THEREFORE I AM

I read somewhere: "I organize, therefore I am." Seems an essential thing to stay alive, these days. It reminded me of a lot of other THEREFORE I AM's, so I started to look around...
First of all; well known Barbara Kruger. Recently in the reopened The Temporary Stedelijk in Amsterdam.

  

I shop, therefore I am http://www.barbarakruger.com/

But beside that there are more existence confirming ways to be [or not to be] 

I smell, therefor I am, of perfume fanatics Brian and Abigail;
... http://ismellthereforeiam.blogspot.com/

I tag, therefore I am, Jim Baretts, Soul Sphincter blog;
http://www.soulsphincter.com/2008/07/i-tag-therefore-i-am.html
He also does some interesting blogging on augmented reality: http://realmixed.blogspot.com/
And on pedagogy: http://blog.humlab.umu.se/

I write therefore I am, of Dutch writer Karin Spaink. Funny to click on... http://blogger.xs4all.nl/kspaink/

I organize therfore I am, seems a logical one to be amongst the existing ones, but wasn't found...

Finally...
Therefore I am... simple as that of the Boston Hard Rock, Indie band: http://www.myspace.com/thereforeiam

FREE THE ARTIST WITHIN...

Free the artist within. Free it to bring joy everywhere . .

To tell the truth, I found this quote in dutch: "In elk van ons zit een kunstenaar gevangen. Laat hem vrij om overal vreugde te brengen."
It's from: The Conquest of Happiness of which I found an integral text on the net: 

http://russell.cool.ne.jp/beginner/COH-TEXT.HTM

 

That's him, B. Russell

LONGLASTING INSPIRATION 2

Scott Schuman  The Sartorialist 

I started The Sartorialist simply to share photos of people that I saw on the streets of New York that I thought looked great. When I worked in the fashion industry (15 years), I always felt that there was a disconnect between what I was selling in the showroom and what I was seeing real people (really cool people) wearing in real life.

Before The Sartorialist I worked in sales and marketing for high-end women’s designer collections like Valentino and distribution companies like Onward Kashiyama, which at that time represented designers like Helmut Lang and Jean-Paul Gaultier. Eventually I opened my own showroom specializing in sales and press for young designer collections like James Coviello and Peter Som. I loved the challenges of merchandising, promoting and brand building for a new designer. Working on the fashion shows was a blast; I understand why fashion designers can become so addicted to the rush of fashion shows.

Shortly after 9/11 I closed my showroom and began focusing more on photography. I didn’t want to become a “fashion photographer” but I knew somehow that my loves of fashion and photography would eventually merge. I just never guessed it would be in the form of a blog.

CONTINUED ON: http://www.thesartorialist.com/bio.html

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SEVERE WARNING!

Reducing arts education also reduces the ability of a young person to resist negative messages that are embedded in music, visual arts, and poetic language. It is far easier to impress and sway a mind that is naive than it is to do so with one that has been educated and exposed to a variety of expressional forms.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS CAME FROM BUT I DO AGREE!

 Het Parool, October 29th 2010