Amy Winehouse 1983 - 2011

I've never been a huge fan of Amy Winehouse, yet you would be ridiculous to deny that she had talent. I enjoyed her music, bought 'Back to Black', and thought she was cool and fresh for the time. I don't think I have ever met anyone who really disliked her music. Unfortunately for her, the media took over and distracted us away from the talent to document a rather ugly downfall.

My memory of Amy Winehouse's music is associated with the end of my time in Manchester, between 2006 and 2007. A friend said he thought she was amazing, and that she was always getting pissed, and when everyone heard 'Rehab', no one ever forgot the catchy song and her amazing voice. It evokes a sunny time and a time where, ironically now, we all felt invincible and did a lot of drugs.

RIP Amy Winehouse

The Lawrence Tree

The Lawrence Tree by Georgia O'Keeffe, 1929

I recently wrote about stars, and this is one of my favourite paintings not because of the tree but of the stars around it.

This painting in the past has often been hung incorrectly, because of the perspective of the tree. O'Keeffe painted it as if looking up at it when lying down, which she did, on a wooden bench. To some people, it looks upside down, but that's how it was painted.

I love it because I love trees and I love stars and it reminds me of the tree I used to climb and again looking up at the stars at night during the summer, thinking about the vastness of the world and the universe and how there is so much to see and so much we don't know about.

DSquared A/W 2011/12

Especially love those braces

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