cicak on the ceiling: staring at all that fascinates

Deep words

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:49:00 +0000

Stumbled upon these from other bloggers' sites and thought it too lovely to not immortalize on my site as well, especially since I do not typically pick up poetry books and will definitely not come across them on my own. I find most poetry perplexing –– I think I'm too impatient to mull over the...

July

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:34:00 +0000

Symmetry from Everynone on Vimeo.I don't find myself having favorites of any one thing but if I did, I believe July could end up as my favorite month out of the year, for reasons too abstract to get into right now. July of 2011, though, is proving quite melancholic. Two great artists whose work I...

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:23:00 +0000

It's probably best not to bitch and moan about the weather (yet again), but seriously, the heat is murdering me! I have bookmarked a few things to blog about, but as I'm someone who's very sensitive to heat (and who tries to refrain from AC usage), they'll have to wait till the weather turns cooler...

Tsai & Yoshikawa

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:34:00 +0000

Please forgive the deluge of imagery but I just got too click-happy. The images above are works by Hsiao-Chi Tsai, a native of Taiwan but now based in London. They are, would you believe, textiles! Gorgeous colors and patterns, no? I saw the patterns and went "wow!" but when I realized that they...

Art Therapy

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:11:00 +0000

I don't know about you folks, but it's bleak times around here. The only consolation is that it's been raining somewhat daily, I can't begin to describe to you how much the rain means to me. Looking at beautiful images helps as well -- I suppose that explains the ever-so-slightly increase in...

Diem Chau

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:34:00 +0000

Head over heels with these works by Diem Chau, beautifully intricate with a slight nod towards whimsicality. There are plenty more to gawk at in her gallery, where I've been blissfully spending time. Also, be sure to check out her crayon sculptures! via day of practical awakening. // A fun link...

I swear I'm not a shopaholic

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:34:00 +0000

If your first thoughts were along the lines of "Nature photography?", you would be mistaken. These are actually office products, produced by Appree of South Korea. Yup, I thought they were pretty cool, I would certainly love to have the gingko notepads around. Also loving the tissue box with the...

Mirka

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:16:00 +0000

I love rings. They are the one type of accessories I consistently love. I remember one of the first ones that I had bought when I was a teen. It was a chunky rose carved out of silver and soldered onto a half-round silver band. It looked huge on my then-scrawny fingers, and in fact, my cousin made...

Ogling

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 08:25:00 +0000

I'm not one to accessorize much, which I sometimes feel is a shame because there are so many little pieces that I see and admire and would indeed love, scratch that, yearn to have. Shingo Matsushita's pieces are an example of that. I love the fact that he uses crochet as a design element but...

Just cause

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:08:00 +0000

Performing my daily (joke!) good Samaritan act by informing you that New York residents are eligible to win a lovely floral arrangement by le fleuriste extraordinaire Saipua every Friday. Actually, it's just an excuse so I get to post images of her gorgeous bouquets. :-) But seriously, all you have...

Anastassia Elias

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:15:00 +0000

Cute little vignettes in a toilet roll, who woulda thought? I love these paper cuts by Anastassia Elias, each one a tiny glimpse into a mini world, perfect size for a little day-dreaming :-)

Paul Barbera

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:41:00 +0000

Click on any link within Paul Barbera's site and chances are good that you'll be riveted by one image after another, his photographs are so mind-numbingly gorgeous. The ones that capture my attention the most are his personal photography projects, my fave so far is his "The Girl From Ipanema"...

Photography is Easy, Photography is Difficult

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:55:00 +0000

Came across one of Paul Graham's essay entitled "Photography is Easy, Photography is Difficult" on Jody Rogac's blog and couldn't resist posting it here as well. Such sagacity. // It’s so easy it's ridiculous. It’s so easy that I can’t even begin – I just don’t know where to start. After all,...

Homage to Beauty III

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:13:00 +0000

Have you seen anything lovelier? I wish I have talent like that! Embroidery by Rita Smirna as cover art for Bueno Aires city guides. (First spotted at emedemarta.) Another embroiderer whose work makes me wistful –– Susie Cowie. // Two links for you to check out: Mjölk is visiting local artisans in...

Homage to Beauty II

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:46:00 +0000

I've always been a huge fan of Agnes Martin's work. I find her work so ethereal, sublime and romantic. When I looked at it up close, I found myself drifting from the smallness of a being to that of being part of the world at large. Even from the monitor screen of the computer, the idea behind her...

Homage to Beauty

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:52:00 +0000

Life has been giving me lemons for the past months. Times like these make me become the person who doesn't believe that there is a pot of gold at the end of rainbows. I don't mind being that person. In fact, truth be told, I'm probably more that person on an average day than the one who clings to...

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:08:00 +0000

After many moons of unrelenting sun and heat, the rain is finally upon us. I find it really invigorating to hear raindrops tip-tapping on the roof. Hope you find these gems I turned up on my recent forage in the vast forest that is the Internet just as invigorating. Check out Eben Goff's amazing...

PeekaBoo!

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:23:00 +0000

I'm tired of looking at my blog with all that blue text and no pretty images so I thought I'll share with you the image that's captured my heart recently, Zimmerlinde by Wolfgang Tillmans. I love the juxtaposition (look at me using fancy art terms) of the flowers with the frosted glass, feels like...

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:13:00 +0000

So it looks like cicak hasn't been cheeky so much as cicak has been absent. To be truthful, I just didn't feel like I have anything to add to blogland. Some days, I think that pretty much all there is to say is already said by someone somewhere sometime. And my take on that is, why add to it unless...

What is art about?

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:05:00 +0000

Yeah, on that, I'm still looking for answers :-) However, I do know that what it does do for me, today, is give my blue soul a bit of an uplift. Case in point -- Friederike Hamann, whose work is bringing the corners of my mouth north-wards. via Come Darkness, a small exhibition of art pieces...

Hello, anybody out there?

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:11:00 +0000

This poor dead blog o' mine. But no eulogies for it yet as today, yes today!, it's getting a wee jolt of life. It's always so inspiring to see beauty originate from as humble a source as discarded envelopes and newspapers. And Kristiina Lahde's work is so inspiring that I felt I need to shout it...

Hi!

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:44:00 +0000

Wow. I didn't think it was possible to stay away from my techie alter-ego for that long. It was a sort of packed end-of-July, in terms of head space, that is :-) A couple of deaths to deal with, a birthday, a missed deadline, ill-health and an assortment of other pesky things nagging away. These...

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:18:00 +0000

There are many cons to living in a third-world country. Although not of life-and-death significance, near (or dare I say "at!") the very top of the list has to the deplorable state of its internet service. For a country that continually shows off its intention of becoming technologically superb,...

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:28:00 +0000

As last week headed to a close, it got quite dismal. Not only was the dreaded haze back in full force -- wrapping our little part of earth in a horrendously polluted atmosphere, a young man about to be married to his girlfriend (who is pregnant with their two-month-old) was found dead under very...

The "E" Word

noreply@blogger.com (cheeky.cicak) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:40:00 +0000

I read this piece at the NYTimes' site today. (You may need to sign up, I had to log in to read it in its entirety). I was surprised but thought it rather nice of the children to have been supportive. What's your take on it? I believe partaking in that route should be a personal choice. But the...