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Comments OffThese sublime and magnificent scenes afforded me the greatest consolation that I was capable of receiving. They elevated me from all littleness of feeling; and although they did not remove my grief, they subdued and tranquilized it. In some degree, also, they diverted my mind from the thoughts over which it had brooded for the last month. I retired to rest at night; my slumbers, as it were, waited on and ministered to by the assemblance of grand shapes which I had contemplated during the day. They congregated around me; the unstained snowy mountain top, the glittering pinnacle, the pine woods, and ragged bare ravine, the eagle, soaring amidst the clouds – they all gathered around me and bade me be at peace.
~ “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley
Published by ying on November 28th, 2011 in
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Comments OffWe cruise along in the wet heat, doubled over in laughter. No traffic lights, the vehicles govern themselves and we make do. From slideshows to gallery openings to peer reviews to spicy bowls of noodle soup, to long nights of pool and beer, we weave through the dusty streets, navigating potholes and trying not to marvel too much at the scenes floating by and causing an accident. I bring Miss Adrienne Grunwald with me and she falls in love and tries to come up with ways to stay.
I see and hold my far-flung friends and we share stories. The weird, sad, freaky, side-splittingly hilarious, private ones. Not the ones in pictures. This is so precious to me. My favourite time of the year.
Published by ying on September 28th, 2011 in
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Comments OffThe flight from neighbourhood demons. I wrap myself in the cloak of anonymity and strike out into unfamiliar terrain, mountains of obscurity and nameless faces in a similar migration to my own.
I’ve been running for a long time… How about you? Veiled, probing questions over cheap cups of coffee. Sun-blasted truckstops in the middle of the Mojave punctuate the streaming barren landscape. I drive from the desert to the sea, across alpine ridges, high sierra lakes, passing all manner of lost souls along the way. Disappearing souls who don’t want to be found… Where being found denotes a return to a place they never wanted to be in the first place. Instead, the mask of the wandering stranger, observing from afar the things that make the lives of others: Salvation, intimacy, fear, doubt.
If you’re reading this, I’m still on the run.
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Published by ying on July 31st, 2011 in
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Comments OffEnd beneath the trees, skin dappled by the sun. Deep breaths, underwater. Guerneville is for lovers.
(River rats)
Published by ying on July 31st, 2011 in
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Comments OffWe start in Southern California. Easy landing, In ‘n’ Out burgers, LAX, West Hollywood to the desert.
(Hit the road, Jack)
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Published by ying on July 5th, 2011 in
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Ying Ang July 6 at 3:09am
hey honey, when do you get back?
darren arrives on the 14th!
xx
Mustafah Abdulaziz July 6 at 4:03am
hey ying! i leave tomorrow and arrive at midnight on wednesday.
xo
Ying Ang July 6 at 4:04am
did you read Darren’s FB status???
Surrealism defined – I spent last night in Kanye West’s apartment in Paris. Ordered takeaway (through the awkwardly attentive French butler), listened to tracks from his new album with Jay Z (in his incredible living room recording studio), watched Kanye freestyle over some James Blake after dinner, helped myself to his lavishly stocked fridge, previewed his new fashion line, drank some expensive alcohol, looked up some blogs (and accosted him for using my images on his 2 years ago without credit),watched him tweak the new Beyonce single in pro tools,paused at 1:30am for his meeting with the head of Balmain (who arrived with two models), then fell asleep on his couch reading Proust questionnaires.Got up and made an exit – back through a giant red door and on to a nondescript looking street in an ink black Paris
Mustafah Abdulaziz July 6 at 4:06am
yeah we spoke this morning. he’s in paris, same time zone as me.
unreal. did he know i walked behind kanye west to get out of the rush at the philip lim show during fashion week? directly behind him so i could get out and file my photos on deadline. and it worked. thanks, yeezy!
Ying Ang July 6 at 4:06am
HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHA
Mustafah Abdulaziz July 6 at 4:10am
i told ida about this and after this story, that there’s one friend of mine she’s not allowed to meet and that’s darren…she’ll realize she’s just dating the poor man
darren mcdonald.
Mustafah Abdulaziz July 6 at 4:11am
*poor man’s
Ying Ang July 6 at 4:11am
HAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHA
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MJR wishes you a happy Fourth of July from Brooklyn, Cardiff, Mississippi and Stockholm.
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