do you see the beauty in dirt?

now smelling: egyptian musk

now playing: "i've seen it all"

bjork - what about china?  have you seen the great wall?

thom yorke - all the walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall!

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earlier this year, during my crazy fantasy time in europe (that i now have difficulty believing wasn't a dream), i was fortunate enough to see The Winged Victory of Samothrace at the Louvre.

i don't know about you, but if i didn't have a head, i don't think i'd be too great.  even headless, La Victoire de Samothrace is so powerful and memorable.  i can't place myself in the moment directly before or after this photo, but recall distinctly my time standing beneath it.    and hey, apparently its striking enough to be noticed next to a garbage can during a milk run!  check out what we saved:

we'll probably paint it outrageous colors then put it in our living room :)

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i want to tell you about this point on lafayette street where someone has outlined in chalk all the sidewalk cracks in crazy colors.  i don't know what they were trying to do, if anything at all, but i love it.  the chalk is amplifying something that's supposed to be an imperfection and transforming it into this pleasing aesthetic image.  Suddenly, those vulnerable breaks on the surface have become the better part of the street. 

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within the last hour, i've sampled lollypops that cost more than a meal, had my hands scrubbed with sea salt from israel, and saw old men practice ballroom dance.  just a few things that happened during my quick trip to get some frozen yogurt and back.  downtown is sensual paradise.