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oundup of my favorite things this week. 
A sweet spot in Big Sur, a worldwide cut-and-paste project and an instrumentally inclined Brazilian import.
Follow it, don’t judge it! 

Project. INSIDE OUT.
INSIDE OUT is a large-scale participatory art project that transforms messages of personal identity into pieces of artistic work. Everyone is challenged to use black and white photographic portraits to discover, reveal and share the untold stories and images of people around the world. These digitally uploaded images will be made into posters and sent back to the project’s co-creators for them to exhibit in their own communities. People can participate as an individual or in a group; posters can be placed anywhere, from a solitary image in an office window to a wall of portraits on an abandoned building or a full stadium. These exhibitions will be documented, archived and viewable virtually. It’s quite simple: Upload it. Receive it. Paste it. 

Music. Gui Boratto.
Brazil’s Gui Boratto is many things. He is not, however, a DJ. That said, his 2007 debut, Chromophobia, was one of those rare techno albums that transcended the genre, largely thanks to Boratto’s use of colorful synths and unique ability to embed sticky pop hooks within a larger, dancefloor-oriented template. That effort continued on his 2009 follow-up, Take My Breath Away, and he just dropped his third full-length on September 12, the appropriately titled III. There’s nothing like a Brazilian import, especially when he comes with instrumental snacks. So listen up. 

Hotel. Ventana Inn & Spa, Big Sur.
Overlooking a stretch of wild and unspoiled Big Sur coastline where the Santa Lucia range plunges into the Pacific, Ventana Inn & Spa sits on 243 wooded acres some 1,200 feet above the pounding surf. Each of the 60 rooms and suites has big windows and decks looking out onto California’s most spectacular scenery — towering redwoods, craggy canyons and whitecapped waves. Nature lovers and spa aficionados come here for scenery, tranquil vibes and restorative treatments.