Tuesday, 24 July 2007

...The Forecast...



The Forecast - And We All Return To Our Roots




All I want
All I want
Is a little place of my own where I can rest my head
All I want
All I want
Is a little place of my own where I can rest my head

We are the ones back to our roots
We are the dust that lies in you
We are the ones in too deep
We are the ones we are

...Summer...



I love summer, everyone is always doing something, you're never in one place doing one thing for too long. Summer always enhances that "Carpe Diem" for me. You can do so much and feel like nothing can stop you in summer, the weather is beautiful and you can be with the people you value.
One thing i also love about summer is how random thoughts can turn into adventures.
I was out with one of my close friends and I was staying at his place, The next day when we woke up it had been raining, not exactly summer weather but still, and we just decided to go for a walk. We ended up at the quarry near his place and the weather was nice now, the sun was shining and we thought, what better time for a swim?!
So that was what we did and it was completely spur of the moment, off with our coats and shirts and into the quarry for a swim. It was fun, and...
thats whats summer is about; having fun and living for the moment.

...One Of...




Stalis - Crete

This is one of my favourite places.
The whole pace of life is slow and relaxed.
Every face you see smiles at you,
the people are so warm and welcoming, nothing is to much for them.
I have never met people as friendly as the people I have met in Crete.
Its a great place, especially to explore, you can find the most beautiful places, visit the most beautiful sights.
Stalis is like a little community, even if your only there a few weeks you can become part of this community and feel like your Greek.

...All I Have...

This photograph is all i have, of our memories together.
It's singed at the ends, like our hearts, like our minds.
It's nothing but film, film which covers us.
It was a long time ago, so forgive me, my memory,
if i can't remember you without a picture.
Forgive me my heart, it has beaten a thousand times since.
It doesn't mean I will forget what happened though,
that was burned into me like a scar.
It means your face is covered by smoke in my mind.

Friday, 6 July 2007

...London...




11th-13th July

I spent three days in London.
It wasn't what i was expecting,
it wasn't as "great" as i thought it would be when i first arrived.
It seemed more dirty then anything else.
However once i'd realised that more or less every place around the world is dirty these days, i began to see the beauty behind the mask.
The places and things i saw with friends, Three days didn't seem to be long enough,
I saw the Globe Theatre,
Went for a ride on the Thames, saw Big Ben,
had a flight on the London Eye.
went shopping in Camden market
Visted Tate Modern and the Victoria and Albert Museum,
Saw Sights like Nelsons collumn,
Leicester Square,
the Royal Albert Hall and Buckingham Palace amongst others, the list goes on.
there was so much more i wanted to see.
The people were really diverse and around every corner there was somebody completely different and yet in many ways all so alike.
I'd definately recommend it as a place to visit.
I don't think you could ever get tired of exploring all the places.
Theres something for everyone, an adventure down every street.

I will post some more phtos at a later date.

...Hungarian...

Magdi Rusza - Hip-Hop




"There can be Hip-Hop every morning
if there can be Rock&Roll at night,
And if the whole week was tiring,
Tell me why can't I get up on Sunday at noon?
So leave me alone, leave me alone,
Leave me alone, and don't talk to me!
So leave me alone, leave me alone,
Leave me alone!


Don't believe that the rock music is dead!
Just listen to me, I don't care about
every problem, though I also don't believe in it,
And I will just take a guitar with me.
If I have to start the long way,
It can be beautiful but also harsh.
But in any case, never forget,
not to wake up me before noon!"

...Pick A Page...

"A day in the field"






While i was out on a photoshoot i just started picking bits of leaves and corn along the way. When i got home and looked in my bag i put it onto this page, as if to remind me of my little adventure, my photoshoot in the field.

Tuesday, 3 July 2007

...Music...

I like the fact that an artist can write there own music.
An artist who isn't a fake, well not so much fake but who isn't just a face and a voice.
There real, there involved, they actually care and believe in what they write because it comes from the heart.
I was watching an interview with this singer and she was talking about recording her new album and writing her own music and breaking away on her forthcoming album and how music is real for everone, it is the one thing that can touch anyone, anywhere - which is true and it always sparks some emotion from everyone - it doesnt mtter what emotion, it just brings out something.

Monday, 25 June 2007

...Buda Castle...



"In every real life there comes a moment
when one plunges into a passion as if
flinging himself over the Niagara falls."


(Sándor Márai)


Buda Castle is the historical castle of the Hungarian kings in Budapest.
Buda Castle was built on the southern tip of Castle Hill, next to the old Castle District, which is famous for its medieval, Baroque and 19th century houses and public buildings.

...Hungarians...






You can recognize Hungarians by two things.
When they talk, they speak in a weird, obscure language full of E sounds;
when they are silent, they seem to be wondering about what on earth they are.



(László Márton)

...A New Day Has Come...

Celine Dion.
Born March 30th 1968.
French Canadian Singer.



"Let the rain come down and wash away my tears,
Let it feel my soul and drown my fears,
Let it shatter the walls for a new sun...
A new day has come"

Sunday, 24 June 2007

...Happy...

What makes you happy?
Or even who?
Makes you smile everyday, through everything.






For me, its Lucky, my dog.
Shes always happy, she even smiles!
She loves people, loves the world,
always playful and looking for something to entertain her.
I look at her and she loves me unconditionally, shes always there
and she makes every worry i have melt when i look at her.
Shes part of the family.
Without her i don't know what i'd do.

...Memento Mori...

Memento Mori is a Latin phrase which may be freely translated as "Remember that you are mortal," "Remember you will die," or "Remember your death". It names a genre of artistic creations that vary widely from one another, but which all share the same purpose, which is to remind people of their own mortality.








Two stanzas typical of memento mori in mediaeval music are from the virelai ad mortem festinamus of the Catalan Llibre Vermell de Montserrat from 1399:

Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
Mors venit velociter que neminem veretur,
Omnia mors perimit et nulli miseretur.
Ad mortem festinamus peccare desistamus.


Life is short and shortly it will end
Death comes quicker than you think
It takes everything away, but takes pity on no one
We hasten towards death, we shall refrain from sinning

Ni conversus fueris et sicut puer factus
Et vitam mutaveris in meliores actus,
Intrare non poteris regnum Dei beatus.
Ad mortem festinamus peccare desistamus.


If you don’t repent and become pure as a child
And if you don’t change your life by doing better,
You cannot enter the Kingdom of God.
We hasten towards death, we shall refrain from sinning

Sunday, 10 June 2007

...Tao...





A small country has fewer people.
Though there are machines that can work ten to a hundred times faster than man, they are not needed.
The people take death seriously and do not travel far.
Though thay have boats and carriages, no one uses them.
Though thay have armor and weapons, no one displays them.
Men return to the knotting of rope in place of writing.
Their food is plain and good,
their clothes fine but simple, their homes secure;
they are happy in their ways.
Though they live within sight of their neighbours,
and crowing cocks and barking dogs are heard across the way,
yet they leave each other in peace while they grow old and die.

Friday, 8 June 2007

...Fight...



Natalia Barbu - "Fight"


"Every day is like a start
Ups and downs, tears and laugh
We never stop, just fight!"

Thursday, 7 June 2007

...Journal of...






I got inspired tonight to, well just inspired to do things.
I felt quite creative, yet held back at the same time.
It was like something inside was screaming to be let out,
but i didn't know what and i couldn't let it out.
When i'm in a creative mood i get flashes of what i want to do,
I know what i want but then i get blocked and have trouble doing it.
That happened tonight, it was like an overload of inspiration and ideas,
i had so many at once that i couldn't focus on one.
Anyway, the turnout was a new journal of sorts.
Ive had the journal itself a while, trying to figure out what to do with it.
It has now, as of tonight (07/06/07), become my book on identity.
Anything can be turned into an identity of kinds, so thats what this book will be. I suppose its more of an art journal though, or at least that might be a better name for it. I'm itching to fill it, but i'm going to have to be patient and see whats inside me to fill it. In the process i could work on my patience or lack of. I might scan some pages from it sometime in the future.
PLP (has been awhile since i said that)

...Freedom:Movement...



This is a scan of some work i did for a project on Freedom.
It was too large to scan the whole thing which is why it looks slighty unbalanced.
It was originally meant to be freedom from opression,
but it turned into freedom of expression.
Freedom to express yourself through movement and emotions.
I think possibly if i look at it to find emotion i find anger in it.
Anger at opression and wanting to break the mould and be free.

...Balaton Upland National Park...



The area to the north of Lake Balaton is memorable for its spectacular volcanic mountains and breathtaking views of the water below. The Balaton Uplands National Park, established in 1997, extends from the Tihany peninsula to Kis-Balaton (Little Balaton) in the West.

Wednesday, 6 June 2007

...Lay Back...

...Stronger Without You...



Hanna Pakarinen - "Stronger Without You"

We all have the moments we feel Stronger by ourselves,
We can do it all by ourselvs.
We don't need anybody else.
We don't need a partner.
A song to empower the singletons of us all.