arts and hearts

today i visited the MOMA to check out some of the exihibits. here are some of my favorite pieces that were permitted to be photographed. my favorite exhibit was tangled alphabets: leon ferrari and mira schendel but photography was not permitted. the architecture and landscapes collection (of which i have a few pictures, yay!), and the paper: pressed, stained, slashed and folded are both definantly worth checking out as well.
oh, and of course i saw a heart in my lunch.

lunch, koreatown nyc, 04.19.09

enric miralles & carme pinos, igualada cemetery, moma nyc 04.19.09




edward larrabee barnes, haystack mountain school of crafts, moma nyc, 04.19.09

tadao ando, chikatsu-asuka historical museum, moma nyc, 04.19.09

tadao ando, detail, 04.19.09

michelangelo pistoletto, man with yellow pants, moma nyc, 04.19.09

doesn't it look like he's checking out those ladies in front of the warhol?

yayoi kusama

tonight ryan and i went to the gagosian gallery in chelsea to see the yayoi kusama opening. i really didn't know much about her and didn't know what to expect but i was pleasantly blown away by one of her works. unfortunately, i'm not sure what it is titled.

yayoi kusama, gagosian gallery, nyc 04.16.09

this picture does not hold a candle to the experience of viewing the work. the installation is a room covered in mirrors on all sides, with a small platform in the center. the platform is surrounded by still water acting as another reflective surface. all around the room there are small suspended lights that flicker and dim. there is an attendant that lets you in for a minute, the door is closed behind you and you are left feeling as if you were floating in outer space.
i felt an overwhelming sense of calm and delight. it was WONDERFUL, i wish i could move my bed into that room and fall asleep to that experience every night. it was painfully/achingly beautiful.

i heart chris cunningham

chris cunningham for gucci. this excites me.

baked love

in the banana bread i baked, 04.15.09

over the weekend while i was in philly, oanh and i had a cooking session on sunday afternoon (it was bliss, cooking with a good friend, good music, beautiful sunday afternoon). i didn't have time to eat the bread so i brought it home and tonight i cut a slice to enjoy and as i was nearing the end of my slice, guess what i saw? <3

ps. i finally bought a camera!

the heart bug bit arlene

arlene and i went to see a show last winter, brooklyn, winter '09

arlene and i saw this on the street near washington square park, greenwich village 03.21.09

arlene saw this tree near the jefferson memorial, washington d.c. 04.09.09

crystal at the natural history museum, washington d.c. 04.09.09

crystal at the natural history museum, washington d.c. 04.09.09
(count how many hearts you can see)

anna's fish tank, staten island 04.09
(one, two, or three?)

i think i've gotten arlene seeing hearts too. the first two we saw together. the next three are from her recent trip to washington d.c. over the easter long weekend, and the last is at her friend anna's place. i think the second picture is going to be one of my favorites.

love drunk on the sauce

ana found a heart in her marinara sauce, brooklyn 04.14.09

note that the marinara sauce is placed on ana's shelf between a jar of fluff and a bottle of tabasco sauce. i think i love ana more for the randomness of it.

tag a heart, mark it yours

oanh and graffiti, philadelphia 04.12.09

love for breakfast

if you look closely, you can see two hearts. oanh's coffee @ b2 philadelphia, 04.11.09

in my cream cheese @ b2, philadelphia 04.11.09

we met oanh's friend jess, her boyfriend, and her parents for a quick breakfast at b2's this morning. had a lovely time and laughed a lot. jess' parents are fantastic. her mom has invited jess' friends over for a seder/passover (i think) dinner tonight. i can't wait! yum.

she wears their story around her neck

whitney's love journal by rick, philadelphia 04.10.09



last night i was introduced to whitney and rick, probably one of the cutest couples i now know (they have a three legged chihuahua named cha-cha who wears lobster costumes). i had been eyeing the leather bound book that she wore as a necklace for about an hour before i finally gave in and asked her about it. it turns out it was a gift from rick. he had bought the journal from a local artist, and written a love story in it. its filled with hearts. <3



lobster suited cha-cha

ps. if you get a chance to see Margot and the Nuclear So & So's, go.

hey honey honey

if you live in the nyc area, please take a moment and sign this petition to support beekeeping in nyc.
legalizing beekeeping in nyc would help support localized and sustainable honey in our area, in other words, you could buy honey from your area at the local farmer's market! how cool is that?

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/legalize-beekeeping.html

throw your heart on the floor

o's floor, Philadelphia 04.10.09

i'm visiting one of my best friends oanh. she's off at work and i'm shuffling around her apartment right now, trying to figure out how to spend my day. it's gorgeous out! i was looking out her window enjoying the cherry blossom trees when i saw this one on her floor. it looks like its a piece of a book, there is print on it.

the view from o's window

PenPen's Heart

38 Routmaster bus logo known as the "Love Bus" or "Heart Bus"

My friend Penny just told me about the heart that adorns the bus she takes often in London. So cute. Thanks Pen!

explanation

hi. my name is kat and i see hearts.

I'm not sure when exactly I started seeing them but for the past year I've been taking pictures of them with my phone and sending them to a couple of my friends, Oanh, Lindsey, Carmen, and Ana to be exact. I've flooded their picture message inboxes many a times. Oanh and Lindsey have been urging me to share them with others, and so this blog is born. Here are some of the sightings that I've saved on my phone. I promise to buy a proper digital camera so the images will be of a higher quality in the future, but for now, please bear with me.

<3

greenwich village, coming out of a dance performance

UES somewhere, on my way to a book release

at my desk at work, to the left of my keyboard.

subway window, it was blue, looks white in the picture

at my favorite bar on a saturday afternoon, napkin lint
(carmen just pointed out the reflection of the glass on the table makes a heart as well)

scallion that was in my ramen at dinner with Oanh

125th street subway station, nyc

i was eating peanuts at a bar when i looked down at my napkin and i saw a piece of peanut skin

in my cheerios

in balducci's meat section

i took out my favorite vintage poster to measure it to find a frame, noticed the waterstain

in my crust of bread at lunch

125th station, nyc

i was going through a break up and was upset when i looked up from my seat on the train and saw this one on the window. it gave me peace.

on the stairs down to the subway, on the corner of the last place i met up with a guy i had just broken up with

on the marble stairs leading up to my apartment

in the hall entrance way in my apartment

one day at work i looked down on the floor by my desk and saw this

at home, upside down in the glass

in my coffee one morning at work