Whispered Whimsy Vintage: ~*World of Whimsy*~

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Monday, March 5, 2012

BRUCE MUNRO Field of Light.

I was recently browsing the internet for some

Art Installation Inspiration

(say that 10 times fast)

...and I stumbled onto the works of

BRUCE MUNRO

and his FIELD OF LIGHT series...

Soooooo I am totally in awe of him and his incredibly whimsical body of work!

Please click on his name to view his website because it is worth checking out his whole portfolio.

This what he has to say on the concept of the field of lights...

"It was originally conceived fifteen years ago during a trip through central Australia. The red desert had an incredible feeling of energy; ideas seemed to radiate from it along with the heat. The field of light installation was one idea that landed in my sketch book and kept on nagging at me... it just had to be done. By placing an alien installation in the midst of nature, the enormous contrast created allows one to literally see the wood from the trees. Under the shadow of an ancient hill in southwest England, in a field of clover bisected by a public footpath, the field of light shimmered through seasons and presented a myriad of opportunities for passersby to catch glimpses of natures guises."

Here are some more pics from his different field of light installations:

EDEN PROJECT

HOLBURNE MUSEUM

LONG KNOLL

HARVEY NICOLS

If I had the means to do something like this, on this big of a scale, I totally would.

Large scale light installations are just so incredibly fascinating to me!

Unfortunately they require a great deal of

money

and

know-how...

both of which I don't currently have.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Pictures that make me smile. Part 9 (Halloween Edition)

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
-Edgar Allan Poe

(all from Pinterest)

!!!Happy Halloween!!!

Monday, August 15, 2011

~The Madonna Inn~ A Kitschy Oasis...

I don't remember where and when I came across the existence of this magnificent hotel

BUT

I remember that when I did, I fell in love!

The

MADONNA INN

is in San Luis Obispo, California.

It has 110 extremely unique rooms.

It was built between 1958 and 1960

and I think it's clear from the photos that has retained it's retro charmed quite perfectly.

All of the rooms are decorated with different themes.

And I think it's fair to say that when they excecuted these themes originally, they must have been following the mentality of

"GO BIG OR GO HOME"

I hadn't really had a strong desire to visit California over other more desirable vacation destinations...

BUT NOW!

I totally want to make a tradition of going there every year so that we can stay in a different room every time.

The kitschy quality is undeniable.

I'm not sure it would ever get old.

I am completely captivated by their amazing over-the-top dinning room.

The weird thing is, I featured a picture of this dinning room in a previous

"Pictures that make me Smile" post.

It was the Pink Edition.

And I had no idea where or what the pic was of. I just came across it on weheartit.

Then I stumbled onto this lovely hotel on a completely separate occasion. As I was browsing the pics I thought "Hey....this looks familiar"

I hope the owners never sell this place.

I have a feeling that an outsider would change it drastically to modernize it.

I think it should stay exactly how it is.

Frozen in time.

That is, of course, what makes it so appealing!
Well.... to me at least :)

We could all use a vacation without all of the "modern conveniences" anyways.

I've always wished that I was born in 1950s.

So getting to stay in a "time warp", so to speak, would be like a dream come true :)