BLUE REDUX

vincent van gogh, once said, there is no blue without yellow and without orange. i try to remember this on this cold, damp, bleak, january day. my dashed hope of a mid-winter retreat in the warmth of the sun has been replaced with more immediate responsibilities of puppy rearing, the business of CocoRosie and taking stock in where i find myself at this moment, in this chapter of my life. it would be too easy to run to the sun, to escape the cold and them lonesome blues, but sometimes what you need to keep you focused and on course is what is right in front of you. it may not come in the form of a two piece bikini (wishful thinking} or a pina colada on paradise island but the rewards for sticking to it and braving the stormy weather are sure to be worth it {at least i hope so}. i will do my best to find my sun, here, for now, whatever my disposition.

hang in there my friends if you're feeling it too. 

we are over the hump after all. 

 ~xx

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scarlett johannson as buster keaton -- Tim Walker for W magazine -- June 2011

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