Images. Mine.
Images. Mine. Nasa Picture Archive
As you can see the Phoenix concert yesterday was more than a success. I didn’t manage to take many pictures since I was enjoying myself to an extent where I simply wasn’t able to. The location was amazing, I was standing on a little platform from which I could look over everyone’s heads and enjoy the whole impact of it full-blast. We all (band and crowd) fused to one big family united by the universal language of music. They played four encores (including Playground Love my all time favourite) which was amazing an even after that we didn’t really want them to go. Christian Mazzalai has an amazing expression on his face when he is playing. You can see he loves every bit of what he is doing. Same goes for the rest of them. I love it. The final song was 1901 which we had pretty much waited for all night and I feel sorry for whoever wasn’t dancing by then. It ended with Thomas Mars crowd-surfing to and fro and then helping people onto the stage so we could all have one huge party. (Spot him in the last picture in a light blue shirt pulling people onto the stage.) After that they disappeared into the sacred halls of the backstage area and by the time the fog had cleared I felt like awakening from a lucid dream. Wow! I left sweaty and tired, but so happy. Thank you, Phoenix for being such a great band!
PS: Actually I could write so much more about this, but I’ll end here :) Pictures from Noah and the Whale will be up soon too.
“Autumn in poetry has often been associated with melancholy. The possibilities of summer are gone, and the chill of winter is on the horizon. Skies turn grey, and people turn inward, both physically and mentally. Rainer Maria Rilke, a German poet, has expressed such sentiments in one of his most famous poems, Herbsttag (Autumn Day), which reads:
- Who now has no house, will not build one (anymore).
- Who now is alone, will remain so for long,
- will wake, and read, and write long letters
- and back and forth on the boulevards
- will restlessly wander, while the leaves blow.”
I always thought I was a summer person and it still is my favourite season of the year, but this year I am kind of fond of autumn as well. Sure, you step out your door and almost slip, because all the colourful leaves that had dropped to the ground have turned into one slippery mass. You fight your way through the cold with the wind biting at your face and reach your destination drenched, because it started raining all of the sudden and you didn’t have an umbrella. So how can we make it better? There are some ways: my guide to Autumn!
Fashion:
Autumn is one of the only seasons we can wear scarves (or snoods) like in the pictures below without going against any common sense. It’s cold and nobody wants wind in their ears or around the necks. Hooray for large scarves! Also: large jumpers and cardigans are very welcome!
Images. Lookbook (#1 #2 #3 #4)
Colour palettes of autumn are very different from the ones of summer. Theoretically it doesn’t matter what colours you were in what season of course. It’s up to you to decide what you throw on, but I tend to be drawn towards more natural colours, as if to blend in with the landscape that is changing from summery bright colours to earth colours.
Images.Jak&Jil
List of Special Things To Do:
Nonetheless there are some things you can only do in autumn, so if it’s autumn where you are right now, be sure not to miss out! Let Some kites fly, enjoy the last warm rays of sun, explore the woods that are colourful and golden or look out for birds on their way to a warmer climate.
Images. Weheartit (#1 #2 #3 #4)
And what if you lost the fight against the elements? Time to retreat and get cosy at home! It’s one of the best places to be in autumn (that or cosy cafés, bars and libraries). The combination of books and tea is made for autumn. And in my case OD-ing myself with Belle & Sebastian. And for those of you who happen to have a chimney, throw it on!
Images. Flickr, Tumblr & Weheartit (#1 #2 #3 #4)
Hope this was of any use for any of you out there. Embrace Autumn!
Images. Wehertit
“I know there is no way I can convince you that this is not one of their tricks, but I don’t care. I am me. My name is Valerie. I don’t think I’ll live much longer and I wanted to tell somebody about my life. This is the only autobiography I will ever write and, God I am writing it on toilet paper. I was born in Nottingham in 1985. I don’t remember much of those early years, but I do remember the rain. My grandmother owned a farm in Tottle Brook and she used to tell me that God was in the rain. I passed my 11 plus and went to a girls’ grammar. It was at school that I met my first girlfriend. Her name was Sarah. It was her wrists. They were beautiful. I thought we’d love each other forever. I remember our teacher telling us that is was an adolescent phase that people outgrew. Sarah did. I didn’t. In 2002 I fell in love with a girl named Christina. That year I came out to my parents. I couldn’t have done it without Chris holding my hand. My father wouldn’t look at me. He told me to go away and never come back. My mother said nothing. But I had only told them the truth. Was that so selfish? Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us. But within that inch we are free.
I’d always known what I wanted to do with my life and in 2015 I starred in my first film, The Salt Flats. It was the most important role of my life. Not because of my career but because that was how I met Ruth. The first time we kissed I knew I never wanted to kiss any other lips but hers again. We moved to a small flat in London together. She grew Scarlet Carson’s for me in our window box and our place always smelt of roses. Those were the best years of my life. But America’s war grew worse and worse, and eventually came to London. After that, there were no roses anymore. Not for anyone.
I remember how the meaning of words began to change. How unfamiliar words like “collateral” and “rendition” became frightening while things like “Norsefire” and the “Articles of Allegiance” became powerful. I remember how “different” became dangerous. I still don’t understand it, why they hate us so much. They took Ruth, while she was out buying food. I’ve never cried so hard in my life. It wasn’t long till they came for me. It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place. But the three years, I had roses and apologized to no one. I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch but one. An inch. It is small and it is fragile and it is the only thing in this world worth having. We mus never lose it or give it away. We must never let them take it from us. I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope that the world turns and things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you and even though I will never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you or kiss you I love you. With all my heart I love you. Valerie.”
— Valerie’s Biography (from V for Vendetta)
If you’ve watched the film before you’ll know in what context this all is, but I thought I’d share this not so little quote with you anyways.
The only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. — Isaac Asimov ( best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books, Wikipedia)
In other words, there will be come changes around here. I am also going to get back to all your comments and emails these days. Thanks for the feedback :)
