an inward quiet, like the outward quiet of grass and trees

my fall/winter season wardrobe consists of:
large and small bows
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velvet pants & decorated skirts
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dark, dark colours in contrast to light
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accented with lots of metallic jewelry
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sequins + lace for the holidays
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maybe a fitted blazer or over-sized sweater
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oxford & maryjane heeled shoes
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a cute almost creepy doll-like style :)


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now, here is a lush trippy music video by the depreciation guild. this song is reminiscent of my bloody valentine & a bit of the cocteau twins. i am quite in love with this. the music and the vocals are very dreamy. i remember listening to their music earlier this year when they had put out an album ("in her gentle jaws") on their website for free to download. it's nintendo bits meets shoe-gaze. lovely.



<3
lsa

to call everything by its right name

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this original photograph was bland and i don't think marie antoinette would have approved. so i added a little bit of loveliness to it using a bow and frame. the drawing was taken from that powder blue book in the image below. it's a gem that i found in the library last week. there are so many pretty illustrations. the book was organized so perfectly. the story of her life was divided into seasons--starting with spring, summer, fall, winter. very enchanting. it gives a similar vibe to that of sofia coppola's film, perhaps she may have been inspired by it too.

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i've been taking so many books out of the library. the other day, i asked them what the limit was for a student to loan out books. the answer was non? no, they didn't know until a few minutes later the lady said 15. i am gradually reaching that limit. it's not just books that i am borrowing though. i took out a couple of piano sheet music books namely rachmaninoff's preludes, bach's well-tempered clavier, and prokofiev's sonatas which i later learned is nearly impossible to play at my level. i'm a bit over my head, a lot of the time. well, isn't that what makes a dreamer?

---lsa

i understand completely, miyazaki.

"it's the splinters of glass in people's eyes that makes them see the world in jagged little pieces. if we could just get out the glass we could make them see clearly."

last night, i finished watching the 1957 russian animated film Снежная королева aka "The Snow Queen". it is a beautiful adaptation of the book by Hans Christian Anderson. i suggest you get your hands on this treasure. there's a raw aesthetic feel that can't be captured by the cgi effects that are the standard today.


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pull the soul


thread the body

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ode to N O V E M B E R
blessed souls of the dead
that shower us with falling stars on the 17th
make it a crisp evening, the darkest hour
for when cassiopia crosses the meridian
i drink thy chrysanthemum tea, wolfberries afloat
who's in?

love,
lsa