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Yes, It Exists: The Rock N Roll Rose!

rock n roll rose 1 photo by gail worley
All Photos By Gail

On a recent stroll through the Rosie The Riveter Memorial Rose Garden in San Diego’s gorgeous Balboa Park, I came across a flower that screamed to be given a spotlight: the Rock N Roll Rose. With its bold red-and-white striped blooms and dramatic flair, this flower’s streaked petals recall a whimsical moment from Alice in Wonderland, when the Queen’s playing card gardeners frantically paint the white roses red to please Her Majesty. Yes, they exist!
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Pink Thing Of The Day: Alice In Wonderland with Pink Hair

alice with pink hair at prince street pizza photo by gail worley
Photo By Gail

If you’ve ever walked past Prince Street Pizza then you know by the line around the block that it’s one of the more popular pizza joints south of Houston Street, and with good reason: the food is fucking delicious. Prince Street is too far from my hood for me to stop in on the regular, but I did walk but this last summer and was immediately sucked in off the street by this fabulous wall mural inside the store of a Pink-haired Alice enjoying a slice. Mangia!

Eye On Design: Mosaic House, Chiswick London

mosaic house front view photo by gail worley
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It was only my second day in London, and we had already packed a full day with off-beat touristy activities like spending three hours in Sotheby’s drooling over a lifetime’s collection of Freddie Mercury’s earthly possessions. As luck would have it, our walk home brought us within the vicinity of one of London’s true Hidden Gems for fans of art and assorted weirdness. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present the Mosaic House.
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Pink Thing of The Day: The Art of Eye Sticker

aiw by eye sticker photo by gail worley
White Rabbit, Alice in Wonderland/Dali-Themed Art By Eye Sticker (All Photos By Gail)

The pandemic has changed a lot about the way I live my life, and it has definitely changed my relationship to art. During the months when galleries and museums were closed, I turned to the galleries of the streets for inspiration, and spent hours each week walking and documenting what I saw. I discovered that many street artists were inspired by the experience of isolation due to Covid, and the increasingly dystopian nature of society imposed by the previous administration, to step-up the surreal nature of their creations. One new artist I kept seeing all over the city, whose work moved me immediately, was called Eye Sticker. Of course, the Eye is Pink.
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Surreal Portraits of Fictional Female Icons By Ellannah Sadkin

Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman (All Photos By Gail)

Ellannah “Ella” Sadkin is a London-based artist who works primarily with acrylic and graffiti pens to produce colorful and abstract works. With its hard black lines, bright flat color and organic and geometric shapes, her style is often described as surrealist cartooning.
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