A Good Package

Packaging is so much a part of how the

street looks, we don't even notice it is

there most of the time. Whether simple

and natural in brown paper or psychedelic

and out there, a nice wrapper is important

don't you think.

I love the Jim Bean lamp; recycled,

kitsch and mad!

My favourite are the quirky graphics you

find in Asia.

Love the vacant stare on the exotic beauty

above. So Kill Bill.

Piercings

Love them.

I do.

On a person that can carry them off they are hot.

I also think that personal marking whether it be

studs, tattoos, branding ..whatever, are a very

personal forms of expression that often let you

glimpse an aspect of a persons personality in much

the same way as a clothing style or hair does.

Radical..no.

They aren't any more.

The days of Sid Vicious rebellion associated with

piercings has gone.

But piercings are about adornment. They say ..I am not

afraid to alter my appearance in a way that might make

people form judgements.

They also have a history of being attractive to others,

or indicating bravery and group unity , and have been

used by many ancient tribes and races for these reasons

really since the art of adornment began. So they also

have a ritualistic, primitive quality to them that is

really cool.

Poetry

If you happen to notice some ones heart

has fallen off their sleeve onto a wall

somewhere on a street near you,

take a minute to read what they have to

say.

Lil Boots

These Boots were made for Walkin' ,

Boot Scootin, J.R Ewing's cowboy boots

and power- suit, Brad Pitt's cinematic

arrival in boots and little else.

Pop cultures' fascination with boots has

been ongoing.

Remember Madonna trading her killer

leather jacket for a pair of to die for boots

she just desperately had to have in

'Desperately Seeking Susan'.

Or how about the fashion moment when

Kate Moss donned a pair of Vivienne Westwood

pirate boots with an army parka and mini.

The Punk movement, Rocker movement,

Buffalo movement.. just about any collective

worth there weight in Doc Martins, owes part

of there kudos to the BOOT!

Clownin

If you are wandering down the street,

feeling a little flat.. don't be surprised if a

brightly made up guy or girl pops out from

the shadows to spread some cheer.

Ever since I did my post on the amazing

lunar circus (jan 15th), I have attracted

clowns.

Maybe they sense that I am a fan.

Maybe I have needed a bit of a laugh.

Or maybe it takes one to know one!

All I know is , these clowns pictured right

here have that clown IT factor, if such a

thing exists; don't you think?

Oh ,and I think spots are about to be the

next big thing. A streetspaghetti prediction

for you... . . . . . .