meme from rain_and_rivers

[emchy]

beauty in the tragic.
this is something that catches my eye daily. there is always some undercurrent in things that are truly beautiful that would seemingly pull them away from their core and yet somehow enhances. the most tragic things often reveal beautiful, intimate and intense things. objects, people or occasions of great beauty are often undercut by a sadness that magnifies the precious and the delicate. there is something in that. something that the people who focus so much on perfection miss. it's the imperfections that create the things that make life the most perfect


day dreaming.
i can't much say day dreaming without thinking of myself on a lawn on a lake in the midwest with a breeze in my hair, grass in my toes and the smell of green lake water in my nose. the reflections in those waters make dreams happen.

down by law.
this film by jim jarmusch helped change how i saw the world and what good could come of a good pair of shoes

exploring musical landscapes.
i love so much music. zorn in particular in conjunction with mingus and coltrane helped train my ear to look for the world the music was creating. the trains and the mountains and the thunderstorms. music as a force of nature. to be explored and adventured like a road trip and the most fantastic voyage. every song can take you somewhere. it's up to our own hearts how free we make ourselves for those travels.

flappers.
oh flappers. oh you 1920s girls busting out of victorian corsets drinking the moonshine and cutting your hair. walking headfirst and headstrong into political movements and offices where suddenly the jobs you could get were given less respect. i love the flapper for her freedom, her dancing, her revelry and her passion. sometimes the zeitgeist to just have some fun is the thing a woman needs. there are other more complicated socio economic pieces to all of this. but when i think flapper i like to think of this body ownership, this empowerment, this attempt at social freedoms.

michigan.
my land of ghosts where they all light campfires and jump over fireworks. i wish it could be that easy again but then again - its never been that hard.

theda bara
such a dream. an actress that can boil your blood with a look. *swoon



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[smmopah.livejournal.com]

I'll bite. BTW, I like your comment on day dreaming. I am fond of the smell of lakes and rivers too. They smell cool on hot days.