KELSEY KLASSEN

MUSICIAN | WRITER | PHOTOGRAPHER | MEDIA RELATER

book porn When beloved director Spike Jonze of Being John Malkovic and Where The Wild Things Are fame, met handbag designer Olympia Le-Tan, he fell in love with her intricate embroidery and asked for an embroidered cover of Catcher in the Rye to put on his wall.

Le-Tan agreed, but asked for a film in return. The result was Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side) — a beautiful stop-motion animation for book-lovers that’s part This Is Where We Live, part Going West, part creative magic only Spike Jonze can bring.

Set inside iconic Parisian bookstore Shakespeare and Company, the film tells the story of the skeleton from the cover of Macbeth, voiced by Jonze himself, who falls in love with Mina Harker on the cover of Dracula. He sets out to meet her, but loses his head to a French version of The Big Clock on the way, trips and falls into Faulkner’s Sartoris, and is then swallowed by Moby-Dick. Harker, voiced by French singer Soko, springs to his rescue, punching the legendary whale in the face with a mischievous smirk. The happily-ever-after ending comes only after an appropriately dark and grim twist.

the brilliance of the Beatles

the brilliance of the Beatles

Brazen Vancouverites go on the record about their crowdsourcing crimes. Darcy Van Poelgeest and Mike Gill continue to raise funds for their film, risking the ire of Angry Vancouver. [Dave Hamilton photo]

Brazen Vancouverites go on the record about their crowdsourcing crimes.

Darcy Van Poelgeest and Mike Gill continue to raise funds for their film, risking the ire of Angry Vancouver.

[Dave Hamilton photo]

It’s hard to have original ideas when you are surrounded by people who all have the same experiences as you.

—Jonathan Harris

From redundant to abundant: A handful of awesome recycled furniture planters [Milan]

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Pakayla Biehn takes photorealistic painting to a whole new level in her series Double Exposure.

About the project:

Building upon the double exposure theme of her previous works, Pakayla uses oil paint on canvas to present dream-like transfiguration of the natural world. The skill and refined beauty of her paintings enlists a realist style that recalls the delicacy, formality, and craftsmanship of old master techniques. She combines the cultivation of the portrait with a very intimate and vibrant observation of nature.

How today feels. Can you guess what it looks like outside my window?

[Hint: It’s glorious]

Unofficial video from the Commodore concert. The whole thing is being turned into a documentary that’s coming out soon.

xo