Author: Jill Brooke
Aphrodite Goddess of Fertility Gives Birth To Floral Ideas
Aphrodite is the Goddess of Fertility. She was also the mother of Eros – the God of Love – and had quite the romantic life by taking on many lovers. In Roman mythology, Venus was the goddess of love, sex, beauty and fertility and Aphrodite’s counterpart. Fertility is such a human need and desire, however, …
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Celebrating Maroon 5 Singer Adam Levine’s 40th Birthday
It’s Adam Levine’s 40th birthday today – The Maroon 5 singer, hitmaker and coach on the hit TV show, “The Voice” seems to like flowers. His first band was called, “Kara’s Flowers” and he also named his first daughter Dusty Rose. Aside from his work in music, he’s an entrepreneur. The Grammy Award winner has …
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Japanese Fine Quilting Is Beating Handmade American Quilts
By Linda Lee Things turn in cycles. Asian artisans discovered silk thread and invented embroidery. Their work traveled the silk road and influenced every style of decoration since. Cutting up blocks of cloth and making a patchwork quilt has always been considered an American “thing.” But, says Patricia Belyea of Okan Arts in Seattle, an …
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Miles Aldridge’s Photographs Make Retro Look Hip
By Jill Brooke Miles Aldridge is one of the great photographers whose work makes retro look hip. And it has won him rounds of solo exhibitions. I saw his work at Art Basel Miami Beach. He has worked for every major magazine – Vogue, British Vogue, New York Times Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar. He was …
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Rachel Brosnahan’s Fav Flower Not Part Of Valentine Campaign
This is a role Rachel Brosnahan was born to do. Honor her family’s legacy. Credits: Maggie Cepis for Frances Valentine Brosnahan is the face of her Aunt Kate Spade’s Frances Valentine Line. It is a tribute to her Aunt Kate who committed suicide last June at the age of 55. Aunt Kate had launched Frances …
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Femme Fatal Elaine de Kooning Honored March Birthday Artist
March birthday girl Elaine de Kooning was an Abstract Expressionist and Figurative Expressionist painter who also documented the movement as a writer for Art News Magazine. Married to Willem de Kooning in 1943, she championed his work during the ’40s and ’50s before her personal paintings and drawings became famous later. Their group of artist …
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