tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48481752126716128292024-02-20T07:08:26.047-08:00HELLO, WORLD* * * you are alive and you are beautifulaimari*http://www.blogger.com/profile/00713121072781031295noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-71057721150711599452011-12-24T13:03:00.000-08:002011-12-26T16:51:52.850-08:00Learning the Ukulele * !<iframe width="500" height="339" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dDm2UvlWHpU?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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In the process of expanding my musical horizons, I picked up the ukulele a few days ago. An instrument that sounds like morning rays of sunlight ~~~~~ * <br />
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Merry Christmas Eve, world~~<br />
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Mariaimari*http://www.blogger.com/profile/00713121072781031295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-48067591517676082022011-11-28T10:43:00.001-08:002011-12-26T16:51:52.832-08:00Mree *<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="254" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KMe_5O0mYj0?rel=0" width="500"></iframe>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The voice of <a href="http://mreemusic.com/">Marie Hsiao</a> is captivating and inspiring me at the moment . . . Like a cool breeze on a softly sunlit day . . .</span></div>
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*aimari*http://www.blogger.com/profile/00713121072781031295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-48909121286521642962011-11-12T07:44:00.001-08:002011-12-26T16:51:52.835-08:00Holocene ~ Bon Iver<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27307766?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=c2c2c2&autoplay=1" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br /><br />A beautiful way to start the morning.<br /><br />Enjoy *mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-35310111998462193572011-08-28T06:24:00.001-07:002011-12-26T16:52:07.723-08:00Still Point ~ Duke Out of the Blue * * *<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/30725/1916599/FRONTstillpointT.jpg" width="500" />
<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">New music from <a href="http://www.duke.edu/web/ootb"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;">~Duke Out of the Blue~~~</span></a> the all-female a cappella group that I've been a member of for four years. Our new album titled <a href="http://duke.edu/web/ootb/Music_%26_CDs/Entries/2011/8/6_Still_Point_%282011%29.html"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;">Still Point</span></a> releases Sunday, August 28 (TODAY!), featuring a variety of covers, as well as <span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:skyblue;">my first original composition for voice, titled...... </span><p align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:skyblue;"><img src="http://www.duke.edu/%7Emkb26/*%20*%20*/star-star-star-title.jpg" /></span></p><span style="font-family:arial;">It is now available for <a href="http://duke.edu/web/ootb/Music_%26_CDs/Entries/2011/8/6_Still_Point_%282011%29.html">physical purchase</a> and on <a href="http://bit.ly/ootb11">iTunes</a>, but the perks of purchasing a physical copy are that you will receive a digipak with six panels full of artwork & love & stardust (designed by yours truly)... not to mention two years' worth of hard work, friendship, and funky syllables manifested into 11 beautifully crafted songs. Here's a 1:50 preview from the song I wrote and arranged for voice~~~~~~~ <span style="color:white;"><b>Please Enjoy</b>~!*</span>
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<br /></i></span></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-71806326818500604852011-05-02T19:11:00.000-07:002011-05-03T13:22:26.060-07:00Love*<span style="font-size:85%;">I thought this was relevant, in light of recent world news.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">"Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >only love </span>can do that." </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">– Martin Luther King Jr.</span><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/5606674564/" title="tulips of the sun~ by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5221/5606674564_d5ea1004cb.jpg" alt="tulips of the sun~" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> Love. Liebe. Aloha. Amore. Ai. :)</span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-49731928871626616192010-12-30T15:00:00.001-08:002011-01-03T23:04:01.687-08:00Anima*tion Imagination<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/18253329?byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="375" width="500"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">As some of you may already know, I took my very first *Animation* class this semester. It was entirely hand-drawn, extremely time-consuming and just SO MUCH FUN! :) </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Above is a lil' video I put together of a bunch of my first exercises and camera tests, and at the bottom of this post is a link to the final 1-minute film I created. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Every frame is an individual drawing or layering of drawings. To bring it to life, we shot our drawings frame-by-frame with an Oxberry 16mm camera at 24 frames per second. Our final film was supposed to be 1 minute in length, roughly 12 drawings </span><span style="font-size:85%;"> per second,</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> not including backgrounds and other layers. Like I said, very time consuming, but ultimately very rewarding!<br /><br />When I was animating the final piece, I had a rough idea of what I wanted the story to be and what kind of things would *come to life* but I discovered that as I animated, wonderful new ideas would pop into my head and I'd end up drawing something that I never had imagined. I told this to my professor, Mr. Fred Burns, which is when he told me that he believes <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">animation is a lot like dreaming. The very act of animating activates a certain part of your imagination that usual lies dormant . . . like dreaming during a deep sleep . . . . </span></span>I suppose that's how it is with most acts of creation, but this reminder was a beautiful thought.<br /><br />It's funny because I never thought I'd get into film-making and moving images, but here I am! Who knows where this will take me... ?<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/5286925802/" title="Me & the Oxberry~* by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5125/5286925802_4850c2af96.jpg" alt="Me & the Oxberry~*" height="500" width="333" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">November 11, 2010: My date with the Oxberry to shoot my final film took exactly 6 hours .. whew! *<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/5205662446/" title="night & day // day & night by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5205662446_8dd2ceb40b.jpg" alt="night & day // day & night" height="500" width="375" /></a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Cleaned-up scan of my animation slate that appears at the beginning of every exercise. Real-life version + Inverted version ;)</span></span><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Watch the final film embedded below or watch it fullscreen here:</span></span><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/18097165"><span style="font-size:130%;">http://vimeo.com/18097165</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/18097165?byline=0&portrait=0" width="500" height="283" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />*<br /></div>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-53322093518020766002010-12-09T13:40:00.000-08:002010-12-09T13:54:17.333-08:00~*~<span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="UIStory_Message">This is a piece of artwork that absolutely must be shared. I can't describe the way I feel right now, beyond the fact that I feel as though it touched a place deep down inside my very being and </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="UIStory_Message">took my breath away</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="UIStory_Message">. Beauty sinking into my eyes, and nothing in this moment would make me happier than to share it with your eyes! (*Hello, beautiful people out there!*) Watch full*screen to let it really sink in.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="UIStory_Message">I am beyond inspired. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">* * *</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/14803194?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">*Thank you for sharing, Ezra!*</span><br /></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-51014300783729175082010-11-21T22:24:00.000-08:002010-11-21T22:29:10.842-08:00A friend of the flowers~<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/5197731966/" title=". .. . . . float*~ .. . . by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5197731966_cf8e86425a.jpg" alt=". .. . . . float*~ .. . ." height="500" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><br />Today a flower<br />Came into my universe<br />White like the night<br /><br /><br />* * *<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(11/21/2010 : Today adds up to 8!)</span><br /></div>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-29031082019489600072010-11-07T09:27:00.000-08:002010-11-07T09:34:41.572-08:00Day of Birth*~<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/1011/IC1396RolfGeissinger.jpg"><img src="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/1011/IC1396RolfGeissinger_900c.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Thank you everyone for making my birthday such a beautiful day. I am a thankful being !<br /><br />* * *<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />(<a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101106.html">read about the image</a>!)</span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-56324253755652726692010-11-03T08:55:00.000-07:002010-11-03T23:10:35.999-07:00Love the Earth Film!<span style="font-size:100%;">Helloooooooooooo!*!*~~*~*!*<br />I know it's been FOREVER since my last post. I bet if I were to map out my blog posting record, it'd make a star pattern : clusters of highly active periods and lots of black space in between. . . . . . ^_^ BUT NEVER MIND, I HAVE EXCITING NEWS!!!<br /><br /><object width="499" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yupwG9RxWLc?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yupwG9RxWLc?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="499" height="306"></embed></object><br /><br />I never shared this with very many people, but about a month ago I was notified that some footage I submitted in August had been short-listed for a music/film project that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_Heap">Imogen Heap</a> has been working on called </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Love the Earth.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />Here's an excerpt from Imogen's letter to the world back when she was asking for footage:<br /></span><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hello you!</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I’m so excited about what I’m writing to you about, I can hardly type!</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">As some of you know already, I’m doing a big gig at the Royal Albert Hall this November 5th. When I was a kid I dreamed of premiering my first orchestral score there and this year I am going to make it happen.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The ‘opening act’ will be yours truly, conducting a piece I’ll have written with a dream team orchestra of friends and fans (will tell you about that later), accompanying a nature film projected on a screen, which hopefully you are going to inspire and bring to life!</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The footage will all come from you and we will piece it all together into a <span style="font-size:130%;">magical film.</span><br />[...*!*...]<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" >I want the audience to walk out during the interval literally bursting with a fresh love and empathy for our planet. </span>The plan is then for our film to tour the globe virtually and physically. In cinemas and homes, on laptops and phones, for everyone to enjoy.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">The Royal Albert Hall event will be streamed so everyone gets to see the film and hear the live orchestral score at the same time on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">5th November (THIS FRIDAY!)</span>.</span><br /></div></blockquote><span style="font-size:100%;">This is the project that I have become a part of... how cool is that?!?!?</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />If you haven't already done so, watch the video up there (^^^) to get a feel for the grand scale of her ideas and *biiig* heart. To read more a</span><span style="font-size:100%;">bout it, go to <a href="http://www.lovetheearthfilm.org/">lovetheearthfilm.org</a>!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br />And in case you're interested, here's the clip that was selected (fullscreen view is the best) *** photographs of<span style="font-style: italic;"> Snow like Stars in the Night. . . . . . . .</span><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/11478258?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="281" width="500"></iframe><br /><br />I am beyond excited!* :)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >And I'm gonna try to blog more often again...!</span><br /><br /></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-45259251377273919212010-08-13T14:16:00.000-07:002010-08-13T15:33:10.463-07:00Haiku*<span style="font-size:85%;">I've been writing haiku lately . . . it quiets my mind & helps me organize my millions of thoughts/ideas/rambles/freedoms/squishes(~!*!) into concise "poems" . . . clear little droplets of water . . . Don't get me wrong - sometimes it's awesome to be all over the place and bring on the wild gestures and roaring waterfall (I should know..!), but sometimes it's nice to sit quietly on the river bank & dip a single toe in.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><br />* * *</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">lighting tiny fires<br />we crouch inside our mind<br />rememb'ring everything<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">* * *</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4889391512/lightbox" title="mooncatcher* by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4889391512_9a23f876fd.jpg" alt="mooncatcher*" height="333" width="500" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />she leaned with the wind<br />heart beating, hands outstretched, and<br />tried to catch the moon<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4889415566/" title="a silent breath by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4889415566_6e3429c906_b.jpg" alt="a silent breath" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />* * *<br /><br />^.~<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-9642178583968520132010-08-09T03:04:00.000-07:002010-08-09T05:55:52.103-07:00Suki Meets Frank<span style="font-size:85%;">So, although I am no longer in Italy (*tiny tears*), I have decided to keep writing about things that happened there and things that continue to happen . . . Here is the first. I call it by a simple title...<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Suki Meets Frank : Another Italian Love Story ^.^</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4873483116/" title="Suki Meets Frank!!! by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4873483116_83d2bc9089.jpg" alt="Suki Meets Frank!!!" height="333" width="500" /></a><br />It was love at first sight. Her beauty struck him by surprise...Perhaps because it was his first time meeting another plant... or because these were his very first shy leaves... or maybe she really is just that stunning of a plant... Time froze and so did he.<br /><br />Let's rewind a bit, shall we?<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4874730253/" title="frank in blue by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4874730253_5927134fca.jpg" alt="frank in blue" height="333" width="500" /></a><br />This is Frank. Frank is a nice basil plant, <span style="font-style: italic;">basilico</span> to be exact. He was a gift to <a href="http://mesheart.smugmug.com/">Emmy Shea</a>, </span><span style="font-size:85%;">fellow artist/photographer that I got to know </span><span style="font-size:85%;">by living with her this past month. The first thing she said when she introduced me to Frank (who was at the time nameless) was "What am I going to do with it??? THIS PLANT IS GONNA DIE." </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I couldn't help but laugh, given my new-found love for plants and keeping them alive, and calmly responded. "No, this plant is not going to die. We are going to name it and care for it and it will even grow new leaves." (Frank had only 4 or 5 leaves at the time...a real baby!). I told her to think about it and let me know what she decided to name it.<br /><br />"FRANK!!!!!!!"<br />"...huh?"<br />"I named the plant FRANK!"<br /><br />This made me happy. This plant will live after all! ** If you say something is going to happen...it most likely will happen. Give a plant negative energy or ignore it completely, and it's bound to die. I think that's common sense. :)<br />Naturally at this point, I became a parent too and decided I be the father.<br />(Sidenote: Technically, shouldn't his name be Francesco? I guess you can tell his parents are American.)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4874959021/" title="the lovely suki + infinity loop!! by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4874959021_f10017d9df.jpg" alt="the lovely suki + infinity loop!!" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">This is Suki. She lives at <a href="http://www.letrestanze.it/">Le Tre Stanze</a> in Florence, Italy currently... I bought her when I was studying abroad in the Fall. She's kind and delicate, yet strong and self-determined. I know because she made it through a long winter without a single flower or sign of green... Yet when I gave the news that I was coming back this summer, Spring was beginning and Suki poked another green finger out. And now look at her again!!! Bravissima fiorellina!!<br /><br />As it turns out, Emmy and I only had a short time to spend with Frank and once the month was almost over, she contemplated burning him to spare him the pain of abandonment. I literally came home one day to find Emmy sitting on the couch, staring at him solemnly.<br /><br />"Good thing you just came home; I was about to set Frank on fire!!"<br /><br />Disaster! (Emmy loves this word ^.^) I suggested that instead of bringing his life to an abrupt end, he should join Suki living at Patrick's B&B. On the girls' last night in Florence (I also had 3 other lovely housemates), Patrick and I cooked a sumptuous dinner (read: so much pasta!) and we ate in the funny little parlor by candlelight. Emmy brought Frank and we introduced him to Suki. The way his pot was set down made us laugh because he was actually leaning <span style="font-style: italic;">away</span> from her! I turned him toward her for the picture, but put him further away from her for the night so he wouldn't feel too uncomfortable. . . <span style="font-size:100%;">Plants need their space too!</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4875571372/" title="an elegant evening :) by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4875571372_80ecd83b2e.jpg" alt="an elegant evening :)" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4875571254/" title="the initial meeting...only a tiny bit awkward by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4875571254_fda2dfd897.jpg" alt="the initial meeting...only a tiny bit awkward" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4874965111/" title="family portrait* by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4874965111_9e66fc230b.jpg" alt="family portrait*" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Happy Italian/American/Chinese/Swedish/Peruvian/German/Japanese/Chinese Family Portrait...phew!</span></span><br /><br />The next day, I turned his pot and he didn't put up a fight. In fact, it looks to me that they are either falling in love if not already in love!!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4872873983/" title="she was so curious about him..!! by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4872873983_8082740d10.jpg" alt="she was so curious about him..!!" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4872874359/" title="harmony by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4872874359_0c74eb0b79.jpg" alt="harmony" height="333" width="500" /></a><br />So there it is. This story ends with Harmony & of course...<span style="font-style: italic;">AMORE !</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />^.^<br /><br />Phew! Glad I got this all is out of my system...! If you liked it, leave a comment! And as always, there are more photos on my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/myheartsiiings">flickr!</a><br /></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-44282572400764066792010-07-21T00:44:00.000-07:002011-12-26T16:51:52.829-08:00"Grow Till Tall"<span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Baskerville;font-size:medium;" ><p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I've been looking for a way to incorporate music & song into my creative endeavors, so this is my first go!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (Seeing Jónsi LIVE TOMORROW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !)</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><object height="375" width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13451290&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13451290&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="375" width="500"></embed></object></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font: 16px Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A simple performance of one of my favorite songs "Grow Till Tall" by Jónsi ***</span></i></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Because </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">music has the power to connect us with each other and with the whole universe</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> . . . I hope this video will be a small demonstration of that power!!</span></i></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Filmed by Patrick John Steiner :)</span></i></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></i></span></div></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-68205479539942195462010-07-20T16:21:00.000-07:002010-07-20T18:04:34.496-07:00"covered in stars"<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4813245029/" title="** with a little help from the green leaves by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4813245029_a802b1274d.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="** with a little help from the green leaves" /></a></span></p><p></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia">I've been pretty consistently painting myself with stars and walking around the streets "covered in stars." I don't think most people notice, but sometimes people give funny looks or ask "<i>COSA?</i>" The most interesting part is when I interact with people I know. Sometimes people say that it's absolutely BEAUTIFUL, and that makes me smile and feel like on some level, they just understand, because this isn't the most common reaction. It usually takes a few moments and suddenly I get the "WAIT WHAT?? Is something wrong with your skin?" And I smile all the same because I know the part where I get to explain is coming up & I love explaining what I'm doing. Each time, I could say something different, because there are hours and hours of conversation attached to the ideas that are swirling in my head. The grand theme being that I just start out tracing over freckles & moles! And already, we have these beautiful patterns that look JUST LIKE STARS !!! To me, I can't ignore this. Is it pure chance that we are freckled in the same way as the night sky? Or is there something there...something greater...some obvious thing which has been hidden beneath our noses............. the way I see it, <span style="font: 24.0px Georgia">we are all so connected to each other and nature and this thing we call the universe . . . and our true selves, what we just <i>are</i> as individual human beings is beautiful beyond measure !!! . . . </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia"><span style="font: 24.0px Georgia"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia"><span style="font: 24.0px Georgia"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia"><span style="font: 24.0px Georgia">YOU <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">ARE BEAUTIFUL BEYOND MEASURE *^.^*</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia">& I mean that!!! This includes EVERYONE. Not a single soul excluded. Think about that one, for me, please ............... :)</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia">I think that if I flood you with my ideas and thoughts all at once, it might be overwhelming **** so! slowly slowly, <i>pole pole</i>, <i>piano piano </i>. . ! </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><p></p></span></div>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-62810854301881083032010-07-14T01:32:00.000-07:002011-12-26T16:51:52.846-08:00Jónsi !!!<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4792319243/" title="bedside* by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4792319243_c1893f553c.jpg" alt="bedside*" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:150%;" >Life can be so magical ... !!*</span><br />Let me tell you a story.<br />For the past 4 months, I've been obsessed with Jónsi. He's the lead singer of Sigur Rós, an Icelandic band that I absolutely ADORE. Possibly my favorite band of all time, if I had to choose. What I loved about Sigur Rós is that I could never understand the actual words (I've heard that half of it is a make-believe language anyway) but I <span style="font-style: italic;">felt</span> like I could . . . I've always felt like I could FEEL it, like it was a language more eloquent than any *real* ones with concrete sentence structure and complex vocabulary. Recently, Jónsi released a solo album called "Go" *** it's a little more upbeat and incorporates actual English. At first, I wasn't so sure I would like it at all, but eventually I got hooked. I've listened to this album at least 40 times & one of the special things is that I've played it almost every single time I've painted anybody. It's like <span style="color:skyblue;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a sudden flood of positive energy</span></span>, which I embrace so much!!!<br />In any case, the news is that <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:orange;">I am going to see Jónsi LIVE!!!!!!!</span></span> I found out he was coming to play two shows in Italy, one in Rome & one in Ferrara. I was in shock. I had to get tickets... I had to see him! Walked to the box office with Patrick and within 60 seconds, they were in my hands. It was that easy. . . Now this might not seem like a HUGE deal, but for me, at this moment in my life, loving music, having been singing Jónsi in my head and out loud at any given hour, feeling these waves of positive energy through just recording........it's just going to be so magical live and I am excited beyond belief. . . . Wouldn't that be amazing if he let me paint stars onto him? ? ? (*Giggles*)<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6HjT4SQKJI"><u>This is one of my favorite songs by him.</u></a><u></u> (I'm not allowed to embed it here, but please click the link to listen!!) It's called <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"GO DO"</span></span> and it is alive with sounds and colors and bird noises and eeeee! <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">It is so contagious!!!</span> And now I have a new reason to love him, because I <span style="font-style: italic;">can</span> understand some of the words and for the most part, I embrace them whole-heartedly... one of my favorites being :<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:200%;">"WE SHOULD ALWAYS KNOW THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING"</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4792958054/" title="jonsiiiiiii by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4792958054_87b27340a5.jpg" alt="jonsiiiiiii" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br />And it's true. ANYTHING. We can do anything !!!!!!!!!!!! Put your mind to it, summon up positive energy, find the means to do it . . . it's not as hard as it seems. There are a million things we could be thinking about, half of them negative and depressing and upsetting. . . . it's all about what you choose to put your mind to. :)<br /><br /><br />* * *<br /><br />In other news, I found this little guy on a shelf in my apartment here. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">A little piece of home!! </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Abandoned... "orphaned!" I immediately put him next to my bed, so he could have a little attention and some love. Coincidentally, I just read that my friend <a href="http://estherjeohn.wordpress.com/">Esther Jeohn</a> (whom I spent last summer in Tanzania with!) has a <a href="http://estherjeohn.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/my-new-pet/">new cactus friend</a> too!! Mine has no name (yet?), right now he's just a pleasant little addition to my bedside table * making my room an even more happy place to live! :)<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4792953656/" title="cactus orphan! by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4792953656_618e5df953.jpg" alt="cactus orphan!" height="333" width="500" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-70627197407782192432010-07-13T13:21:00.000-07:002010-07-13T14:03:53.507-07:00because i'm from the U.S.A.<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4791407308/" title="haha... by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4791407308_b000d00ecf.jpg" alt="haha..." height="333" width="500" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">I know this is a little late in bein' posted, but I just wanted to show you the (DELICIOUS) brownies I made from scratch(!) for the 4th of July, celebrated at my new apartment. It's kind of a family tradition ** My mom makes 'em every year, but with cool whip instead of icing... mine were good but hers are better... just kind of a fun thing to do as an "ex-pat" ... ^.^<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4790778411/" title="yummmmmmmmmmm by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4790778411_1442db4e3b.jpg" alt="yummmmmmmmmmm" height="333" width="500" /></a><br />Yum!<br />:^)<br /></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-51404900920509926142010-07-04T05:48:00.000-07:002010-07-04T06:05:02.131-07:00SUKI IS ALIVE !!!!<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4760390368/" title="suki, i missed you!!! by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4760390368_8e0a96411b.jpg" alt="suki, i missed you!!!" height="333" width="500" /></a><br />Remember her?!?!?!? Patrick kept her for safe for me at his B&B (<a href="http://www.letrestanze.it/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Le Tre Stanze!</span></a>) and she stayed alive!!! She was fading pretty quickly by the time I left in December... Her flowers were all dying and things didn't look too good. I told him that if she didn't survive, she should be taken to the sea and released into the ocean. (So maybe that's a <span style="font-style: italic;">tiny bit</span> dramatic, but it is what I said! ^.^) But I had faith in her & she survived !!! Look at all her new little buds * * she is very much alive & I was SO happy to see her !!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4759757239/" title="Suki is Alive!!! by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4759757239_f2992aec58.jpg" alt="Suki is Alive!!!" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Believe it or not, I have never really been a "plant" person. Suki is the first one I bought for myself... And now I proudly "own" three (you can't really own any piece of the earth!) ** Suki in Italy, "Ishima" (a miniature rose plant), and "Rafiki Tzatziki" (A BONSAI MAPLE TREE!) ... I LOVE MINIATURE THINGGGGGS.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4759759045/" title="*alive & wigglin' by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4759759045_e99906a2ff.jpg" alt="*alive & wigglin'" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Do you know that I found out that Suki means "I LIKE" in Japanese.... What a perfect name :)<br />Sono contenta!!!<br /></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-11001250439185114732010-07-02T14:45:00.000-07:002010-07-04T06:08:16.000-07:00morning light ** la luce della mattina :)<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4756268378/" title="breathe~ by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4756268378_838e3f6e45.jpg" alt="breathe~" height="333" width="500" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Mornings.</span><br />One of my favorite things about traveling and having lots o' jetlag. I love the waking up early part where the morning light is saying "hey! let me in!" ... or maybe it's just whisperin'. Those moments where you still feel asleep, like reality mingles with dreaming and soft slumber . . . like something magical is happening . . . like anything could happen.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4755630839/" title="melt* by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4755630839_a5fd286985.jpg" alt="melt*" height="333" width="500" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4755624371/" title="luce della mattina * è magica, no? by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4755624371_9260c7a78d.jpg" alt="luce della mattina * è magica, no?" height="333" width="500" /></a><br />There are so many beautiful shots of the morning light (<span style="font-style: italic;">la luce della mattina*</span>) ~ I couldn't choose so if you like 'em, there are more on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/myheartsiiings">flickr</a>.<br /><br />All is well so far. The city is as beautiful and alive as ever... It's amazing being able to return to a foreign city and feel so well acquainted. I walked through the open air market yesterday and one of the old men remembered me and shouted out "Ciao!" ... I think I was beaming... it was just a nice experience. Eccolo! My favorite window is still here!!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4756264262/" title="my favorite window in all of italy!!! by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4756264262_03fa28c2d1.jpg" alt="my favorite window in all of italy!!!" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4756265774/" title="*grow till tall, lil' plant! by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4756265774_4a01b9d19f.jpg" alt="*grow till tall, lil' plant!" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Italy really is a magical place. . . </span>I think these photos are pure evidence!! I didn't even have to do anything .. just look, breathe, capture.<br />**<br /><br />A prestissimo,<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Marissa*Katarina</span></span><br /></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-50680173992491074562010-06-28T23:04:00.000-07:002010-07-03T17:13:10.181-07:00Ritornerò in Italiaaaa !!<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.viewonblack.com/flickr/3892786438"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2528/3892786438_37821e381c.jpg" alt="illuminate" height="333" width="500" /></a><br />As some of you may or may not know, I am returning to Italy !!! Thanks to an extremely generous <a href="http://undergraduateresearch.duke.edu/programs?id=7">Benenson Art Award</a>, I will be studying Advanced Darkroom Photography for 4 weeks and then going on to explore other countries as well. I guess you could call me a "globetrotter" at this point * * I love being on the move & look for almost any opportunity I can to explore!<br /><br />So, in just a little more than 24 hours, I will be back to wandering alleyways and artist shops , photographing every beauty that makes my heart skip a beat , and seeing faces that I adore !!!<br /><br />Oh, and of course I'll be looking at the stars often, for continued inspiration :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4744707531/" title="L'AVVENTURA by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4744707531_1ba4ca8b49.jpg" alt="L'AVVENTURA" height="333" width="500" /></a></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-44171716603774643282010-06-17T14:44:00.000-07:002010-06-29T02:10:59.062-07:00we are all made of stardust !! cosmic unveiling . . . ! * *<span style="font-size:85%;"><br />HELLO!<br />TODAY'S THE DAY.<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">** * ~ We are all made of stardust ~ * * ** </span><br />IS FINALLY READY FOR YOU TO SEE !!<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><big></big><center><big><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://www.weareallmadeofstardust.com/">www.WEAREALLMADEOFSTARDUST.com</a></span><br /></span></big><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">A project filled with lots of cosmic matter and twinklings of eyes **</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4709714855/" title="We are like the sun. by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4709714855_64ec16b444.jpg" alt="We are like the sun." height="333" width="500" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><b></b></span></center><b><br /></b><span style="font-size:85%;">I still don't consider this anywhere near complete...it, like our universe, will be constantly expanding, changing, growing, breathing, loving, . . . this is only the beginning of something HUGE.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">I'd love for this project to meet as many eyes as possible. . . </span>To share beauty & spark ideas like wildfire !<br />So please, if you like it, </span><span style="font-size:85%;">share it with others to see !<br /><br />** GO EXPLORE !! **<br /><br />and as always,<br /><span style="font-size:130%;">** ENJOY ! **</span></span><br /><b><br /></b><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4708303638/" title="* ** * * * i am made of stars & so are you. by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4708303638_c150c394a7.jpg" alt="* ** * * * i am made of stars & so are you." height="333" width="500" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><br /><br /></b></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-3137241608202067472010-06-10T00:50:00.000-07:002010-06-10T01:49:49.208-07:00simple words & memories<span style="font-size:85%;">Do you ever look back at things you've done in the past? A half-finished drawing, a sketch of words across a page, a miniature backpack made out of felt, a wrinkled photograph... <span style="font-style: italic;">sight</span> sparks our memory, but the memories themselves are foggy because it's almost too easy. An image will do most of the work for you, because it's just there in front of you eyes. Smell is a different animal. It's like finding an old hatbox, gently blowing off the dust and opening it . .. . an invisible trail rises up through your nostrils and suddenly you're transported somewhere else, months or years ago, ... for a moment you feel exactly like you did 10, 20, 30 years ago ... you hear the music, laughter, dance, *spark*spark*spark -- then it's gone. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Smell is a time machine.</span> Crisp and clear, memories so distilled that it can be alarming.<br /><br />I like the subtlety that old words bring about. Soft pulses . . . quiet heartbeats rather than loud and vivid sparks. Sometimes my memory isn't in the mood to remember the obvious, huge gestures...the milestone events. Sometimes it's the tiniest most insignificant thing that makes me really stop and smile. Go someplace quiet in myself , sit , and remember .<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4669473349/" title="little leaves by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4669473349_5430782296.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="little leaves" /></a><br />Warm green tea on the first day of spring ~~<br /><br />S</span><span style="font-size:85%;">unlight tumbling through the window .<br /><br />. The moment when you see a smile before it happens,<br />that tiny lifting of a corner and deepening of the eyes...<br /><br /><br />A hummingbird - stopped for an ounce of a second - right before your eyes<br /><br />. . What seemed like an <span style="font-style: italic;">eternity</span> . . .<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">. . .<br /><br /><br />.<br /><br /><br />i found the following poem i wrote 2 years ago & immediately, little corners started lifting up </span><span style="font-size:85%;">somewhere deep inside me </span><span style="font-size:85%;">... somewhere deep inside me, something smiled.<br /><br />* * *<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">July 1, 2008 ~ *</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" >"one & all"</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">i once knew a man with a song in his heart</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">his words would shake the trees and twinkles lived in the shadows of his azure eyes</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">i once knew a girl with a heart like the sea</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">she wore the moon in her hair and the wind would wrap itself around her shoulders</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">he was beautiful.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">she was beautiful.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> they were one & all at the same time.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:78%;" >*</span><br /></span></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-60860630472701051142010-05-29T17:04:00.000-07:002010-05-30T21:56:40.464-07:00Purkinje Cells, Brains, & ...TREES !<a href="http://pongsocket.com/earthart"><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3863wP1ew1qbsvu7o1_500.png" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I still can't help thinking about the millions of connections between the human body and nature...Our brains and our veins especially. . . Maybe it's because I stopped taking "science" classes a long time ago, but all I see when I flip through an Atlas of the Human Body is TREES and RIVERS everywhere. And occasionally if I love what I see tremendously, I reproduce it in my sketchbook, like this little foot * !<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4651764273/" title="Mnemosyne13 by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4651764273_3877055b3d.jpg" alt="Mnemosyne13" height="338" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/PurkinjeCell.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/PurkinjeCell.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />These are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purkinje_cell">Purkinje cells</a> : one of the coolest discoveries of my semester. Every single one of us has these inside our heads... ! They are some of the largest cells in the brain and they are many in number AND THEY LOOK EXACTLY LIKE LITTLE TREES!! So essentially we have a forest, all of us, inside our heads. A forest with millions (billions?trillions?) of connections, just sitting there talking to each other !<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Sometimes I wonder if people who are studying science start taking for granted the beauty of veins and brain cells and lymph vessels... but that's silly of me, isn't it? Art and science shouldn't be separated !! <span style="font-size:180%;">The artist and the scientist are one and the same.</span> :)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />one last thought:<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">If our brains cells are like trees... then maybe trees are also like brain cells. The brain cells of the earth perhaps? What goes on between the branches of neighboring trees? I've always loved the idea that the trees could communicate with each other and that if you listened carefully, you just might be able to understand them. . . * **</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I feel happy when I think about the trees in this way.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">:)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4652282038/" title="Brains & Veins by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4652282038_3d28d3aaa1.jpg" alt="Brains & Veins" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><br />P.S. That first image of the rivers came from this AWESOME website:<br /></span><span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://pongsocket.com/earthart">http://pongsocket.com/earthart</a><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Check it out & be amazed !</span></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-73940008820866620142010-05-12T12:24:00.000-07:002010-05-14T09:02:39.858-07:00this will make your jaw drop *<span style="font-size:85%;">I honestly don't know what to say, but that my jaw literally dropped from the beauty captured within this video. <span style="font-size:130%;">There are so many beautiful people out there showing us how much there is to love about life</span> & I thank them! I am thankful for POSITIVE INFLUENCES, good vibrations, ENERGY, waves . . . I AM THANKFUL FOR THE STARS!!!<br /><br />Enjoy this . . . The beauty has literally flooded my soul, and I hope it does the same for you.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/10655199">Watch in <span style="font-weight: bold;">HD</span> on Vimeo</a></span>...even more powerful!<br /><br /><object width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10655199&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10655199&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br /></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-70778315604579183812010-05-11T09:56:00.000-07:002010-05-12T10:22:03.704-07:00SOLAR FLARES<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4529812501/" title="mizu * underwater by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4529812501_174fe97b7e_b.jpg" alt="mizu * underwater" height="610" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />I showed a friend some of my *<a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/sets/72157623529174565/">we are all made of stardust</a>* </span><span style="font-size:85%;">beings yesterday and he remarked on the similarity between the hair and solar flares. One thing led to another and by some coincidence of the universe, we discovered that the Astronomy Picture of the Day yesterday was exactly that… !!!</span><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><object height="505" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Lmm3J0WAres&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Lmm3J0WAres&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="505" width="640"></embed></object></span></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;">"<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">In recent months, </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091104.html">our Sun</a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> is becoming increasingly active</span>, following a few years of an <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080924.html">unusually dormant</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_minimum">solar minimum</a>. Over the next few years our Sun is <a href="http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SunspotCycle.shtml">expected</a> to reach <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_maximum">solar maximum</a> and exhibit a dramatic increase in <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap031027.html">sunspots</a> and all types of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Bhf42uY3E">solar explosions</a>."</span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a title="APOD 5/10/10" target="_self" href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100510.html" _mce_href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100510.html">(from APOD 5/10/10)</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Look at how connected we are to everything !! ! ! ! ! ! !</p><p><span style="font-size:180%;">WE ARE SO MUCH MORE POWERFUL THAN WE KNOW.</span></p><p>* * *<br /></p>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848175212671612829.post-151384799363085092010-05-08T10:48:00.001-07:002010-05-08T11:02:34.875-07:00for your eyes, your beautiful eyes<span style="font-size:85%;">These photographs I've taken are visions from my world. They are <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">for your eyes</span></span>, because those </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">precious</span> eyes of yours deserve to be flooded with </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >beauty</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> and </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >color</span> and <span style="font-size:180%;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:180%;">light! * * *</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4529812427/" title="giallo by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4529812427_80e1fd91a9.jpg" alt="giallo" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4529812231/" title="fantasy by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4529812231_ff44a41a39.jpg" alt="fantasy" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4530444184/" title="photosynthesis by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4530444184_272899a599_b.jpg" alt="photosynthesis" width="500" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/2744119517/" title="kiwi by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2262/2744119517_8414f833d0.jpg" alt="kiwi" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4499434864/" title="where the sidewalk doesn't end / "oh hi, little guy!" by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4499434864_4cdb2c9f90.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="where the sidewalk doesn't end / "oh hi, little guy!"" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/4370605733/" title="rainbow light by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4370605733_b8735aaae7.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="rainbow light" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/myheartsiiings/2276727444/" title="the last ones by myheartsiiings, on Flickr"><br /></a></span>mkb*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253760091665355013noreply@blogger.com3