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So, yesterday i had a moment of pure clarity. I was walking to work, in the snow, listening to my ipod on random and every track was perfect for a snowy day (as far as im concerned). I wont go into the full list because its not really the point, just take into account it ended with "White Wedding - Billy Idol"
What it made me realise though was that we are all inadvertently shaped by the lyrics of the music we listen to growing up!
Id describe myself as a complicated dreamer
When growing up, my dad listened to the Moody Blues and Dire Straits while my mum listened to the Carpenters and Dean Friedman....coincidence? i think not
Honestly, go through your music collection and listen to the songs that have been with you for some time, not the fluff that fills your collection every now and then but the songs that stay with you, and NOT songs that have emotional connections to someone, they dont count. Im willing to bet you find 1, 2 or several dozen lines in the songs that directly evoke how you feel about life or love....and the question is, does it really evoke what you feel? or are your feelings just a product of what it evokes? are we shaped by what we listen to? or does good music just relate to us?
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Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Friday, 30 January 2009
Why Life Sucks
Ive finally figured out why i struggle so much in my day to day life, its because frankly it sucks. I always want something else, i dream sooooooo much. I sit down and read a book and then for the rest of the day i want to be carrying a staff and wielding the Lords fire (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) or i watch a movie and i want to fall in love with a girl like Tuesday (Hot Tamale)
I mean how can i read a book and then willingly accept a reality where this (see below) statement cannot be true?
'I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings.
I burned down the town of Trebon.
I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life.
I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in.
I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day.
I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me'
(The Name of the Wind)
I mean...thats a world i want to live in, the beauty of that statement is its not even all true, its slight exaggeration by Kvothe for the sake of story telling, but its a world that is so much more willing to believe in exaggeration, and because of that everything is so much better.
So its no surprise that everthing in this world that i actually like reminds in some way of these worlds filled with exaggeration. Girls that i consider to be beautiful with fiery temprements or problems that they need to overcome are my reluctant heroines or my complicated princesses. Climbing is my battle against nature, and attempt to defy a constant like gravity.
We have to find the impossible in everything we do and spend our time trying to prove it possible, otherwise wheres the fun? and if theres no fun....whats the point?
Fight like your world depends on it
Love like it'll change everyone and everthing
and learn so that you'll be able to solve everything
I mean how can i read a book and then willingly accept a reality where this (see below) statement cannot be true?
'I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings.
I burned down the town of Trebon.
I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life.
I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in.
I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day.
I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me'
(The Name of the Wind)
I mean...thats a world i want to live in, the beauty of that statement is its not even all true, its slight exaggeration by Kvothe for the sake of story telling, but its a world that is so much more willing to believe in exaggeration, and because of that everything is so much better.
So its no surprise that everthing in this world that i actually like reminds in some way of these worlds filled with exaggeration. Girls that i consider to be beautiful with fiery temprements or problems that they need to overcome are my reluctant heroines or my complicated princesses. Climbing is my battle against nature, and attempt to defy a constant like gravity.
We have to find the impossible in everything we do and spend our time trying to prove it possible, otherwise wheres the fun? and if theres no fun....whats the point?
Fight like your world depends on it
Love like it'll change everyone and everthing
and learn so that you'll be able to solve everything
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Oooooooooo
Well well well, if i havent become a blogger.... I personally blame a young woman i know for this. I never intended to start a blog, but here i am...blogging. Really... essentially... over the past few days ive just wanted to do a bit of writing (story writing, general thought writing, anything really!) and figured, why not do it in a way where i can get instant and honest feedback, after all, the more opinions i get, the better informed my own can be and thats never a bad thing.
Im a little overwhelmed at the moment with everything thats going on at work, im quite busy, as well as the things i need to do at my apartment, it all seems to be getting on top of me. I could start this blog by introducing myself properly to all of you who dont know me (or dont know me as well as you should) BUT i dont really believe in that, surely its more fun if you just discover various things about me through inklings i give you in my blogs? You never know, the version of me you create in your head may be far superior the real me. Think of it as a special kind of murder mystery....without the murder :)
Im a little overwhelmed at the moment with everything thats going on at work, im quite busy, as well as the things i need to do at my apartment, it all seems to be getting on top of me. I could start this blog by introducing myself properly to all of you who dont know me (or dont know me as well as you should) BUT i dont really believe in that, surely its more fun if you just discover various things about me through inklings i give you in my blogs? You never know, the version of me you create in your head may be far superior the real me. Think of it as a special kind of murder mystery....without the murder :)
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