“Dolce far niente’ is a wonderful Italian expression meaning ‘sweet doing nothing’, and it illustrates the dreamy, hedonistic, self-indulgent nature of indolence, and the enjoyment of it.”
Welcome and Wherefore
Vaguely Bohemian is a celebration of the senses. If you’ve found this little corner of the internet, welcome! This site is primarily an old-style blog—a log of intriguing articles, talks, and ideas—with very little original material. It’s a somewhat random assortment, and not at all exhaustive, but my hope is that something here sparks your…
Get Your Hair Done
“…being touched and groomed is one of the seven most common experiences in the world.”—Patrick McIvor
Existentialists Anonymous Art Bar
Event description: The internet’s most evocative bar is back! Created by Caveat Magister, author of “Turn Your Life Into Art,” a guide to designing magical experiences.It’s simple: we all gather in a Zoom call, with an amazing bartender, Caveat, and several artists.To order a drink, you offer up a prompt for a drink: a wish,…
NYT: The Artists and Designers Making Tarot Decks for Today
“Dior’s spring 2021 haute couture collection debuted last January with a lush short film created by Matteo Garrone that opens with a tarot reading that transports its querent to a mysterious chateau populated by sumptuously dressed figures from the card deck…”
Door Jam Aerial Yoga
“How to recycle a woven baby scarf ? How to practice aerial yoga without a strong ceiling? I pulled out this gorgeous @littlefrog_pl woven baby scarf. I love its colours and the fact it is not stretchy, which gives great support to the back….you can make a knot and hang the fabric at the door…
Esther Perel: Intimacy and Your 5 Senses
“When we invite Eroticism into our individual lives, particularly by engaging in our five senses, we give ourselves permission to remember a fundamental yet oft forgotten truth: the essential beauty of the world is available to us, always, even in the darkest of times. When we invite Eroticism into our relationship, that container of permission…
Nose Dive, by Harold McGee
“In his detailed survey of scents, food writer and cooking scientist McGee elegantly explains olfaction… His exploration of our smelly world includes the odors of flora and fauna, soil and smoke, food and fragrances, but also the unexpected: primordial earth, rain, and the whiff of old books. Pungent and even rancid smells—skunk spray, ammonia, manure—are…
Can a New Perfume Rekindle Eroticism? (Vanity Fair)
“It has been a strange couple years for scent, and for attraction. The pandemic has upended the usual rhythms around fragrance: the date-night spritz, the misted cloud before a work day; the heady little vial packed along for vacation. Mask-wearing muffles the chance encounters with someone else’s doused cologne: waxy tuberose at the opera, department-store…