Wake Up> Fall of The Republic

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is more safe store of value. Gold stands as a protector of property rights. -Alan Greenspan

Paper is poverty, it is only the ghost of money and not money itself. -Thomas Jefferson

Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls energy can control whole continents; who controls money controls the world. -Henry Kissinger

Give me control of the nation's money supply and I care not who makes it's laws. -Mayer Rothchild

We the people are in control of our governments! Not the other way around! Wake Up!

-Demetrious

Daily Inspiration 2> Artist: Greg "Craola" Simkins

While at the book store trying to find inspiration I picked up the newest issue of HI•FRUCTOSE. After flipping throw the pages I came across the work of Greg "Craola" Simkins and to my excitment, I had found the inspiration I seeked in all of 15 min. Here are a few of my favorite pieces.

Artist Statment
After years of chasing the monsters under his bed, Greg “Craola” Simkins has reemerged into the everyday world to create images of what he saw in those forgotten lands. Simkins didn’t always use a paintbrush to display this mob of characters, but spent many of his early years filling sketchbooks with images that were later spray-painted on walls, and finally found their way onto canvases. It is his careful weaving of pop culture, the old masters, nature, carnival kitsch, and (most importantly) his warped imagination, that makes Greg Simkins a sought-after surrealist painter today.

To see more check out www.imscared.com

-Demetrious

DAMN! DAMN! DAMN! > BARRIO GOTICO by Photographer Sebastian Faena

It's been awhile time since I've seen fashion images that speak to me but, it seems that the upcoming V Magazine's Size Issue just want stop talking! Here are a few of my favorite images from photographer Sebastian Faena.

To see the full story check out V Magazines's Size Issue and Models.com

-Demetrious

I Love You, You Love Me

Artist> Pomme Chan

Beauty comes in All Sizes!!! Curves Ahead: Photographer Sølve Sundsbø

As a culture I feel that we have grown so accustom to a certain standard of beauty; that when a different version of beauty comes along we so often don't even notice it. In every magazine all we see are the tall super (skinny) models and we accept that as what it is to be beautiful. When the truth is that's the furthest thing from the truth! When I came across these images I loved them right away. Not only do they show that beauty is not only limited to a size double 0-4 but, they also show me that true beauty comes in all sizes.

Check out Models.com and V Magazine's Size Issue to see more Images!

-Demetrious

I Love Japan> Artist: Kim, Duck-Yong

I've never believed that ideas actually come from us but, rather thru us. It's funny how we can think of an idea, and then months or even days later someone else comes up with a similar idea. When I saw Kim, Duck-Yong's work I fell in love with it. Not only because of the simplicity but, more so for the fact it looked ten times better then a similar idea I once had. Seeing his work taught me that when an idea rest on you for a moment you should run with it. And other times you should just let it go and let someone else do the running!

-Demetrious






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Daily Inspiration> Theo Jansen: Kinetic Sculptures

When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happen. -John M. Richardson Jr.



Here's to making it happen!

-Demetrious