I want a book cave...

In response to a blog post I read somewhere…

Tonight I’ve been cleaning.  Throwing away essays from my university days (oh, how I sound old), getting rid of stuff I haven’t looked at or even thought about for a few years.  I found a book containing poems I had written, starting back at school when I was about 16 I guess.  The last ones have dates.  2005.  It’s been a while.  I might post some up here – there are about 40 of them, closed in their book, they haven’t been viewed by anyone else.  Some are completely cringe worthy.  Others, are perfect - I can recall exactly how I felt when I wrote them.  I mean, some are very bitter, sharp, but then I can be, so I love them for capturing this about myself.

But, to the point of this post.  Do not dilly dally any longer Melissa.  In response to a blog post I was reading which was looking at the meaning of saying ‘I love you’, I post this, one of the poems found in my 2B5 exercise book:

I love you?
What does ‘I love you’ mean?
What is ‘love’?
Is ‘love’ feelings?
Is ‘love’ actions?
Is ‘love’ born out of attraction?
Is ‘love’ a purely human thing?
Is ‘love’ natural?
Is ‘love’ constructed?
How do we know we are in ‘love’?
Who named ‘it’ ‘love’?
Why is ‘it’ called ‘love’?
Does ‘love’ come from inside us?
Is ‘love’ really something that you can give or receive?
Is ‘love’ definable?
Do I ‘love’ you?
Do you ‘love’ me?

 

So, I like the conclusion you came to about ‘love’ dear blog post writer.  You are not the only person in the universe to ponder such a thing.  I think love is very individualistic.  If you’re lucky you may find someone who is able to articulate a shared point of view about it.  If you want to continue to explore ‘love’, I am happy to grow, question, share and develop my understanding with you.

Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed

Just for you…

Hmmm.  I feel like posting up the tracks that make up my favourite playlist at the moment.

Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar

Cross Stitch Letter Art

So, I just got the July/August edition of Inside Out magazine.  in it they feature the home of Australian designer Tamara Maynes.  It’s quite cool – quirky, crafty.  It appeals to me.  I like the bus blind curtain she has.  Some cross stitch caught my eye.  It’s very plain, simple cross stitch, but I like. 

 
Personally I love the black fabric and the simplicity of hanging the stitching in its plain wooden stretcher.  I want to make my own.  I quite like the oversized letters.  I’m thinking the initials of people who live in a house together and they each get to choose the colours of their initials.  I get to pick 3 colours for my initials and who knows what the other people will choose.  I think that is the art in it – the colours will reflect the people who live in the place.  I think it would be cute it it was just a couple – 6 or so letters.  Tamara Maynes only has 3 letters hanging on her wall and it looked sweet.  I think the amount in the picture above is over kill.  But, overall me likes.