A Starry Night

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when I save enough cookie money

I would spend it on

a day at the MoMA

staring at one particular painting

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It's probably a cliché to say,

 "It's probably a cliché to love Van Gogh's Starry Night as much as I do."

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I don't want (I think nobody does) to be a part of a fandom that is considered a dead metaphor
by most avant-garde intelligentsia,
this in itself is a cliché
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March 30 is Vincent's (yes, we're on a first-name basis) 160th birthday.
Cover photos of Vincent's Starry Night popping up from cake artists' Facebook pages from around the globe reminded me of this painting's quality of being overrated.
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...stating all these makes me a shameless sad cliché...
and I came to the conclusion that:
like everything else, loving a painting like Vincent's Starry Night
is relative
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FOR ME,
La Joconde is a cliché
Starry Night is a pilgrimage
...and I wouldn't mind (who am I to mind anyway?) even if I see reproductions (including mine) plastered everywhere...
...because somehow I (just) know that seeing Vincent's original wouldn't compare...
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Happy 160th Birthday Vincent!
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x charisma x

Pentatonix Cookie

I have 

a few extra cookies, from a recent order, lying around;

at least a couple of days before I start molding a miniature charter plane for a cake;

a Pentatonix obsession;

a LilaLoa cookie challenge;

and a need to paint.

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It's a 2.5" cookie
no bigger than the palm of my hand
and I have this favorite Pentatonix photo (by Tim Cruz)
that obviously (avi-ously) would be impossible to fit
in a miniscule cookie.
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Hence, the sketched background to mimic the entire photo.
(which I haven't done before when taking photos of cookies --> LilaLoa cookie challenge)

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I am not a painter

and I am still waiting for that voice to be silenced.
Yes? Van Gogh?
inaudible voices, most of the time
create the most noise
and the most annoyance.
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The reason why
audible (out-of-this-wold-amazing) voices
like Avi's, Kirstie's, Kevin's, Mitch's, and Scott's
are always a comfortingly welcome reprieve.
(and not to mention their sometimes tear-inducing-laughter tweets)
listen to them on Youtube, buy their albums, follow them on twitter, see them perform live
and/or
paint them on a cookie.
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P.S.  Scott, your left foot makes the photo (by Tim Cruz) perfect.

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Have a wonderful week!
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and oh, I have a video for while I was painting this, will upload next time
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x charisma x
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update:
link to video --> http://vimeo.com/62640367
enjoy!