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From Anchorage to Zebulon: In Search of Missed Connections

The Saturday Special: Artist Paula Pérez i de Lanuza

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NOTE FROM THE MISSED CONNECTIONS CHIEF BOTTLE FINDER:

This is the second edition of the Lovelorn Poets Saturday Special. These special messages feature information about the artists whose work appears on this site. I hope you enjoy reading about these talented individuals and visit their websites to see more of their work!

Lovelorn Poets Artist Profile: Paula Perez i de LanuzaName:
Paula Pérez i de Lanuza

Lovelorn Poets Featured Message:
Missed Connections in Austin, TX: A Book Reads My Heart

Where to Find You:
paulape.cat / flickr.com/paulape

Duration:
I’ve been drawing since I was a kid, but I’ve been developing my professional career for a couple of years now, since I graduated.

lecturetes (mire)

lecturetes (mire)

Education:
I’ve studied Fine Arts and a Degree in Stop-motion Animation.

Influences:
My influences are diverse (and often, subconscious!): from Quentin Blake and Peter H. Reynolds in illustration to Aardman, Pingu and Rodolfo Pastor in animation, among lots of others… I try to keep my senses open for fresh new stimulus!

Preferred Work Environment:
I’ve been working at home for a few years (specially while I was also studying), but I’ve found out I need to be surrounded with other people who I can share and discuss the process with. Projects grow stronger and more fertile when accompanied.

llegint

llegint

Philosophy:
I don’t know how to describe my philosophy of work. I guess I like to learn and investigate the language of simplicity. Talking about illustration, I like working with both line and stains that build shapes. I also enjoy playing with continuous lines, with the gaps which open a space for the mind to finish the shape… About animation, I really love the process of bringing a material object to life; I enjoy it much more when I can touch and feel what I’m doing.

Thank you so much, Paula, for licensing your beautiful work through Creative Commons! If you’re an artist whose work has appeared on Lovelorn Poets, and you’d like to be featured in the Saturday Special, let me know.

Missed Connections in Raleigh-Durham, NC: Sunset

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Missed Connections in Raleigh-Durham, NC

Sunsets Boone By Appalachian Encounters

Note from the Missed Connections Chief Bottle Finder:

After starting our Friday with a cranky message, we’re ending on a nice, positive note! I was pleased to find a sunset image that was actually taken in North Carolina (not quite in Raleigh-Durham but not terribly far away either). I wonder what the sky looked like the night this MC occurred…

Missed Connections in Raleigh-Durham, NC
Sunset

I was driving in my car and saw you on the side of the road.
At first I thought you had to get out and stretch you legs, but then I realized that you stopped to stand up and enjoy the sunset.
They are beautiful aren’t they?

Missed Connections in Brooklyn, NY: The Purity of Laughter

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Missed Connection in Brooklyn, NY

Bigbandjazz by Luis Leston

Missed Connections in Brooklyn, NY
The Purity of Laughter

I can feel your words tracing
my time worn veins
like a jazz drummer
your beats
search

like sonar for lost
fragments

and the rhythm
of your breath
blows

life into these
time worn
veins

and I remember the
purity of your
laughter

and how it
made me
smile

Lovelorn Poets: Her Two Cents

Her Two Cents offers daily commentary on missed connections selected to appear on Lovelorn Poets.

Her Two Cents on The Purity of Laughter

“…I remember the purity of laughter and how it made me smile.” I just love that line!  Where would we be without our Brooklyn poets… 🙂  Despite the explicit reference to jazz this piece reminds me of an old, careworn musical instrument. A bit battered but still beautiful.  If you like the artwork by Luis Leston, be sure to check out his Flickr page – he has a whole series devoted to different jazz and salsa instruments.

Gentle Readers: Whenever I find a piece of writing I really like I wonder if other readers feel the same way (or completely differently). What is your impression of it? Is there a part that resonates with you for a particular reason?

Missed Connections in Brooklyn, NY: I Miss You…

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Missed Connection in Brooklyn, NY

Life Goes On, but I'm Gone by Meg Wills

Missed Connections In Brooklyn, NY
I Miss You …

I still remember the way you smell, your laugh, your construction shirts all stained up with plaster, your way of agreeing was yeah yeah yeah, your kiss, the smell of your marlboros, the roses you gave me when you asked me to be yours and the way you held me in the morning.
I miss you.

Lovelorn Poets: Her Two Cents

Her Two Cents offers daily commentary on missed connections selected to appear on Lovelorn Poets.

Her Two Cents on I Miss You…

Isn’t it interesting the things we remember about a person who is no longer in our lives? So often it’s the little daily details that take on a strong significance – they may not mean as much to us when we are surrounded by them every day, but all that changes once they are gone.  The image by Meg Wills is  haunting, sad, and a little creepy – I especially like how the hands are defined.

Gentle Readers: We all have someone in our lives that we miss – a lover, friend, or family member. What are the little details that you think of when that person comes to mind? Do those memories make you feel sad, happy, or something else entirely?

Missed Connection in Ithaca, NY: Memories of You

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I've Been Tagged!! by Julia's Photography

Missed Connections In Ithaca, NY
Memories Of You

Funny how old habits bring old memories to the surface.
As I was pulling on a pair of comfy pants,
It occurred to me that they used to be yours,
And that you gave them to me so that I would wear them
And think of you.
I still have a hard time believing that was
6 years ago.
I have my moments of missing us,
But know that we are both better off apart.

Note from the Missed Connections Chief Bottle Finder:

It’s often said that elephants never forget, but I think that humans have an amazing capacity to remember (and selective remember and erroneously remember) as well. This photograph by Julia’s Photography with its bright colors and contrast is somewhat like a memory – sharp in some places and fuzzy in others.

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