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

acturus is the halloween ghost of the sun

the moon, like a flower
in heaven's high bower,
with silent delight
sits and smiles on the night



tonight, the moon can guide you to the square of pegasus. has anyone seen hubble's great new images? the universe is a beautiful thing. seeing a star covered sky is a rare treat when you live in a city. it has been unusually warm recently but i sense the dead air is coming as the night falls. mellon collie & the infinite sadness sets the perfect mood for this expression. elements of 90's nostalgia, feelings of lost youth.



xx