i've never been one for music videos. i feel that if a piece of music speaks to you, you don't need imagery to aid your emotions. but this video. wow. this is something else entirely.
Thursday, 12 February 2015
elastic heart, sia
i've never been one for music videos. i feel that if a piece of music speaks to you, you don't need imagery to aid your emotions. but this video. wow. this is something else entirely.
Sunday, 8 February 2015
It's just one of those days...
...where you just want to get away.
I want to sell everything I have, bar a few essentials, and use it to buy a plane ticket to somewhere. Somewhere I've ever been, somewhere I've never even heard of. I want to pack uni and work in, stick up a middle finger to assessments and evaluations that mean, in the big world, fuck all.
Of course, I'd let the few people that matter know what I'm doing. But not to contact me, not even tell them where I'll be or when I'll be back. I'd tell them I'd be okay and say I'd call when I do come back at some point.
I'd get on that plane and just go. I want to watch the clouds, the sea, the people below me and wonder what's coming up next. When I land, my feet will touch foreign soil, my lungs will take in unfamiliar air. New sights, sounds, smells and touches will overload and take my senses hostage. I'll let it; and revel in it.
I want to be somewhere new. I want to be someone new.
I want to sell everything I have, bar a few essentials, and use it to buy a plane ticket to somewhere. Somewhere I've ever been, somewhere I've never even heard of. I want to pack uni and work in, stick up a middle finger to assessments and evaluations that mean, in the big world, fuck all.
Of course, I'd let the few people that matter know what I'm doing. But not to contact me, not even tell them where I'll be or when I'll be back. I'd tell them I'd be okay and say I'd call when I do come back at some point.
I'd get on that plane and just go. I want to watch the clouds, the sea, the people below me and wonder what's coming up next. When I land, my feet will touch foreign soil, my lungs will take in unfamiliar air. New sights, sounds, smells and touches will overload and take my senses hostage. I'll let it; and revel in it.
I want to be somewhere new. I want to be someone new.
Ships.
Relationships and friendships, to be more precise.
Like a ship, things begin to sink when there is too much cargo. Now, when this happens, you have several options.
1. You can jump ship. You can hop into a little boat and sail away. You're safe and on the way to dry land. However, you leave behind your crew. You leave behind the cargo. You leave the terrible terrible situation behind. It's not your problem any more. A clean break.
2. Walk the plank. Now, if you want to save your ship and your cargo, you can always make your crew walk the plank. Yeah, you'll lose the people who support you, but you have your beloved ship and your precious cargo for company. Cosy, right?
3. Go down with it. They say the captain goes down with the ship. However, in your pride, you take down your ship, crew and cargo with you. Everything sinks.
4. Drop the cargo. Now, this cargo may be valuable, it may mean a lot. The satisfaction of winning an argument, getting the last word in, proving something wrong. In one's ego, these can seem very important. But you think. Is this 'valuable' load, really that valuable? Is it more important than your ship or your crew?
When there is too much history, too much hurt, too much misunderstanding, relationships sink. The weight of such things, like the weight of a ship's cargo, pull everything and everyone else down with it.
A selfish captain would choose option one; they now have nothing and no one to worry about but themselves.
A greedy captain would choose option two; they save themselves, their ship and their cargo, but sacrifices the crew.
A proud captain would choose option three; everything they've worked for has not been destroyed but anyone else, but themselves.
A true captain chooses option four.
If you were the captain, what would you choose?
Like a ship, things begin to sink when there is too much cargo. Now, when this happens, you have several options.
1. You can jump ship. You can hop into a little boat and sail away. You're safe and on the way to dry land. However, you leave behind your crew. You leave behind the cargo. You leave the terrible terrible situation behind. It's not your problem any more. A clean break.
2. Walk the plank. Now, if you want to save your ship and your cargo, you can always make your crew walk the plank. Yeah, you'll lose the people who support you, but you have your beloved ship and your precious cargo for company. Cosy, right?
3. Go down with it. They say the captain goes down with the ship. However, in your pride, you take down your ship, crew and cargo with you. Everything sinks.
4. Drop the cargo. Now, this cargo may be valuable, it may mean a lot. The satisfaction of winning an argument, getting the last word in, proving something wrong. In one's ego, these can seem very important. But you think. Is this 'valuable' load, really that valuable? Is it more important than your ship or your crew?
When there is too much history, too much hurt, too much misunderstanding, relationships sink. The weight of such things, like the weight of a ship's cargo, pull everything and everyone else down with it.
A selfish captain would choose option one; they now have nothing and no one to worry about but themselves.
A greedy captain would choose option two; they save themselves, their ship and their cargo, but sacrifices the crew.
A proud captain would choose option three; everything they've worked for has not been destroyed but anyone else, but themselves.
A true captain chooses option four.
If you were the captain, what would you choose?
Friday, 23 January 2015
lonely girl, tonight alive
tell me how it feels to watch your friends give up
i was on your side
i stood by you
so go ahead and leave it's just like you
the negative one, slipknot
fire and caffeine, a lot of nicotine
i'm gonna burn so i better tell you everything
the competition, the superstition
never mind cause you're never gonna give in
it's a crisis, just how you like it
the same drama in a different disguise
i'm bound to walk with a target on my back
at least i'm ready for another attack
tell me how it feels to watch your friends give up
i was on your side
i stood by you
so go ahead and leave it's just like you
the negative one, slipknot
fire and caffeine, a lot of nicotine
i'm gonna burn so i better tell you everything
the competition, the superstition
never mind cause you're never gonna give in
it's a crisis, just how you like it
the same drama in a different disguise
i'm bound to walk with a target on my back
at least i'm ready for another attack
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
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