"I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower." 
- Juliette Binoche

Christian Kettiger

I think this insightful quote applies just as accurately to life as to acting...  My friend B and I had this conversation once about how we screw things up when we care about them too much.  It's cringe-worthy and funny, 'cuz it's true.  I think there's definite credence to the notion that self-consciousness infects the purity of the creative process, or even the natural fluidity of relationships.  I myself am certainly most poised, most zen, when my focus is entirely on an activity or another person.  When self awareness creeps in, part of your attention naturally splits off, and then your focus/poise/creativity (whatever you want to call it) fragments, and your ability be a vessel for greatness is radically diminished. 

I've mentioned photographer Christian Kettiger's great work before here.

Disorderly Conduct

I'm fascinated by this compelling collection of vintage bad girl mug shots posted by Katie Notopoulos on www.buzzfeed.com.  The retro fashion and styling! (2, 3, 8)  The bouffants & beehives! (4, 7, 11, 15, 16, 21)  The eyebrows! (1, 4, 16, 17)  It's cool to see that some of these 'Forties' hairstyles (18, 23) are currently enjoying a total popularity resurgence...  

Some of these ladies look disheveled, and some look distinguished.  And the expressions on their faces!  Amused, bored, scared, and a few look genuinely badass.  So interesting to speculate on what they might've done to get hauled down to the station...  Did they shoplift a pair of pantyhose, drive drunk, participate in a violent gang or a peaceful public protest?  What impact did this arrest have on their lives?  And what was it like to live back in the days when the police blotter described you as "well built"? 

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23. The baddest of the bad -- she was arrested 3 separate times:

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