3.1 young lads.

My passion just got kickstarted by my favorite creative-cultured country, Nippon NYLON's resident model, and Phillip Lim's interpretation of keeping your identity open yet in tact at the same time -- yes, I can't put down everything but just briefly said, all of those combined.  All the brains of the world please scream with me, "For the love of vintage tones and youthful life!"

Thanks to the wonderful Beata and our constant obsession towards Kiko Mizuhara, she see-ASAP-ed me to ssense.com and I exchanged that information with the video below.

Here's to everyone's dysfunctional relationship with their personal fashion and passion!

raden saleh @ galeri nasional indonesia.

Pak Ngurah, my driver in Bali, mentioned Raden Saleh for a bit on our way to Ubud last Saturday. It was the first time I heard about him, and suddenly my sister said there's a Raden Saleh exhibition happening here in Jakarta curated by Dr Werner Kraus. I've been getting quite a lot of coincidences recently and this one is definitely a well-received one.

Ending this week, the exhibition can be seen as a success. His 19th century romanticism style incorporated with Indonesian culture are mind blowing. You might not have any clue about the existence of European-looking artworks being made with figures wearing batik and tani hats. Besides the strong compositions and impressionistic choice of colors, his paintings and his life revealed the strength of human culture that revolves and evolve throughout lives. It is just so critical to a point where you feel ashamed of yourself and the world you're living in, but that is what you need; some kind of inspiring reflection.

Please do consider to come if you're interested. It's free, and you're gonna be able to witness something that's subtly amazing.

maps, reimagined @ dia.lo.gue.

Went to see the opening of Maps, Reimagined exhibition at dia.lo.gue. Kemang with Connie and Nael. Arrived alone and felt out of place for a while. A bit ironic since the exhibition itself was about how maps can show connections between places, just like how artworks can connect with their audience. Maybe it was the crowd, but I'm not sure.

If you're interested, just drop by at Kemang Selatan 99A. They also have a nice coffee place inside :)

ich liebe juergen

le birthday present?

obsessed with...

...cass bird's photography.

stumbled upon these pictures of daria werbowy she took for NY times T mags at mdc.

there's another set of pics she took of cate blanchett.
they're beyond beautiful.

i can't help to instantly fell into obsession.