all of my dreams they fall like rain...

More of my art

2010-04-11T10:01:00.000-07:00

''Miranda beyond the hanging rock''

''My sister and the rocks''

''Morning Coffee''

beauty fades

2010-02-11T05:05:00.000-08:00

gone are the days of rainbows

2009-12-23T09:53:00.000-08:00

Berlin was like wearing warm clothes the whole time, feeling the cold wind against your cheeks, seeing countless of bare trees with fairy lights on them, visiting every christmas market that was on your way, sharing pink cigarettes. Berlin was like eating crepes in Kreuzberg and lingering at the beautiful people passing by. Berlin was like being in a metro station after hours and singing along with two street musicians bob dylan songs... and falling in love.

I miss these...

(Photo taken by me. Unfortunately, I don't have much time post more pictures. If you're interested, though, to see more of my work from berlin visit my flickr photostream)

Merry Christmas dear friends

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Ah we're lonely, we're romantic

2009-10-27T12:08:00.000-07:00

People usually ignore the strange and the unusual.

I am myself strange and unusual...

I miss the smell of rain. I wish for pink cigarettes. I dream of pumpkin lanterns

And what if the moon wasn't earth's satellite but a huge shiny ball that a little man had to hang on the sky. And what if someone killed that little man?

A small list of films I'd like to watch

''Sherlock Jr.'' by Buster Keaton

''The Red Shoes''

''Days of Heaven'' by Terrence Mallick

''La Jete'' by Chris Marker

''Orpheas'' by Jean Cocteau

''The Reflecting Skin'' by Phillip Ridley

''The Long Day Closes'' by Terence Davies

''Alphaville'' by Jean Luc Goddard

''In the Company of Wolves'' by Neil Jordan

Any other suggestions are very welcome

My dream trip is a trip to the Antarctic.

That place is the dreamiest...

''Winter dreams the same dream

every time

You can never hold back spring

even though you've lost your way...''

Everybody has a world of their own. Mine is full secrets and rain and dust, full of hats and small cafes, full of mystery and love.

What's yours like?

And this is me, sad-eyed

(All photos are taken by me. They look extremely bad on blogspot though)

Au revoir

Color my life with chaos of trouble...

2009-09-29T05:41:00.000-07:00

Updating the blog, finally! God, I haven't been around here for such a long time... Really my life is pretty miserable these days, I do nothing but studying, or trying to study. My mind is filled with numbers and physics, and I'm not even sure if I really want to get into architecture. I feel tired and weak and confused and I fear that in couple of months I'll feel nothing, that I wont be able see what's beautiful and what's not, I fear that I'll become one of those people I always hated. People, with no interests, personality and ideas... Oh, you damned greek educational system, you're going to turn me into a freak!

So I'm relatively uninspired these days but I thought it would be cool to share some of my current favorite things and people.

I can't stop liking: Jan Svankmayer's and Michel Gondry's short films, coffee (I officially drink two cups every day!), the fact that I no longer smoke- not that I smoked a lot in the past but I pretty liked it, drawing in ink, Joseph Gordon Levitt (just watch 500 days of summer and you'll understand, german expressionism, the replacements and basically every post-punk, 80s alternative band...

I'm also going to Berlin in December with school, probably, if we get a permission (swine flu!)

I soooooo hope that we go because traveling and photography the only things that make me truly happy...

I hope you're all well and happy and I'm really sorry that I haven't been checking your blogs. And also, a huge thank you to all the people who followed and commented on blog. Even if I haven't commented back, I want you to know that I really appreciate your support!

P.s: Photos are all taken by me. they're very old though and shot in film. I use almost exclusively film now...

P.s 2: I promise I'll post photos from berlin here, if I finally go there!

Au revoir

What she found and saw in Paris, Part 2

2009-07-19T07:09:00.000-07:00

First of all, I'm so very sorry for my long absence. This blog hasn't been updated for almost a month and it's not because I'm running out of things to say and share. It's just the fact that too many things have been bothering my mind the last few weeks so I wasn't really in the mood of posting something here or visiting other blogs. The truth is that this post will probably be last one for a couple of months or so. I'll be on holiday in August and when I return, I must throw myself into my studies and that's a really hard but also really essential thing for me to do, so as to get into university.

Anyways, let's move on to more enjoyable and appealing stuff. As I promised on my previous post, more photos from the city of light:

I'm sure you'll wonder what is this. This my dear friends is a tiny little theatre I accidentally discovered, when wandering around Monmarte. I also met the actor and got photographed with them but unfortunately the photo turned out really blurry. Urgghhh mama...

...and this is the inside of the theatre.

A small stage, shiny curtains, colorful lighting and only six seats!

'' There's a city in my mind

come along and take that ride''

That was all, it's very little, very very little I know. I hope you understand and I also promise that I'll try to post here once in a while, maybe more regular than that, maybe once in a month or two. But be sure that'll drop by and check out your blogs because they're always so inspirational...

Au revoir dearies

What she found and saw in Paris, Part 1

2009-06-24T05:26:00.000-07:00

The carousel near the Eiffel Tower. I hated the Eiffel Tower surroundings,

there were so many tourists there who came to Paris just to get their picture

taken in front of it. But the carousel was magical! I didn't ride on it, though, as I'm

a little old for that...

This is one of my favorite photographs. Taken on a lovely street in Quartier Latin, full of little food shops, bakeries and color. I wish I could transfer all the smells to you...

Inside the Opera. I call it '' The Magic Mirror''

Some chairs in Napoleon's apartments...

The Picasso Museum. He's one of my least favorite artists and so I found the building much more fascinating than his works! Those colored windows were beautiful and it had that peculiar mirror outside, that made you look like a figure who step out of his paintings. Just genius!...

A vegetarian restaurant in Monmarte. There where only three tables inside...

This very famous fountain next to Centre Pompidou. Does anyone knows how it is called because I always forget the name?

A beautiful dress in the Opera again. I took so many pictures there.

Canal St. Martin. The place where Amelie threw stones to relax herself and probably the most interesting and lively place in Paris nowadays! You can find lots of young parisians there wearing quirky outfits, drinking cocktails in plastic glasses and listening to awesome street bands who play there for free

Abandoned marionettes in front of Centre Pompidou.

Someone really cruel left them alone

Flowers, lots of flowers.

...and me

eating a pastry from heaven's place on earth, also known as Laduree!

I was on a kind of a macaron diet in Paris. I still am actually as I brought

plenty of them home...

First post about Paris, more to be expected within the next weeks! I'm back home now but my mind still wanders around the city of light...

I hope you had a good time too...

Au revoir!

How the world slips by so fast

2009-05-26T12:25:00.000-07:00

It looks like I have a lot of teacups...

I learned how to make and bake cherry pies.

They're delicious !

I might travel to Paris in June for four or five days. I've been planning this trip since last year but it didn't happen! I hope it happens this time...

PJ Harvey and Great Lake Swimmers are my current music obsessions

Robert Mitchum in ''The Night of the Hunter'' is so so inspirational!

The lovely Pixie July gave my blog an a award which I completely forgot about!

This is why I didn't post it BUT I promise I will in the next post!

I decided that this particular chapter in Alice in Wonderland, ''Advice from a Caterpillar'' is my favorite one! He's by far the coolest character on the book!

''Who are you?''

''I-I hardly know sir just at present- at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then''

'' What do you mean by that? Explain yourself!''

''I can't explain myself, I'm afraid sir, because I'm not myself you see''

'' I do NOT see!''

I also have a flickr photostream now. Add me if you fancy...

Alright, I'm so sorry for this very short post, but the final school exams have taken away a great amount of my energy, my inspiration and my time. I promise I'll post soon and more interesting things.

Au revoir...

Oh, sweet smell of success, handle me with care

2009-05-11T06:50:00.000-07:00

I found her on a night of fire and noise

Wild bells rang in a wild sky

I knew from that moment on

I'll love her till the day that I died

And I kissed away a thousand tears

my lady of the various sorrows

Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen...

... some kept safe till tomorrow

On an endless night, silver star spangled

The bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle

Do you love me? Do you love me?

Like I love you?

Photos by me and words by Nick Cave. It's the first time I did self-portraits (I dare say it was harder than I expected but oh well I'm still inexperienced!). It's also the first time I wore my new pair of lace tights...

I watched, rewatched actually, Peter Weir's ''Picnic at Hanging Rock'' last week and it was beyond perfect and so so so beautiful. It was just one of those movies which have a world of their own and they invite you to get lost into it. I'm not going to give any plot details, I don't think it's necessary, the only thing I have to say in addition is that everyone should watch it, or rewatch it and discover something new!

Oh! and a quote:

''What we see and what we seem are but a dream within a dream''

My current favorite album: '' Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1'' by the Traveling Wilburys. Two days ago I didn't even know that once was a band, in which among others, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison were members and SANG together!

How about spending an evening with the beatniks?

How about a good cup of coffee?

(maybe one of those they serve anywhere in Twin Peaks)

How about some good company?

(maybe you, my special agent)

How about Anna Karina's hair style?

(my dream hair style!)

How about riding on a carousel on a rainy day?

Alone

Listening to the sound of the raindrops falling...

Ahhh, if only it was raining...

But I enjoy spring sometimes too. Especially blooming flowers.

[Photo by me]

And here is where we must say goodbye for today. The owls are calling me to get lost deeper and deeper into the mysteries of Twin Peaks...

Au revoir

Magic of the melancholy tear in your eye

2009-04-26T10:25:00.000-07:00

- a little story-

Once upon a time, there was a little girl. She wore her favorite dress and her brand new shoes. Oh, how beautiful she thought she looked. However, though, nobody wanted to keep her company this chilly afternoon. She felt so bored... and lonely, for the first time in her life.

After spending long, long moments sitting on her bench, she got up and went to find her lantern. She found it right where she left it, this morning. She asked it if it wants to spent the afternoon with her. The lantern replied yes of course but the young girl soon grew bored of it. The poor lantern, it had never many things to say...

She, then, attempted to start a conversation with the tree leaves. ''How are you little, sharp tree leaves?'' she asked. No reply came from them. ''Why don't you say something? Can you not talk? Can you not hear?'' Nothing. After a few more question, she gave up and started moving away, still wondering...

Suddenly, something moving in a nearby bush caught her eye.

She went closer to see. It was a small colorful butterfly! ...but one of her wings was broken and she could not fly. ''Oh, poor little butterfly!'' she said, sadly ''it must be terrible for you to be unable to fly, but don't worry I'll try to fix your wing as soon as possible and you then can go home''
She carefully picked up her new friend and carried her back on her bench. And while she was taking care of her hurt wing the butterfly told her its story, which unfortunately I can not tell out loud as it asked be kept as a secret...

A few hours later, after their long conversation, it was for the butterfly to go back home and for her to say goodbye to her little unusual friend...

''Fly away, dear, fly away'' she said in whisper....

But it was time for her to return home too. She went and picked her old lantern, which always forgives her leaving it alone for so many hours, she then lied down on her bench and fell asleep, very quickly. Sweet dreams little girl...

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(My sister and I did another one photo shoot a few days ago. I suggest enlarging the pictures to see them clearly. I don't know why, but my photographs always look so strange on blogspot. In terms of quality mostly.., Anyways, words are written by me too, obviously because they're so very silly!)

''The Heart of Saturday Night''

Well you gassed her up

behind the wheel

with your arm around your sweet one

in your oldsmobile

Barrelin' down the boulevard

you're looking for the heart of Saturday night

And you got paid on Friday

And your pockets are jinglin'

And you see the lights

You get all tinglin' cause you're cruisin' with a 6

And you're looking for the heart of Saturday night

Then you comb hair

shave your face

tryin' to wipe out every trace

All the other days

in the week you know this'll be the Saturday

you're reachin' your peak

Stoppin' on the red

your goin' on the green

'cause tonight will be lik nothin'

you've ever seen

and you're barrelin' down the boulevard

lookin' for the heart of Saturday night

Tell me is the crack of the poolballs, neon buzzin'?

Telephone's ringin', it's your second cousin

Is it the barmaid that's smilin' from the corner of her eye?

Magic of the melancholy tear in your eye.

Makes it kind of quiver down in the core

'cause you're dreaming of them Saturdays that came before

and now you're stumblin'

stumblin' onto the heart of Saturday night

- a great, sad and jazzy song by my beloved Tom Waits, my current favorite. You should definitely listen to it-

Also:

- I made this playlist the other day, while wishing to be nowhere else but on a quiet beach, listening to the waves

- I learned about the cast of Christopher Nolan's new movie called ''Inception''. I'm not a big fan of his but I'm very excited about this movie, because of the amazing actors they'll be in it!

- I'm in love with this blog!

and finally a drawing I did today

(I should really buy me a scanner, the quality is so weird!)

I'm sad, I'm very, very sad! School starts again tomorrow, that's why...

I hope you lovelies are feeling better than me. I'm sure you are!

Au revoir

The loneliest people were the ones who always spoke the truth

2009-04-18T01:08:00.000-07:00

Easter is probably my least favorite holiday but I'm really glad that school's out for two whole weeks.

Two days ago, I painted the easter eggs:

According to the tradition, eggs should be dyed red so as to symbolize Jesus blood. We did so every year but this easter I decided that our eggs are not going to look common and boring like everyone else's...

The lovely Jules from Candy Hearts tagged me quite a long time ago. I'm finally able to complete the tag.

1. Answer the questions on your blog, replace a question you don't like with one of your own invention and finally add a question of your own.

2. Tag 8 other un-tagged people.

What is your current obsession? Drawing in color pencils, Leonard Cohen, the beat generation, chocolate (hmm, that's eternal obsession I believe...), the song ''Anthems for a seventeen year-old girl'' by Broken Social Scene, Magnum photographers

If you could have one super power what would it be? Travel back in time, definitely!

What do you see outside your window? The street, cars, a few trees and other peoples' apartments

What's your favorite color? Grey, dark blue and soft pinks

Your weakness? I'm very shy...

Which animal would you be? A snowshoe rabbit, maybe?

What's for dinner? Soup

What's your favorite weather? Rainy weather

What's on your bedside table? Umm, I don't have a bedside table...

Say something to the person who tagged you: I always feel happier after visiting your blog!

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere, where would it be? Somewhere in France for sure. Either Paris or Provence.

What's your favorite children's book? Alice in Wonderland

What's your favorite thing to do in the summer? Lay on the grass and drink iced tea

What would you like to have in your hands right now? A polaroid camera

What's your favorite tea flavor? Vanilla

What's your favorite article of clothing? My vintage black lace tights

What would you like to get rid of? Having to wake up early everyday and go to school, my shyness

If you could go anywhere in the world for an hour, where would you go? I would go anywhere. After all, one hour is a very short amount of time...

What did you want to be as a child? a film director (Well, I still want that!)

Do you prefer day or night? Night

What's your plan for tomorrow? I'm invited to a barbeque.

What's your favorite word? Felicity

What jewelry do you wear? I don't really wear any jewelry at the moment

What's your favorite smell? The smell of the air after rain, filter coffee, coconut

I tag:

After Hours, Matilda Irene Linea, Dead Lizard Tell No Lies, Thumbelina, Fine Little Love, Princess Daisy, Darjeeling Dreams and my friend Elephants Volent who's new to blogspot.

Watching movies is good way to spent your free time. I recently watched ''The General'' by Buster Keaton and I believe this is the beginning of my silent movies-obsession. Isn't it amazing how one could direct, star and produce a movie at the same time and especially at times where technology was a little help. They didn't need lines, they had faces as the goddess Gloria Swanson said in ''Sunset Boulevard'' . And because a picture equals a thousand of words, here you go:

I love this last picture. He looks a bit creepy but he's so adorable.

I went out on shopping spree yesterday with my mom and my sister. I didn't shop anything compared to my sister who literally bought everything she saw in front of her but it was fun.

We also went to this very cute and elegant cafe. It was so ''french'' !

I had coffee

... and a small, yummy chocolate cake

This is me, wearing my new bow-headband. My nose looks unusually

nice on this picture....

That was all for today I believe. I'm very sorry for updating so late (two weeks!)

I hope you're all well.

Ciao!

Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life

2009-04-06T05:56:00.000-07:00

''The only people for me are the mad ones,the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle, you see the blue center-light pop and everybody goes ahh...''

There is this old, old house that seems like it's going to fall apart

any time soon. No one lives here anymore. I suppose you, people, can

spend some days in it.

Why are you hidden underneath the covers, young ladies?

Nobody said, it was your fault.

I'm sure the fairies came, and stole her brand new shoes...

Sometimes I'm afraid to look myself in the mirror. I'm afraid

that I'll see someone else, who will look exactly like me...

but they will not be me.

The darker side of myself, perhaps.

''Well, it's been a long time, a long time now

since I've seen you smile.

... and I'll gamble away my fright

and I'll gamble away my time''

''you used to be one of the rotten ones and I liked for that.

Now you're all gone, got you make up on

and your not coming back.''

Yes everybody liked you for that.

''Oh can't you come back?'' Please, please come back...

'No, no I'm not asleep! I'm awake. I'm always awake.

'' Well the room is so stuffy,

I can hardly breathe

...everybody's gone but me and you

and I can't be the last to leave

I'm pledging my time to you.

Hopin' you'll come through too''

Oh, those good old days when our young souls were free...

Ahh, a black cat!

Some believe that it brings bad luck. Are you one of those superstitious people?

''It's a mystery to me

we have a greed

with which we have agreed''

Three lonely girls keeping their thoughts

to themselves

Two lonely girls talking trash

under your window...

''...society have mercy on me.

I hope you're not angry if I disagree..''

One lonely girl, with big melancholy eyes, wondering

where the other two girls went...

This is one of the windmills of your mind

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Another one of my random posts. Posts in which I write almost exclusively random thoughts and quotes that fit with the pictures.

All photos taken by me within the last couple of days. There's actually the result of really boring school trip, where photography was the only interesting and fun thing to do! And therefore I really must thank my awesome school mates, who were ultra inspiring!

I skipped school today ( I know, I know it's a bad thing to do!) and went downtown. It was a lovely, sunny day but unfortunately I managed to spilt some coffee on my white shirt, again!

I also met a really weird guy (he was so weird that he was actually cute!) on the bus. He started talking to me and he was like living 50 ago. He talked in a very gentleman-like manner and said that he liked my hat a lot. He wore glasses and, as he told me, he played the violin. I don't know if I'm the only one, but I really enjoy meeting quirky people, even if I'm sure that I'm not going to see them again in my life. They're far more interesting than ''normal'' people.

Have you ever met any weirdos? If yes I'd love to hear your story....

Hope you're all well

Au revoir!

Watching love grow forever, letting me know, forever...

2009-03-29T03:48:00.000-07:00

This is why events unnerve me,

they find it all a different story...

Notice whom for wheels are turning

Turn again

Turn towards this time...

...All she asks is the strength to hold me

then again the same old story...

... word will travel oh so quickly,

travel fast and lean towards this time

Oh I'll break them down, no mercy shown,

heaven knows it's got to be this time...

... Watching her, these things she said...

...the times she cried

too frail to wake this time.

Words, the lyrics from Joy Division's ''Ceremony'' (aren't they amazing-??) and photos taken by me. The quality is a little bit weird but i guess it's so on purpose as the only light in the room was that little candle...

The last couple of days were interesting... I took photos, watch a comedy and drunk tea on friday. I ate biscuits, smoked and walked by the sea at night on saturday. And for this evening I plan reading ''on the road'' while listening to Leonard Cohen...

How was your weekend?

P.s: I draw too sometimes. Here is a little fairy that looks more like an angel actually, because of the wings... Click on the photo to see her better ( yes all of my fairies are a bit shy...)

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Jailbirds, pianos and a whole new look...

2009-03-22T11:21:00.000-07:00

''Unplayed pianos are often by a window...

...in a room where nobody loved goes

...she sits alone with her silent song.

Somebody bring her home...

...Unplayed piano, still holds a tune.

Lock on the lid, years, years pass by...

...in a stale, stale room,

in the changing of the moon...

... Maybe it's not that easy or maybe it's not that hard...

... Maybe they could release me

let people decide

I've got nothing to hide

i've done nothing wrong

So why have I been here for so long?''

Wow this turned creepier than I expected. But I quite like those photos. They look as if they're stills form an old horror movie to me. It's the first time, actually, that I like photos of mine that much!

Well, I hope you like them too. (Oh and some apologies, I had uploaded another one photo but I deleted accidentally. Constance, you queen of silliness! Anyway I'll post it some other time.)

Moving on. As you may notice it, I kinda changed the appearance of the blog. I made the collage which is now the heading and the backround color is now white and not grey.

So I really want to now what YOU think about it, I mean the whole new look of the blog. If you're displeased I'll redo it the way it was before, I promise!

I think that was all for today. Gosh, my posts are getting smaller and smaller... I'm sorry dearies. Oh! I also wanted to thank everybody for their lovely lovely comments. They encourage me so much!

Au revoir!

Peeeeeee. s : I have a recommendation for you as well. You should listen to M. Ward's new album ''Hold Time'' if you don't already have. It's so so addictive- the song 'Jailbird' in particular! Ok, it's not as great as ''Volume One'' but it's almost equally lovely!

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I'll show you my heart in six different ways

2009-03-17T10:42:00.000-07:00

The picture

It was really hard for me to find a picture that can express myself. I think this one is most suitable one. A young old-fashioned girl, who daydreams a lot about her own black and white world and looks sad most of the time. Just like me...

The poem

''Ballad of the moon'' by Federico Garcia Lorca

The moon came into the forge

in her bustle of flowering nard.

The little boy stares at her, stares.

The boy is staring hard.

In the shaken air

the moon moves her arms,

and shows lubricious and pure

her breasts of hard tin.

''Moon, moon, moon, run!

If the gypsies come,

they will use your heart

to make white necklaces and rings''

''Let me dance, my little one.

When the gypsies come,

they'll find you on the anvil

with your lively eyes closed tight.

''Moon, moon, moon, run!

I can feel their horses come''

''Let me be, my little one,

don't step one me, all starched and white!''

Closer comes the horseman,

drumming on the plain.

The boy is in the forge,

his eyes are closed.

Through the olive grove

come the gypsies, dream and bronze,

their heads held high,

their hooded eyes.

Oh, how the night owl calls,

calling, calling from its tree!

The moon is climbing through the sky

with the child by the hand

They are crying in the forge,

all the gypsies shouting, crying.

The air is viewing all, views all.

The air is at the viewing.

I never were an avid poetry reader but it was impossible for me not to notice and love this little poem...

The song

''In dreams'' by Roy Orbison.

Roy Orbison had the dreamiest voice and this particular song of his is out of this world. Probably the most beautiful, loving and nostalgic song ever written and performed.

You should definitely listen to it. All of you! And if you can't get enough of it, I recommend watching blue velvet...

The quote

''Why was I born with so many contemporaries?''

Oscar Wilde

The item of clothing

My dark grey hat that I bought from a men's store or my vintage, black, high-waisted mini-skirt I got from my mom's old closet. Unfortunately, I haven't got a photo of them so unleash your imagination...

The place

An old, small, shady diner perhaps with a jukebox playing songs by Tom Waits. Me wearing my favorite dark grey hat, drinking a huge cup of hot, black filter coffee and watching the rain outside from a small foggy window.

The Disney princess

Uhmm that's a tough one. I'll pick Snow White because ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' was the first movie that I ever saw and it affected me a lot (in a good way I suppose...)

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That was a fun tag. Thanks Stella For Star

I'll tag Dictionaries and Daydreams and Un Orange Boheme

A little, creepy, dreamy, random post

2009-03-10T07:04:00.000-07:00

So equally over a valley, a hill

wood on quarry stood, each of us crying

a velvet curtain of grey

mark the blanket where the sparrows play

and the trees by the waving corn stranded

my legs move the last empty inches to you

the softness, the warmth from the weather in suspense

mote to a grog- the star a white chalk

minds shot together, our minds shot together...

Some adorable and a bit nonsensical lyrics by one of rock star lovers, Syd Barrett...

It's officially only 7 days left for my 17th birthday (It's a bit funny because I'm turning 17 on the 17th of March...) and I still don't know how am I going to celebrate it. I'm not a very outgoing person and so parties is not my forte. What I have in mind:

-An evening hang-out in a park, laying on the grass,

drinking champagne

and eating a chocolate birthday cake

- A tea party at home with a lot of sweets, poetry and soft music

Probably, neither of them would happen but planning is always fun!

''We gather up our hearts and go, a thousand kisses deep''

How amazing is this photograph! Taken by the gorgeous photographer and idol of mine, Diane Arbus. For some reason, I admire a lot of people who killed themselves. I guess the world is just too small for geniuses...

''Splishy Splashy''

The always cool Chloe. I wish my mood was playful like hers

but unfortunately

today it's more like this:

I mean bored. School leaves me so so uninspired. Seriously today was awful, I had two class tests and they both went completely wrong. I'm lost too deep in my own world I guess that I can't concentrate at school stuff.

Anyways, better moving onto more interesting things:

I'm a lot into road movies lately. Maybe because, I can't stand this place and this way of living. So they're some form of escape to me. Oh how I wish I were in a car right now, riding all along Europe.

But highway is for gamblers and unfortunately I use my sense

If you have any road movie suggestions, they're certainly welcomed!

I also need someone

...to write a song for me...

...and wash my elephant...

...because it's too hard!

Reading ''On the road'' by Jack Kerouac is a part of my future plans too.

My dream outfit
(made by me on polyvore)

And now something really weird that I dreamt of. Yesterday I saw Tom Cruise in my sleep being attacked by an evil kitten, haha! It may sounds quite funny now but it scared me a lot!

''A candy-colored clown they call the sandman

tiptoes to my room every night

just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper

go to sleep, everything is alright''

Some recently found pictures that could easily belong to an unsettling but at the same time very beautiful dream.

''A girl and the trees''

A very short photo shoot I did in only 10 minutes with a schoolmate, who looks so much like a hippy! You can call it the bright touch on this very dark post. I love the first picture the most.

This was definitely the most pointless and random post ever on this blog and it took me sooo long. Hope it's fun!
But I must leave you now loves. I must start packing my suitcases and return to my boring little real world.

''And it's so bad that all this things can only happen in my dreams''

What i read in the charms that i loved durably now it's dead and gone, and i am free...

2009-03-05T10:25:00.000-08:00

Kites are flying high, while happy people are watching ...

... a few fluffy pink clouds filled the blue sky...

... and colorful raindrops are falling...

... while me and you are getting lost...

... deeper and deeper...

... into the woods.

All photos taken by me. I especially love the first photo (it's one of my favorites I believe). I would suggest clicking on it to enlarge so as to see it better, because it looks really uninteresting in this size. I think I should post my photos in larger size, what do you think?

Oh and I thought it's time to post a picture of myself too. I rarely have my picture taken as I'm always the one who does the photography (Also a note: My terrible english has caused confusion to many people, it's always other people in the photoshoots, my sister usually because she's one of the few persons, willing to model for me!) ... So this is me eating cotton candy- god, I haven't eaten one for ages and I forgot how great it tastes!

That's all for today lovelies

Sweet dreams...

* * * * * * * * *

Farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes

2009-03-01T06:03:00.000-08:00

A shy...

...a very, very shy girl, who...

... sometimes smokes...

...eats a lot of biscuits...

...waits and waits...

...for her true love...

...and is visited by fairies, when it's dark...

This is the kind of girl that I am, actually, apart from the fact that fairies do not visit me that often! A small and a bit silly photo shoot I did with my sister (again) yesterday evening, inspired mainly by those wonderful lace gloves I found in carnival-costume store....

...and some music recommendations , two albums that are my current life soundtrack.

1. Lisa Hannigan- ''Sea Sew''. She's a young irish folk-singer, who did vocals in both Damien Rice's albums. If you like his stuff, then it's sure that you're going to love this!

2. Tom Waits-''Closing Time''. He's probably my favorite musician of all times and so I don't believe that there's something that he has done and I don't like. This album is one of his first ones and definitely his most romantic one. For a person like me, who's feeling so very uninspired the last couple of weeks, this is perfect!

Thats all for today. I'm sorry for this short post but I'm terribly busy with school and other bothersome things as such.

Hope you all have a great sunday!

It's going to be the bluest night, you have ever had.

2009-02-22T06:54:00.000-08:00

''It was almost six o'clock, you thought you arrived very early. How wrong you were. He is already there waiting for you. He smiles to you. . You go inside the circus tent with him to watch the performance. Circus has always scared you, but not this evening...

...after the show he invites you to his place. ''Let's watch Gilda'' he says...

... the movie ends. He asks you if you're hungry. You reply yes. He opens the door of his old blue fridge. ''It's empty'' he says. You laugh

You go to a diner instead. He buys you dinner. You both are silent. Suddenly, you spill some ketchup on your pale blue dress. You feel so embarrassed. He laughs and says: ''Let's get out of here''...

...You walk silently for a while. There's music in air. He buys you some ice cream too. The ice cream is blue...

...You suggest: ''How about dancing?'' He takes you to a forgotten nightclub. You slow dance to the blue-haired lady's singing...

... He leads you to a door. He says: ''I'll show you the moon...''

Then you wake up.

I'm really sorry for this lynchian nonsense and my terrible english.

Does anyone else think that blue is a very dreamy color?

I'll be where you can't see, somewhere I can't be found, my little underground

2009-02-20T08:29:00.000-08:00

Hello sugars, I think I have a lot of things to show and tell today!

I have been tagged by the lovely Indie.Tea to make a list of eight people, dead or alive, that I would invite to a fantasy dinner party and tell why I chose them. So, I did a slightly bizarre list...

1. David Lynch

He's my hero and the most special guest! I don't know if you people are familiar with his films but I have to say that he's one of a kind!

2. Andre Breton

Beacuse he would give the whole party a very... surreal touch!

3. Gloria Swanson

Because she's still big. It's the pictures that got very very small! By the way, I adore that picture of her.

4. Francis Bacon

My favorite painter, by far and in my opinion one of the few artists that managed to capture so much emotion and pain into their works...

5. Syd Barrett

Shine on, you crazy diamond! A wonderful and very inspiring musician with a tragic story. I don't think that anyone ever understood him but i guess there's gonna be a lot of crazyness in our little soire that he'll not feel very lonely! ;p

6. Weegee (aka Arthur Falling)

Ok, many of you may have already notice my obsession with black and white photographs. Well, Weegee is the man! I'd love to learn some of his secrets ...

7. Johnny Depp

He's one of the coolest people alive, no doubt about it (or at least he was 10 years ago, before jack sparrow and hollywood!) I especially want him to be the character he played in Jim Jarmush's ''Dead Man'' for this evening!

8. Lewis Carroll

I'd really love to find out how his mind worked! I wish I had such a beautiful mind too!

I'll tag:

*princess daisy

*messy maisies

*sparkles and crumbs

p.s: i really need someone to tell me how can I make names of blogs and bloggers clickable! I'm pathetic I know but technology is just too much for me!

Some of my work now (No time and inspiration for photo shoots this week, I'm terribly sorry):

Also, Micaela from The Drifter and the Gypsy, one of the most beautiful blogs- most of you agree with me, I believe- gave my blog an award:

Thank you so so so much, dearie!

And finally some things that I'm liking right now:

Rodney, oh Rodney! I need some of his talent immediately!

I feel very very inspired by The Jesus and Mary Chain lately. ''Some Candy Talking'' is THE song. Download, download!

Oh and Jessica Stam!, I'm not really into models and stuff, but I think she's really beautiful and has done a lot of glorious editorials.

I found this picture yesterday on weheartit.com . I don't know to who it belongs but it's so haunting and unsettling that I can't stop staring at it!

My funny valentine

2009-02-14T04:47:00.000-08:00

''Hey little girl, is your daddy home?

Did he go away leave you all alone?''

A photo shoot I did with my sister yesterday. It did not turn out exactly as I wanted to (I had an Edie Sedgwick-like photo shoot in mind!), but I hope it's not entirely disappointing.
Oh and I love gliterry stars on cheeks!

Also, I think i have a HUGE crush on this flowery radio! If I had £200, this beauty would sooo decorate my room now!

If anyone else is interested, it can be found at www.cathkidston.co.uk

And a few pics for inspiration:

That's all for today, au revoir darlings!

Oh and happy valentine's day to you all (Although I have nothing ''special to do today) !

And she gave away the secrets of her past and said I've lost control again

2009-02-09T10:25:00.000-08:00

''Confusion in her eyes...

''...that says it all''

''She showed up all the errors and mistakes...''

''And how I'll never know just why or understand...''

''But she expressed herself in many different ways...''

''And walked upon the edge of no escape

until she lost control again...''

Ok, my first photoshoot ever, inspired by the glorious gerne of film noir, a typewriter and my friend's gorgeous curls...

Hope you like it!

The harmonicas play the skeleton key's in the rain

2009-01-27T07:24:00.000-08:00

Hi! I'm terribly sorry for such a late update, but really nothing much happened the past month. Oh well, apart from the fact that i started reading a Marie Antoinette biography. She's definitely a hero of mine so i'm kinda addicted to this book.

I also saw an incredibly beautiful movie two days ago called ''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. Guys, you must watch this! The direction and the costumes were so amazing and inspired and the script was ace ( although it somehow reminded me of ''Forrest Gump'')

BUT I have to warn you, it's a very depressing movie (gosh, I haven't cried in the movies for ages...) and very thought-provoking too. Since sunday I have been wondering how would life be be if we were born 80 years old and grew younger as the time passes. What do you think?

Ahhhh and the GOOD news! I finally bought a new photo camera, with a lense this time! i'm extremely happy but I have to say that I have some difficulties in learning how this thing works. I mean, I read all the instructions , a 2oo pages-booklet and I still feel a little lost. Technology is not my thing, I guess. Anyways I managed to take some pictures...

Here you are! (Please don't be too ''strict'' when judging them! It was the first time i used the camera! ;p)

Yea, yea I know boring. Pictures of trees and leaves and bicycles... But they make me feel relaxed in way! But don't worry, I have some photoshoot ideas in that messy brain of mine that may be more interesting. ;p

P.S: Title from Bob Dylan's ''Visions of Johanna''. I forgot to mention that i'm very very obsessed with this song lately. Its lyrics are just genius!

Like a door that keeps revolving in a half-forgotten dream

2008-12-30T09:06:00.000-08:00

Today-when I woke up, to be more precise- I felt the need to create something, anything! so I started to decorate my moleskine diary for 2009! I did that all morning and it felt so damn good! I know this sound a bit too much but in my rather horrible daily routine I don't have the time or the mind to do things like that... The photo is taken by me. Hope you like the semi-finished bob dylan page of the calender

I also watched '' A Bout de Souffle'' (the title in english is ''Breathless'' I think). Well, I thought it was a very nice movie but it's so very overrated! Seriously, it's not as good as it is said to be. I absolutely loved Jean Seberg though! I 've heard of her in the past but I was never really interested in her. Till today of course. What a beauty she was and what a tragic story she had.

Two very inspiring pictures of her

and for the end some lyrics of one of the dreamiest songs ever written. '' The Windmills of your Mind'' by Dusty Springfield- I like her version better!

Round

Like a circle in a spiral

Like a wheel within a wheel

Never ending or beginning

On an ever-spinning reel

Like a snowball down a mountain

Or a carnival balloon

Like a carousel thats turning

Running rings around the moon

Like a clock whose hands are sweeping

Past the minutes of its face

And the world is like an apple

Whirling silently in space

Like the circles that you find

In the windmills of your mind

I can hardly wait for...

2008-12-26T12:02:00.000-08:00

...''500 days of summer''! It's an upcoming romantic indie flick starring two of my favorite young actors who are definitely two of the coolest people in the movie business: The always adorable Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, known for his mad talent and good looks! The story goes like this: There's Summer who doesn't believe in love and doesn't really care for relationships and so on and on the other side there's Tom (I'm not sure about the name) who is hopeless romantic and falls madly in love with her! Sounds really cute and lovely to me but unfortunately it comes on the 24th of july in the u.s... which means a year after that in my country!

A couple of promoting photos that are out

I especially love this one ^^^. They are so cute!

She's making sure she is not dreaming

2008-12-26T10:05:00.000-08:00

So fellas, this is my first post and i have really no idea of what to write. The thing is that I decided to start this blog today and very but VERY spontaneously. Actually I wanted to start one since ages ago but I guess I was too lazy to do it. But now that school's out for christmas and I have plenty of free time -yay!- , heeeere I am!

OK enough with introduction, I believe I should talk a bit about myself. I'm Constance- it's actually my french/english version of my name (I prefer the french version by the way) but no one is calling me with my real greek name any more- and I'm still living with my parents with sucks! My life is boring most of the times BUT I have a huge imagination (be sure for that!) and good taste (aaaright you can disagree on that)

Oh and something really important about me! I get very easily obsessed with various things but this doesn't mean that when I eventually stop being obsessed with them I don't ike them any more. ''Without obsession life is nothing'' said John Waters, anyone else agrees with him besides me?

I'm currently obsessed with photography. I always was. You know some sort of eternal obsession! I love both takin' and lookin' at other people's (better) photos

Here are some cool ones (not mine):

This one is from ''Twin Peaks''. Mr Palmer gets crazy and plays golf in the living room!

The coolest photo I've seen in ages

I think this one is pretty sexy! hmmm?

That's all for today! Kinda stupid post I know but I promise I'll be more interesting in the future!

Oh shit, I forgot to comment on the third photo! Anyways, it's Kate Moss, very early 90s. I think this is her best photo shoot ...

P.SSSSSSS: I'm really sorry for any grammar or vocabulary mistakes. English is not my mother language