If I was a teenage girl today, I'd make a Youtube video montage of Matthew Crawley and Lady Mary photos set to Rihanna's We All Want Love. I'd work on it in the wee hours of the morning, in between witty banter and repressed flirtation with my crush via instant messenger* in a dark room filled with the soft glow of my computer screen.

* IM doesn't exist anymore, does it?

This was always my original idea for the magazine images I've started collecting, but it's been hard to find exactly what I'm looking for. This being my first, I'm happy with the outcome- a good marriage between image and lyric. It's kind of like those e-cards you see with old-timey people saying slang or subversive things, but also different. You'll see! More to come...

Also, to spice things up a bit, if you like any of these pieces I post with the label artistic calisthenics, be the first to let me know via the comment box with an overly enthusiastic and highly encouraging comment*, and I just might send it to you**!

*or send $$
** some terms and conditions may apply, which I'll make up as I go along.

I really wanna be wit you
'cause you just my type

ooh, na, na, na, na

collage

Dolce and Gabbana models//
Mickey Mouse under Disney World, photograph by Rene Burri 1972

collage//photograph by Walker Evans 1983//Talbot's ad featuring Julianne Moore