victoria thorne

archival research

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:49:00 +0000

king of the road

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:27:00 +0000

andrea zittel sfmoma

repetition of contemplation

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:01:00 +0000

kiss

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:40:00 +0000

rest

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:31:00 +0000

ornament

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:07:00 +0000

please do not ask which is the "best" design, although we have seen this question printed, because, without further qualification as to cause and purpose, the question is both unjustified and irrelevant- Josepf Albers

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:07:00 +0000

hardware

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:15:00 +0000

potsdam

petites madeleines

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:44:00 +0000

formulate

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:21:00 +0000

We weave our strand into a network of relations.

What comes of it we never know. . . That is true of all action.

Quite simply and concretely true, because one cannot know.

That is what is meant by a venture.

And now I would say that this venture is only possible when there is trust in people.

A trust- which is difficult to formulate but fundamental- in what is human in all people. Otherwise such a venture could not be made.

-Hannah Arendt

photos: vt

shelf life

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:43:00 +0000

it's january, a good month to go to a museum.

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:02:00 +0000

word

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:15:00 +0000

yesterday, our youngest son (who is home for a bit from college, and it has been a joy) mentioned in his beautiful and laconic way that is amazing, the work that we all do. he wondered aloud that there are things we think we cannot live without, or do not want to live without- in this case, i had been considering beautifully formed ceramics (heath, thank you) and he had been thinking about additional expenses (coffee and such) at college- he works as a bike messenger, also- and how we spend our lives working to pay for these things. and we buy and we work and as the cycle goes, how do we live? when do we live? only he said it much more succinctly and purposefully than i have. i just wanted to remember.

considering this

often leads me here

photo: edward hopper via vt, chicago

shining like the sun

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:15:00 +0000

it is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race...now i realize that we all are. and if only everybody could realize this. but it cannot be explained. there is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun...if only they could all see themselves as they really are. if only we could see each other that way all the time.

thomas merton, conjectures of a guilty bystander

peace, from our house to yours, and wishes for a very happy christmas

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:13:00 +0000

photo: kevin chaves

do that which is good

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:34:00 +0000

& thou shalt have praise of the same

christmas lights

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:13:00 +0000

trainspotters

via

the most venerable

ancient industries

one way to look at it

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:44:00 +0000

liminal

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 06:40:00 +0000

treehorn

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:34:00 +0000

tinseled

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:32:00 +0000

happy

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:11:00 +0000

thanksgiving

table: victoria thorne design

photo: rick e. martin

little stories

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:21:00 +0000

a place for thanksgiving

here

[scroll down a bit: circa the 2005 Mercury News]

table: victoria thorne design

photo: rick e. martin

all the strong things of her heart

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:19:00 +0000

she had only to stand in the orchard, to put her hand on a little crab tree and look up at the apples,
to make you feel the goodness of planting and tending and harvesting

-my antonia, willa cather

thanksgiving table setting: victoria thorne design

photo: rick e. martin for the mercury news

the soul selects her own society

noreply@blogger.com (victoria thorne) — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:44:00 +0000

emily dickinson

thanksgiving table setting: victoria thorne design

photo: rick e. martin for the mercury news