When I was a kid, I think this was the first song I absolutely fell in love with. I remember my mother mentioning something to me that the song was not suited for kids (probably because of the huffing and puffing and sexual connotations), but I did not understand French and I just loved the melody, and I would jump over to the radio and just sit there and listen to the song intensely whenever it came on. Obviously, the song did not come on very often, being late 80’s / early 90’s, and the song was an oldie by that time. In order to ble able to listen to the song whenever I wanted, I transcribed it for piano. Actually, transcribed is not the right word, I played it over and over again on the piano until I got it right, but I did not transcribe it until quite a few years later when I could actually get the concept sheet music well enough to write it down. I had no idea who made the song or where it was from even when I finally transcribed it, but I eventually figured it out. Knowing where it was from did not help me much in obtaining it though, this was before youtube, before piratebay, before limewire and even before napster and before I would spend any pocket money I had on a CD. I bet I will turn into this grumpy granny at one point in my life, where I will sit in my chair and smoke cigarettes with a long mouthpiece and say things like “I am telling you kids of today – you’ve got it easy! You can just do an internet search and check spotify or youtube or an internet-savy friend, and you will get your fix. Oh no, it was different when I was a youngster…” Good lord, I should stop rambeling and get ready for my day now. Good Friday to you!
I have been meaning to post this absolutely amazing video by Terje Sørgjerd for days now, but I have been a bit too busy to be able to post everything I wanted. Better late than never. You HAVE to see this full screen. I think it is one of the most beautiful things I have seen. I especially like how the clouds in some parts of the movies have been sped up, and look like waves and water. And the stars, god lord, it is just … out of this world. I love earth.
I have seen various 365 projects floating around the web, but mostly it has been 365 self-portraits, or 365 photos, drawings or some other specific thing. I thought I would do my own twist of this, and I have always loved the saying “Make something beautiful every day”, so that is what I will try to do. It can be a a drawing, a photo, a thing or anything else that I can think of. I also do not want this to be something I have to put a lot of time into, so it can be something that is done quickly as well. If anyone else want to tag along I think it would be a fun project. Here is number 1/365.
If you only read one article about creativity this week, make sure to read Austin Kleon’s How to steal like an artist (and 9 other things nobody told me). One of the most inspiring articles I have read in quite a while when it comes to creativity and how to be able to produce work.
Time here passes way to quickly! Last week we went to a small hanami-party in Shinjuku Gyoen. I have taken tons of pictures of the actual cherry blossoms, but I wanted to post them in a separate post. So for now, here is a little taste of the awesome April weather and a pictures of how crowded the park was when we were there a week ago.
My sweetheart’s new hobby is mixing drinks! I feel pretty lucky, I have had awesome strawberry daiquiris lately! I feel spoiled! Have a wonderful Sunday!
When I don’t have time to carry my camera with me, I always take very random pictures with the mobile phone, just like the rest of the world. I always wonder why I do it though, because I can never figure out any use for the pictures after I have taken them. So, I thought, I might as well make a couple of photo-dump posts here on the blog. Who knows, maybe it will cure my thoughts about making every post so god damn pretty and interesting. I look at other bloggers, and they are so good just updating with little tidbits from their everyday life, and I would love to be able to do more of that myself as well. So, here is a ton of mediocre Hipstamatic and Instagram pics.
We went for Mexian food last night. I had a coconut daiquiri, and it was a-ma-ziiiing 😀
And another pictures of these goodies. I brought them with me to class and handed them out.
I love walking home from class these days, I get the sun in my eyes, and everything turns golden.
And this is the view from the back window.
One of the many handouts in class. I think that with the amount of paper we are handed out, I am sure a small rain forest had to die.
I remember the good old days when the teachers would actually write furigana on the board… Now I see that as a luxury.
