter of attaining perfection but rather of creating harmony.
[posted by Lauren]
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