This Michelle M. Not that one

Born in NYC. Raised in LA. Stumbled into the deep south. Dreaming of Paris..

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Every morning he scratches on the door, eats the cat food, then sits in the box for a few minutes before he leaves to go do possum stuff. This is our relationship.

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I cannot remember that last time I had a good night’s sleep. 

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Bessie Coleman: Daredevil Aviatrix

Bessie Coleman knew that becoming a pilot was her dream. Because she was a black woman, no American flight schools would admit her. Despite the obstacles, Bessie managed to become the first African-American woman in the world to earn a pilot's license.

Bessie Coleman was the first black woman in the world to earn a pilot’s license. 

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Long time no see.

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It goes around and around.

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I wish more people understood this. #glutenfree #foodmyths #celiacdisease

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I can't stop taking (and sharing!) pictures of her cuteness. #CatInTheHat #Renatta #adorable #kitten #AdoptDontShop #catsofinstagram #kittensofinstagram

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Tonight's happenings. #reading #itsimportant

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She cuddles with a sock to sleep. #ImDyingFromTheCuteness

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#Currently this is happening.

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My new favorite subject. #cute #kitten #adorable #kittensofinstagram #catsofinstagram

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Yeah, just keep expecting more of the new #kitten. #AdoptDontShop

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Buffalo, New York-based paper artist Maude White painstakingly hand-cuts exquisite depictions of animals (particularly birds), people, leaves and other subjects. Each piece requires thousands of precise, tiny cuts, and some of them contain even more delicate images hidden within the larger designs.

"I have great respect for paper. When I cut, the thin membranous material reveals its strength to me. No matter how small my cuts the paper holds. There is a certain comfort in that, a comfort I enjoy. I feel that there are very few things in the world as reliable and constant as paper. Paper is everywhere and it has been telling stories for centuries. By respecting and honoring paper for what it is, and not considering it a stepping-stone to something greater, I feel like I am communicating some of the pleasure it brings to me. I am not creating for Art’s sake. I am creating for Paper’s sake, to make visible the stories that every piece of paper attempts to communicate to us."

In September 2014 Maude White will be showing some of her work at the Western New York Book Arts Collaborative as part of an exhibition entitled Birds I’ve Been.

To check out more of her work, visit White’s online portfolio and keep up with her latest creations, including fascinating process photos, via her Instagram acount. She also offers some of her creations for purchase via Etsy at Brave Bird Paperwork.

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A Map of the Introvert’s Heart

This week, Gemma outlines The Freelancer Artist’s Food Pyramid.

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Jerry Lewis thought he spotted his long lost son on the subway…

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Her uncompromising indomitable search for the truth, beyond the civilised, permitted acceptable…into the realm of the visceral ferocious burning humanity that yearns to be released from us all, if we can’t do it, we must witness it.

-Richard Armitage on his first impressions of working with Yael Farber (x)