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Will Cotton, Churro Cabin, 2001.

Yes, that's a churro cabin, and yes I want to live in it. I want to sit atop the donut-rock while wiggling my toes in the chocolate milk river, daydreaming absentmindedly with powdered sugar fingers. Will Cotton's world is frothy and sweet--a billowy binge-world of swirly pink and melting cocoa--and, to me, it's what heaven looks like. Here's his take on Endless Winter.

Wouldn't these frigid temps feel better if spent in the shade of a giant cookie tree? Or how about curled up in the window of an ice cream cone and peppermint stick castle...

"The Little Star Dweller" by Yoshitomo Nara

Japanese art wizard, Yoshitomo Nara, opened his new show at the Marianne Boesky Gallery this past Saturday night with a colorful cacophony that reverberated from the walls right into crowd (which included the wandering and seemingly undetected artist KAWS - thanks, CBS Sunday Morning). Viewing the artwork itself--a collection of new drawings on envelopes, large-scale paintings, and two massive tannenbaum sculptures that felt like they belonged in a more sophisticated Smurf village--meant that you had to tap and rub numerous shoulders for a glimpse. With vanishing buckets of beer, a trio of toddlers in tutus, and live music provided by DJ OORUTAICHI and the hyperkinetic Japanese girl duo M.A.G.O., the energy in the various rooms exploded with a kooky rainbow fantastic-ness. Here's hoping it's even more magically raucous at his solo exhibition at the Asia Society in 2010.

I've been a fan of Nara's since discovering his artwork on the cover of Shonen Knife's 1998 album Happy Hour. Mr. H and I trekked from Harajuku to Aoyama last year just to have a bite at the A to Z Cafe, a cozy Tokyo eatery Nara designed with graf media. While I've yet to come up with the funds to afford one of his tinier drawings, I ended up receiving something to hold on to for now directly from the man himself...

More from the gallery show:

DJ OORUTAICHI conjuring some digital magic:

A to Z Cafe...ah, deliciousness!

The "home" within a home at A to Z:

Milky green tea:

Cream cake:

Interior of A to Z's "home studio":

I recently started eating burgers again.

Meat and Cheese by Mike and Jen aka Duotard video by The Selby from the selby on Vimeo.

Photo by Catherine Ledner courtesy of The Beholder (via the lovely blog 2 or 3 Things I Know...)

Noble, gentle, sweet.
The donkey quietly weeps.
No one understands.

Absolute beauty. Rent it.

The most famous donkey of them all! You can celebrate Eeyore's birthday here.

A donkey is always misunderstood, so please show some love.

This li'l blog of mine, I'm gonna let it shine! Even when people say no. Even when big, fancy IT departments tag this website as "games" or "inaccessible at this time". I will not bend to "off limits."

Sigh, Verbose Coma has been tagged at my work place. Thus, I can't write from work anymore. It's frustrating but inevitable. I'm not in trouble or anything, but Verbose Coma isn't a "friendly" site at work I guess. I can totally browse any stupid gossip blog with random profanity and banner ads showing scantily clad co-eds, but writing (or reading!) this harmless little website is forbidden.

Dear IT Department At The Company Who Will Not Be Named,

Desk #24

I could write about this for hours, but I won't. Instead, let me introduce you to Andreas Samuelsson! I adore the work of this Swedish artist, and I hope you will, too. I found his work on the fantastic art website Tiny Showcase, and I keep waiting for him to open an online store. Let's all band together and bombard him with emails about this. Seriously, how good is that pic above? And what about this madness right here:

LOVE. IT. Andreas, you're making my day! My evening. Right here in the comfort of my apartment away from Big Brother (aka The Killer of My Creativity) and his roving eye. I will rise to this technological massacre, and I will win.

"Surveillance" by Andreas Samuelsson