In your eyes

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

—Benjamin Franklin

 Psycho (1960)

Psycho (1960)  

 Stage Fright (1950)

 Strangers on a Train (1951)

Rear Window (1954)

Spellbound (1945)

Director Alfred Hitchcock: eyes are windows to the ominous.

Vessel

This treasure was discovered in a bamboo thicket—

I washed the bowl in a spring and then mended it.

After morning meditation, I take my gruel in it;

At night, it serves me soup or rice.

Cracked, worn weather-beaten and misshapen

But still of noble stock!

—My Cracked Wooden Bowl by Taigu Ryokan

It's no secret I covet the deep indigo bowl that B. owns.

The color is from a long-ago collection that the artist has

since replaced with cheerful yellow. Any of the sea-glass
colored bowls from Brickett Davda would be a fine replacement!

Eve Arnold

I think if I ever get satisfied, I'll have to stop. It's the frustration that drives you.

—Eve Arnold (1912-2012)

 Hubert's Museum, 1950

 Josephine Baker, 1950

Opening Gala, Met Opera, 1950

High fashion

Photographer Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969) is known for his gorgeous fashion work for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.  Even those images that reveal little about the outfit and heavily edit the appearance of the model, there's incredible allure.

Somen

What to eat when the weekly forecast is in the brutal zone of 97 degrees.

Shock of your life