Drawings in Italy, FLOWERS site launch, André 3000 made an ethereal jazz album & it's good
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High Thought is an intimate infusion of (high) thoughts that are a mixture of frivolous and (sometimes) profound if I’m lucky. Written with consideration for those interested in the creative process or personal peek behind the curtain into a particularly chaotic brain room.
(The best experience is on the website or the app, in my opinion!)
🌸 Good morning/afternoon/evening, depending on where you are in the world. : )
Christmas dinner in Florence, New Years Eve in Rome
As a freelancer sometimes the best time to travel is the time between Christmas Eve and the new year. No emails, no new requests, just silence. : )
I already put some photos on IG but ended up also making some doodles in My Little Notepad™ from time to time. Most were made while enjoying a Negroni or red wine in weather that feels like mid-October in New York:
🌸 FLOWERSFULLSERVICE.ART (yes, art!) is live ! 🌸
FLOWERS website is up & it’s so cuuuuute!!!
It’s time I shout out Actual Source and Cold Rice for their immense help in bringing the Flowers identity and online home to life.
One of my favorite parts about the website is that when you click the email button, it doesn’t open up your Mail app & you don’t have to start dodging windows you didn’t ask to open. Simply click and the text changes to “Copied!” - exactly what we all want. : )
You can enter projects via the Gallery page or get a bit of context via the Work page, with small previews as you hover over each project:
Images get lots & lots of breathing room as you scroll:
If the site idles for a while, little cut-paper flowers start popping up. Also yes, I did shoot the cover of EA Sports’ NHL 24 which is cool for me bc I grew up on Madden 2001 (lol, I’m gay) and sometimes play FIFA and also bc EA SPORTS, IT’S IN THE GAME is a nostalgic sound to me.
ANYWAY! I encourage you guys to poke around if you’re curious. In fact, I’d even be grateful. Just really excited about this one. : )
Shoutout to Actual Source & Cold Rice. 🌸
New Blue Sun
Ok ok lastly, André 3000’s new album is unexpected and so vibey…I love it. It’s basically an ambient jazz/new age-y album and I like to put it on while I work or at night when I’m winding down in lower light (lighting is important!) It’s kind of an anytime album. Can be energizing it you want it to be. Calming if you want that. Gets me into a good zone. : )
Have a good week, freaks! 😈
Cait 🌸
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