The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.

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janaywhite:

Santigold’s Killah Instinct…

One morning in early March, Santi White was standing outside her Brooklyn townhouse, assessing exactly what some pesky thieves had just stripped from her Escalade SUV. A neighbor named Walker helpfully broke down the damage. “They took the racks off the top — there’s screws there,” he said. White replied with a drawn-out “Yeeeaah.” “They took the frame off the window.” Another resigned “Yeah.”

Losing a bit of chrome to the Bedford-Stuyvesant streets is part of daily reality in one of New York’s still-gritty neighborhoods. And White, a.k.a. Santigold, is devoted to maintaining her connection to the borough that’s nurtured her since the mid-1990s, when she moved to Brooklyn after attending Wesleyan College. She recently relocated — with her husband, snowboarder/musician Trevor “Trouble” Andrew, and their Great Dane, Bo — a mere seven blocks to stay a step ahead of the ripple of gentrification.

But just 25 feet away from the now-naked car, inside White’s home, there’s a mammoth Kehinde Wiley portrait occupying nearly an entire wall of the living room, depicting the 35-year-old singer as a conquering war hero wearing a lush blue military uniform with golden epaulettes. The artwork, an homage to “Portrait of an Officer,” Sir Joshua Reynolds’ 18th-century painting of British soldier Banastre Tarleton, is featured on the cover of her new album, Master of My Make-Believe. It is opulent and brash and breathtaking, and its presence in the hood known for producing Biggie and ODB is a fitting manifestation of White’s wondrous ability to keep it real and live a fantasy at the same time. (More via SPIN…)

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boundless-subconscious:

Carla Bruni

lightlytoastedbeats:

Dubstep tap dancing.  Dancing starts at 40 sec.  

— Melon

These are some badass tap dancers

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the rainbow after the storm

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Empire State of Mind

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broadwayhipsters:

Hipsters on Broadway

Penelope Pennywise- Urinetown

Submitted by Gnproblems

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fuckyeahspacewhales:

(via The Clearing by ~nolaki on deviantART)

Regina Spektor’s newest music video

“All the Rowboats”

from Regina’s upcoming album ‘What We Saw From The Cheap Seats,’ available  on May 29.

The star-crossed lovers of district twelve.

Why am I afraid to tell you how I really feel?