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CASA KIMBALL, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -TRAVEL

An established retro holiday compound of someone with a confident sense of style and a stack of extra cash. Casa Kimball is a much-publicized private house and rental villa on the north coast of Dominican Republic. Its features include huge windows and doors; floors and ceilings are covered with local coral stone.

I love it. It's very serene, a perfect spot to escape from the busy life of the city (Fantasy Adventure). It would seem like life is simple being in that place (Cashing Out). While the price wouldn't be simple at all, the comfort, rest, and relaxation that one would get from there would be so worth it (Being Alive). And also, the fresh, clean air that it brings would be refreshing and somehow healthy; away from the pollution that the city has (AtmosFear).

MINJAE LEE -ART

Minjae Lee is a young south Korean artist whose work expresses a semi-disturbing inner tension that is tough to ignore, even if you feel that you'd like to. It draws you in with its powerful colors, haltering imagery and clever juxtaposition of beauty, innocence and fragility with brash, loud and aggressive. what characterizes his work overall is drama. The ethereal females that populate most of his work exude a dark, organic tension, and it seems that even the brightest marker colors do not quite manage to save them from some sort of looming peril.

I like it because it tells a story. Like the first picture, it can say that the girl is tortured and the second one can say that she's sensing something wrong. With this kind of art, it can stress-relief (Small Indulgences). It can also be a trip down memory lane with the drawing and coloring except that it's so much more enhanced (Down-Aging). It can also be that the artist just wanted to be somewhere safe and alone like the house (Cocooning).

MAZDA NAGARE -TRANSPORTAION

"Concept of a concept car". Nagare borrows the most successful elements from the Sassou, Senku, and Kauri. A way of introducing ideas of texture and motion into the surface language. The most striking about the Nagare's design is the deep etch lines that run along the car's flanks. They converge, fading as they go, to an invisible point above the rear wheelarches before reemerging and fanning out to form a filigree-like strands of orange light that make up the rear light clusters. Like ripples on a sand dune, they create a sense of air moving across the vehicle, of unseen motion- a theme picked up the twisted lines that form the headlamps. Nagare is the first expression of flow. The feel is less extreme, where the inside is a diamond-pattern seat configuration. It's about motion but in a much more calm and quiet way (Being Alive--driving with comfort and style).

I love it. A very nice car to use for escaping from the negatives of life (Fantasy Adventure) and running away from strict parents (Pleasure Revenge). News about this new car can be heard from friends or friends of friends who also has an interest in it (Clanning).

-Carla Eugenio