Ana Briongos ~ Mi cuaderno morado (My purple notebook)

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Ana Maria Briongos ~ Mi cuaderno morado 

      

 

A few years ago, Ana was preparing to publish her latest book, Mi cuaderno morado. She contacted me to get my permission to use a photograph I'd taken of her in my studio a few years earlier to use in it; needless to say, I was honored to have her use it and I gladly agreed.    

 

In 2023, she sent a mockup of the cover of the book for me to examine what the finished product might look like with the photo.  

Mi cuaderno morado mockup

 

A few days ago Ana delivered a first edition of the book to me and I discovered she'd given me photo credit, so, I've been published again (link below). Thanks Ana!

 

 

 

Ana Maria Briongos - credits page

 

 

As it is in Spanish, which is not my forte, other than knowing "cuaderno morado" is a "purple notebook", it's taking me a while to get through it. I'll keep at it.     

 

 

 

 

 

      

     
     
     
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The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place

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I was at my friend Katie's for dinner the other night and spotted this book, The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place by Jennifer McCartney, sitting on the kitchen counter. Of course, it snagged my attention immediately. I asked her why she bought it and she said she couldn't resist buying it simply for the title. Being an incurable collector, I had to find out what it is all about; my search results were hysterical (links below). This is basically what I found:  

'Not giving a fuck - crucially - means releasing yourself from the worry, anxiety, fear, and guilt associated with saying no, allowing you to stop spending time you don't have with people you don't like and doing things you don't want to do. Not giving a fuck means reducing mental clutter and eliminating annoying people and things from your life, freeing up space and truly enjoying all the things you do give a fuck about.'

'Problems with your digestion? It's not gluten - it's all your fucking stuff. Look, you know who was very tidy? Patrick Bateman, the serial murderer from American Psycho. Also, Musselini was a very tidy man. He loved filing papers. Ted Bundy? Neat as fuck. Now ask yourself, what kind of company do you want to keep?'      

Publisher's Summary

"The anti-clutter movement is having a moment. You may have heard about a book - an entire book - written on the topic of tidiness and how magical and life-changing it is to neaten up and throw away your belongings. Yes, you read that correctly.  

It's time to fight that ridiculousness and to start buying even more stuff and leaving it any place you want. Guess what, neatniks? Science shows that messy people are more creative.* Being a slob is an art, and there's a fine line between being a consumer and being a hoarder. Don't cross that line.  

This book tells you how to clutter mindfully and with great joy. The results are mind-blowing. Your plants will stop dying. Your whiskey bottle will never run dry. Your drugstore points will finally add up to a free jar of salsa and some nice shampoo. You'll go shopping and discover that you've lost weight.... It's time to take back your life from the anti-clutter movement."     

      

      

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Elle Decor ~ Neat freaks, look away!            

BookTrib ~ Just Let It Happen       

FLARE ~ Screw Tidying Up interview     

Apartment Therapy ~ Cluttered is the New Clean           
Architectural Digest ~ Why Minimalism Is BS       
MyDomaine ~ The Real Girl's Guide to Tidying Up, Sort Of    
Refinery29 ~ 5 Good Reasons To STOP Cleaning Your Apartment   

Athenaeum ~ De kunst van het niet zo moeilijk doen          

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     "You're born messy and you die messy, 
but someplace in between 
you get bullied into believing 
that you should be neat and organized.”
                        ~ Jennifer McCartney

         

           

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John Glenn ~ America's first astronaut

        

1921 ~ 2016

John Glenn    

photo by Ralph Morse
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John Glenn with his wife,  Anna Margaret Castor       

 

John Glenn as a teenager, circa 1935 

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Glenn at nine months old in Cambridge, Ohio, 1922 

photographer unknown 

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Muhammad Ali ~ The Greatest

1942 ~ 2016

Cassius Marcellus Clay aka Muhammad Ali              

photo by Gregory Heisler    

Muhammad Ali

photo by Harry Benson

Muhammad Ali

photographer unknown

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I was pleased when one of my photographs was used in the Art and Design section of The New York Times. It was a photo I'd taken for the Berkeley Art Museum during a concert by Ellen Fullman performing her, "Compositions for the Long String Instrument". Mrs. Fullman is an avant guard artist who works with instruments she constructs. This was one of several concerts at the museum I was asked to photograph to advertise the Friday night, L@te series.

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