The Artful Craner

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Arts
Location United Kingdom
Introduction Welcome to 1+1=3! This is a blog of the little inspirations and interesting things I come across in daily life. Previously a designer, and now in design management, the arts are close to my heart. I hope these posts will inspire artists as well as entertain those who aren't involved in creative pursuits!
Interests music, art and design, foreign film, reading, writing, being generally nosy and curious about everything, travelling, singing lessons, playing piano, karate, gigs, learning Japanese, physics
Favorite Movies Studio Ghibli, Wong Kar-Wai (director), David Lynch (director), Werner Herzog (director), Guillermo del Toro (director), Lost in Translation, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Chicago, Dazed and Confused, Withnail and I
Favorite Music Regina Spektor, Psapp, Yo La Tengo, Lali Puna, Beta Band, Mum, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Moody Blues, Animal Collective, Broken Social Scene, CSNY, Captain Beefheart, July, Love, Nick Drake, Nico, Panda Bear, Caribou, Bill Callaghan, The Velvet Underground, Menomena, The Books, Deerhunter, Sleigh Bells, Connan Mockasin, Euros Childs, Shogun Kunitoki, Factory Floor, Death in Vegas, Jose Gonzales, Bon Iver, Amy Winehouse, Trentemoller, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Archie Shepp, Horace Silver, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Brad Melhdau
Favorite Books I enjoy books by Angela Carter, Amelie Nothomb, Paul Auster, Haruki Murakami and Margaret Atwood, among others.