I remember the secret forest

photo by manyfires

a pretty picture

IN BETWEEN by SeaFairy

This photo is not part of SeaFairy's IN BETWEEN photos, but it's too pretty to leave out:
http://seafairy.deviantart.com/

nature experience

Look, I found some spring flowers:


They're one of my favourite flowers, they even have furry stems!

I've seen a film: Avatar

I woke up this morning with a feeling that I *had* to write a film review of Avatar, and so I did, even though I find it kind of strange that I had a feeling it was necessary.

When I first saw this picture of some blue elfin alien tribal girl in the newspaper I thought it was the most beautiful picture ever, and I was so excited that there would be an entire film just like that picture. As soon as I realized that Avatar was a Big Thing, I pretty soon grew tired of hearing about it. What? More than three people have heard about it? Fuck it, it's not underground enough for pretentious little me.. I don't want to be pretentious though, so I gave it a chance. Kind of.

When I went to see Avatar, I knew I'd love the visuals but suspected that the story would be full of things I'd complain about. And I was right.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVED the film and I even liked parts of the storyline, but I always have stuff to complain about, so here we go:

photographic silkscreen/vinyl by Barbara Kruger

Avatar is full of bad clichés.
Of course it takes an American white male to save the day, and of course he gets to sleep with the prettiest N'avi. And she's really pretty. I mean, it wouldn't have been the same if she looked like Walt Disney's Goofy or something. She's also tribal, kind of like a native, and in addition, animal-like. A blue version of The Other.

What seemed to me like the second half of the film was a really boring war sequence, with people running and chasing and doing battle stuff. My younger brother says this is the best part of the film. I think the best part of the film is where they just walk about and look at the pretty scenery, and explore the amazing ways the planet works.


In fact, I think Avatar would have been so much better if they skipped the storyline altogether and had more of the "ooh, look at that beautiful tree, it has glowing lights on it, and it's like a collective consciousness central thingy", "woha we can connect our neurons with animals!", "ooh and look at that pretty flower and that floating bit of land in the air, how weird and amazing, the world is a great place, and it's all connected, so lets take better care of it!".


It's a shame that I feel that the storyline doesn't live up to the visuals, as it's sort of annoying with something that is so close to being perfect, yet is not entirely perfect. It feels wrong to complain though, as Avatar is such a fantastic experience of lush beautiful imagery, and I'm glad I've filled my brain up with pretty pictures of imaginary alien botany from Pandora.

three blind eyes

She's got a great helmet!

I was so excited about the third eye helmet when I found this picture that it took me a while to notice that the girl wearing it isn't a girl at all, but a doll.

pin-up girl

I like her stripy outfit!


I just noticed the background in this photo is made up of two inflatable mattresses that they've jazzed up with some stencils and spray paint..yay for diy! :

a pretty picture

tits

a pretty picture

.. that I found in Rex Venom's blog :


I think it looks like they're in a pool of jelly that hasn't set proper yet, only thickened a little. How great would it be to dive into a pool of slushy strawberry jelly!??

pretty pictures of girls in dresses

After all, I'm a painter and not a writer, so this is mostly a look-at-the-pictures type of blog.



If I was a man, I would have been a transvestite.

a pretty picture

STOP SHOUTING ON THE INTERNET!

I have been ranting about all sorts in this blog lately - I thought it would be a look-at-the-pictures-only blog when i started out, but alas, I just can't shut up. I guess it would be more shocking if I DID shut up, as I'm just TOO LOUD AND TOO MUCH, WHEREVER AND WHENEVER. WELL AT LEAST I CAN'T SHOUT ON THE INTERNET! SO A PRETTY PICTURE IS ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY:

just a picture i like of a girl in bell bottom trousers

i love bell bottom trousers and big hair, although i'm glad i don't live in the 70's as i love my digital playthings even more. and, hey, i don't care about what's in fashion, i can still wear bell bottom trousers and have big hair.

does anyone know

who this is by?

shut up

i think more parents should consider having this done on their children. the world would be a calmer, nicer and less annoying place for it.

cuteness

keep the hounds at bay

beauty

yellow green-tint prettyfullness.

dorian twins