CARMEN AND CARISSA BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF OUR STORIES AND YOURS. WE HAVE TOO MUCH IN OUR HEADS AND HEARTS AND GUTS FOR SPEECH AND TOUCH ALONE TO COMMUNICATE. WE BELIEVE IT IS BRAVE TO LOVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TO PUT A PIECE OF IT ON PAPER, OR IN A CAKE, OR A GARMENT, OR THROUGH A TRUMPET. WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE, TO LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER AND OUR SELVES. WE ARE JUST PEOPLE, LOST AND ALONE AND FOUND AND SURROUNDED AND DEEPLY IN LOVE.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Ok, it's too gorgeous outside to sit around indoors writing. But i do want to share something quickly. In Berlin I was fortunate enough to make the acquaintance of two incredibly talented people from Riga, Latvia. VJ Linards Kulless (who has a sparse internet presence, mostly in Latvian, so no links) and DJ Galka Kulio.

Galka is a costume designer, DJ, and artist. When I met her in Berlin I developed an immediate friend crush on her. I was overwhelmed by her wit, drama, look, and candid honesty. She and Linards are two of the friendliest most fascinating people I have ever met, which, theoretically, speaks well of Latvia (or maybe of Berlin). Anyway, it took me two months after meeting her to properly peruse her blog, and I'm pretty much in love with everything she makes. Looking at the photos of her costumes and other work feels like being punched in the stomach by a hand wearing a glittering pink glove. Her work is urgent, distressing, sexy, colorful, and fun. Seriously, just go LOOK at it. Here is a song from her pop group, 'Simferopol No More.' It, like everything else she does apparently, is awesome.


Simferopol No More: Krima
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