Love this video! Two dancers from Straatballett Berlin are shown in slow motion 1000 frames per second, to Radiohead's Everything in the Right Place. The skill involved in making this look effortless is incredible!
Friday, March 30, 2012
Le Vent...Ballet in Super Slow Motion
Love this video! Two dancers from Straatballett Berlin are shown in slow motion 1000 frames per second, to Radiohead's Everything in the Right Place. The skill involved in making this look effortless is incredible!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Darkness into Light...
I'm planning to take part in the Pieta House Darkness into Light walk on the 12th of May. The walk is a really beautiful way to bring people together in support of their work. Pieta House is in existence since 2005, and has helped guide over 4000 individuals out of their dark times. The walk kicks off at 4am at different locations around Ireland, you can find more information on their website.
I'm reminded of the wonderful Sylvia Plath, whose walk didn't find the way back to light. We have been gifted with her many words. They stay with us.
"I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me. My love's not impersonal yet not wholly subjective either. I would like to be everyone, a cripple, a dying man, a whore, and then come back to write about my thoughts, my emotions, as that person. But I am not omniscient. I have to live my life, and it is the only one I'll ever have. And you cannot regard your own life with objective curiosity all the time..."
Taken from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath.
I'm reminded of the wonderful Sylvia Plath, whose walk didn't find the way back to light. We have been gifted with her many words. They stay with us.
"I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me. My love's not impersonal yet not wholly subjective either. I would like to be everyone, a cripple, a dying man, a whore, and then come back to write about my thoughts, my emotions, as that person. But I am not omniscient. I have to live my life, and it is the only one I'll ever have. And you cannot regard your own life with objective curiosity all the time..."
Taken from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath.
Friday, February 10, 2012
A Single Man...
Words by Christopher Isherwood, author of A Single Man.
"A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity. When for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think, and things seem so sharp and the world seems so fresh. It's as though it has all just come into existence. I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything, they fade. I have lived my life on these moments. They pull me back to the present, and I realise that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be."
"A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity. When for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think, and things seem so sharp and the world seems so fresh. It's as though it has all just come into existence. I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything, they fade. I have lived my life on these moments. They pull me back to the present, and I realise that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be."
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Berlin...
Berlin fashion week has reminded me of my 'slightly' overdue post on my wee trip to Berlin! I'm ever so 'slightly' indulging myself here, it did take place in October, but as they say, better late than never! The lovely Zoe was my partner in crime, she had some buying to do for her online vintage store Horse and June. We managed to kinda strike a balance between work and play, that being said the scale definitely weighed more on the play side!
We scored ourselves an awesome apartment in Kreuzberg, which is a cool little neighbourhood with a rake of cafes and restaurants. Our favourite eatery by a long shot though was Burger Meister, it was located under the railway bridge at Kreuzberg. We both agreed the burgers were up there with the best we've ever had. In saying that, the number of beers we'd consumed in advance of any of our trips there (and there were three in total!) could have had something to do with our mega star rating!
A couple of stops on the Metro from Kreuzberg was the borough of Neukolln. We'd planned to check out an exhibition there one of the evenings but when we arrived, the gallery appeared shut. So we decided we'd pop across to the wine store over the road to check if we were in the right spot. I don't know about anybody else, but the world feels like it's getting smaller? While there we bumped into some peeps from home and ended up getting proper acquainted with the borough of Neukolln that night. There's a cool little vibe in Neukolln, it's somewhere I'd definitely make time for next time I'm in Berlin.
Outside of all our eating and drinking, we managed to find time to check out some vintage stores that had been recommended to us. We weren't disappointed! Hands down my favourite was Garments. I reckon a Summer trip to Berlin is definitely on the cards! I've only ever made it there during the Winter months and feel it's my duty to give it the once over come Summer time!
I took some snaps along the way, don't you just love how Instagram makes you look like a semi above average amateur photographer!
We scored ourselves an awesome apartment in Kreuzberg, which is a cool little neighbourhood with a rake of cafes and restaurants. Our favourite eatery by a long shot though was Burger Meister, it was located under the railway bridge at Kreuzberg. We both agreed the burgers were up there with the best we've ever had. In saying that, the number of beers we'd consumed in advance of any of our trips there (and there were three in total!) could have had something to do with our mega star rating!
A couple of stops on the Metro from Kreuzberg was the borough of Neukolln. We'd planned to check out an exhibition there one of the evenings but when we arrived, the gallery appeared shut. So we decided we'd pop across to the wine store over the road to check if we were in the right spot. I don't know about anybody else, but the world feels like it's getting smaller? While there we bumped into some peeps from home and ended up getting proper acquainted with the borough of Neukolln that night. There's a cool little vibe in Neukolln, it's somewhere I'd definitely make time for next time I'm in Berlin.
Outside of all our eating and drinking, we managed to find time to check out some vintage stores that had been recommended to us. We weren't disappointed! Hands down my favourite was Garments. I reckon a Summer trip to Berlin is definitely on the cards! I've only ever made it there during the Winter months and feel it's my duty to give it the once over come Summer time!
I took some snaps along the way, don't you just love how Instagram makes you look like a semi above average amateur photographer!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Canines Stealing the Show...
So The Artist was a big winner at last night's Golden Globes. I'm thinking nine year old Jack Russell Uggie stole the show in the silent movie. Although Uggie had no chance to show off his vocal range in the film, he did get to show off his ability to play dead, walk on his hind legs and bury his head in his paws. He's so fricken cute! He dickied up very nicely indeed for ceremony night!
However, I didn't think the pure wonderfulness of Cosmo the dog in the film Beginners could be beaten! The Jack Russell terrier played Arthur, dog friend of central character Hal, played stupendously might I add by Christopher Plummer. Uggie versus Cosmo, the jury is still out for me but those lads are setting the bar high for fellow canine actors!
Lastly, lest I forget, I've never been able to get my head around why people buy dogs when there's so many crying out for homes in rescue shelters, so I was really happy when I learnt that both Cosmo and Uggie were rescued by their families!
However, I didn't think the pure wonderfulness of Cosmo the dog in the film Beginners could be beaten! The Jack Russell terrier played Arthur, dog friend of central character Hal, played stupendously might I add by Christopher Plummer. Uggie versus Cosmo, the jury is still out for me but those lads are setting the bar high for fellow canine actors!
Lastly, lest I forget, I've never been able to get my head around why people buy dogs when there's so many crying out for homes in rescue shelters, so I was really happy when I learnt that both Cosmo and Uggie were rescued by their families!
Images: Focus Features; Telegrah.co.uk
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Another's Marion Cotillard...
I'm digging Another Magazine's latest collaboration with the wonderful Marion Cotillard. The one off performance took inspiration from the 1960s Fluxus movement . She's seriously killed it!
Images: Another Magazine
Monday, December 12, 2011
He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven...
Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light
I would spread the cloths under your feet
But I, being poor, have only my dreams
I have spread my dreams under your feet
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams
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