New hand chain for my Paper Tiger jewelry shop. The gold chai and geometric charm are perfect for summer!
These handmade earrings and necklaces from Paper Tiger Jewelry available soon at Local Take, a new San Francisco boutique!
My first brick and mortar retail location, so exciting for my little home business :)
The Dying Swan performed by Anastasia Kolegova
The Dying Swan is a ballet choreographed by Mikhail Fokine in 1905 to Camille Saint-Saëns’s cello solo Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des Animaux as a pièce d’occasion for the ballerina Anna Pavlova.The short ballet follows the last moments in the life of a swan:
“Arms folded, on tiptoe, she dreamily and slowly circles the stage. By even, gliding motions of the hands, returning to the background from whence she emerged, she seems to strive toward the horizon, as though a moment more and she will fly—exploring the confines of space with her soul. The tension gradually relaxes and she sinks to earth, arms waving faintly as in pain. Then faltering with irregular steps toward the edge of the stage—leg bones aquiver like the strings of a harp—by one swift forward-gliding motion of the right foot to earth, she sinks on the left knee—the aerial creature struggling against earthly bonds; and there, transfixed by pain, she dies.”
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The age of green is upon us. We have reached a point in our human evolution where science, math, and creative genius have discovered a way to suspend a living forest in mid air. The answer to city pollution is now Stefano Boeri’s Bosco Verticale, the world’s first 27-story microclimate apartment towers currently under construction in Milan, Italy. Built to function as city air purifiers, these lush apartments will include over 900 trees, 5,000 bushes, and 11,000 plants throughout the tower balconies. Each perch of life will aid in reducing city noise, moderating atmospheric temperatures, absorbing CO2 emissions, and acting as an energy sustainer for seasonal weather shifts.
Read more: http://genyhub.com/page/the-vertical-forest#ixzz2Qg4ONZSa
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Flower-shop, Brussels, designed by Paul Hankar, XIX century
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The ‘Kristina Forest Hut’ at Kolarbyn Eco Lodge near Skinnskatteberg, Sweden.
Contributed by Sofija Torebo Strindlund. More photos.
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