Monday, September 20, 2010

LACMA Recharge!

Today on a random spur of the moment - I thought hey I could really use some art intake to recharge my creative side!  So I ventured off down the road to LACMA - LA County Museum of Art.  And guess what... they had some fabulous Andy Warhol paintings.  I love that I was greated with the traditional Campbell's soup can.  The 60s... this is where it all started - the break of finally good fashion and freedom of art, and freedom of oh so much more haha!  ;)  Love love love modern/contemporary art, love poppism, love Andy Warhol, love the 60s counter culture movement, love Edie Sedgwick, love Twiggy, love Marilyn Monroe, LOVE Jackie O.  Fabulous stuff!  It's like finally turning on the light and seeing the world after being in the dark for so long.

After the art museum I was inspired to do a little retail therapy at The Grove in West Hollywood.  This might be one of my favorite outdoor malls.  I think I may have even had a Jude Law spotting!  Not a bad way for a gal to spend her afternoon living her life in LA.  The Grove is adorable and fabulous.  There is this street that goes off of the main walkway - the small path is covered in cobble stones with antique looking light posts - makes you feel like you are in Paris for a minor second.

Other than spending my time recovering from finals with art museums and shopping, I have been reading.  I just finished a great book!  It was written by one of my favorites - Tim Gunn (the Project Runway mentor and so much more).  His book is called Gunn's Golden Rules:  Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work.  It was an easy and stimulating read.  I finished it in just a couple of nights.  The book has a good message about truth telling and always taking the high road.  It is humorous in terms of his outting the Divas of the fashion world - namely my least favorite diva Anna Wintour!  He talks about how she infamously never likes to take elevators with others and how at one fashion event she made her body guards carry her down five flights of stairs and then even continue until she was placed in her car.  Disgusting!  It's funny to me that so many in the fashion world worship a woman who could really really REALLY use an updated hairdo!  Haha!  For those of you who don't know Anna Wintour, I'm sure you have seen the movie The Devil Wears Prada.  The woman Meryl Streep plays is supposed to be a knock at Anna Wintour at Vogue.  Need a good book - purchase Tim Gunn's newest!

Very soon I will get to spend some time in Orange County and the beach when my parents come to visit.  Then I will be off to Salt Lake City, Utah to check out a few ideas I have in this creative brain of mine!  It's time to soak it all up before the school whip gets popp'in again!

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