It’s been 3 months since I returned from my holiday in Northland. I took my trusty Olympus OM-2 to NZ – a 30 year old camera that was my dad’s – and yesterday I got the film developed. I miss the thrill that you get upon first glimpsing your photos. Never happens any more in this instant digital age. I like the moodiness of these shots. There’s something about black and white photos that can’t be replicated with a digital SLR – character.
I started off writing this song about love found… but it ended up being about love lost.
Download the song here.
I picture your face in the quiet hours of morning
I trace the lines of laughter and of pain
You take a peek from behind long lashes
You smile as we lean into a soft, dawn kiss
‘Cos when I am with you, warm in your arms
Free from the barb of words
There is nowhere else I’d rather be
It’s here that my soul entwines with yours
Love, where are you?
I miss you
I love you
Love, where are you?
I miss you
I love you
‘Cos when I am with you, warm in your arms
Free from the barb of words
There is nowhere else I’d rather be
It’s here that my soul entwines with yours
I accidently came across this beautiful post from blogger Tea and Cookies, about love found, love lost, and fond memories. It resonated with me strongly, given the happenings in my life over the past fortnight. So it is that love comes and goes, but life is always there to be lived – and there are always little joys to be found in the sorrow.
I haven’t been the best lately, but I think I’ve turned the corner and am beginning to recover. A friend gave me an extract of Caroline Jones’s book An Authentic Life – Finding Meaning and Spirituality in Everyday Life, and it’s inspired me to write down the things that make me happy, that are lifegiving. For me, music has always been lifegiving. Whether it’s listening, playing, singing or writing, it’s something that resonates with me, that is in me, that needs to be expressed.
When it comes to listening to inspirational, uplifting music, Sigur Ros is the band to listen to. Their albums are amazing enough, but live, they are astonishing. Listening to this lifts me out of my gloom, beyond my everyday struggles, and into something ethereal.
A couple of stinking hot days and I’ve only had one dip this year, so time to take a day off and enjoy a swim at one of my favourite places, Wattamolla.
Blue, blue sky
Green, salty water
I dive beneath
Into water warm
Burst the surface
Into sun I float
Gazing up at
Swaying gums
My blues washed away
On this lifegiving day
But in my current fragile emotional state, this made me cry.
Went to see Franz Ferdinand last Tuesday and they were great fun as per usual. I’d seen them once before 3 years ago at the Enmore, and like that time the majority of the crowd were up and dancing for the entire set until the Enmore because a giant sauna!
Someone’s already uploaded youtube clips and my favourite moments were… Michael, my fav song off their first album.
And the band (+1) playing the drums during the ending to Outsiders. Fantastic!
My favourite music DVD has to be the 7 Worlds Collide gig – a series of concerts organised by Neil Finn with friends that included Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam, Johnny Marr from The Smiths, and Phil and Ed from Radiohead. The gig was wonderful and full of life, considering the band only had 5 days to practise from scratch! But one of my favourite songs on it was The Smiths’ There is a light. It actually compelled me to go out and buy a Smiths compilation.
Seven years later, Neil’s organised another supergroup, but this time they’re recording an album of new songs as well as playing 3 shows! The Radiohead boys are back as well as Johnny Marr. And again I was impressed with a Smiths cover of Please Please Please, ably sung and played by Johnny and backed by a great band.
I’ve been on a bit of Doctor Who viewing frenzy for the past few weeks, so this really, really cracked me up.
Static and Silence 