Saturday, 25 May 2013
Friday, 3 May 2013
Minimalist Disney Posters
I randomly came across these awesome minimalist posters made by Citron Vert on Deviant Art (http://citron--vert.deviantart.com/gallery/32447460?offset=0#). Being the die hard Disney fan that I am, I had to share.
Thursday, 2 May 2013
LOVE
Picture my good friend Edward (not Monkton) sent me.
Could not agree more. The trick is knowing which to choose at the right moment.
May Photo A Day
So I saw this on Instagram & thought it was a fantastic idea. It's pretty self explanatory - for every day of the month you take a picture to encapsulation the theme of the day. I've heard of these kinds of things but have never actively taken part in them until now. Challenge accepted!
I think it's such a great opportunity which challenges you to look out for certain things in your every day-to-day life & portray it in a unique & interesting way. I'm sure there are a few of them but the one I'm doing is above. I'll be uploading my pictures daily on Instagram @fantomdan so feel free to follow, like & comment, alternatively at the end of the month I will post all my pictures here & hopefully I'll have one or two half decent photos.
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Good Music = Good Lyrics
I first heard ‘Cough Syrup’ on season 3 of Glee. I loved the song so much that I played that part of the episode over & over again just to hear the song (not to mention Darren Criss is amazing). In the episode, it deals with homophobia & the pressure of bullying in high schools because of one’s sexuality. Inter-cutting the performance of the song with the victim (Dave Karofsky) was, in my opinion, a very effective way of amplifying the emotion behind the lyrics & getting a very powerful message across.
I really related to the song, not because of the story portrayed in Glee, but for my own reasons. That’s one of the great things about songs - lyrics are open to interpretation. For me, the song is about being overwhelmed by the pressures of life. Life isn’t always easy & we all struggle from time to time. Through double meanings & metaphors, the song comments on the emotions of feeling helpless against the circumstances in those situations. We’ve all been there & at the time I first heard this song, I was going through a bit of a rough patch myself & this song really just spoke to how I was feeling at that stage of my life. It’s debatable whether the song is morbid or not, but for me it’s inspirational in a sense. It reminds me that I’m not alone & everyone goes through tough times. I think we’ve all wanted someone or something to come and fix things but life doesn’t work like that & that’s kinda what makes life worth living - the fact that we can live & learn through the good and the bad.
That’s one of the things I’m most grateful for about Glee, is the fact that I have been introduced to so much music I’ve never heard before (good & bad), from different eras & from bands I knew little or nothing about. I’ll spare you on my thoughts on that & save that for another post. ;)
That’s it. Enough typing now. I’m heading home now. I count this as my first official blog post so hopefully it’ll be the first of many personal posts but I guess we’ll see. :) I hope at least 1 person actually took the time to read my rambling about a thought I had, but if not, that’s also okay. I did this for me and that’s all that counts. If you want to leave a comment to let me know your thoughts; whether you agree or disagree; or if you have had a similar experience with a song you’ve heard, I’d love to read about it. :)
On that note (pun intended), I’ll leave you with this quote:
“All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivate it.” - Jean Cocteau
~ Danny
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| Darren Criss as Blaine Anderson on Glee |
Joburg WE ARE ONE Colour Festival 2013
The first (and hopefully not the last) Joburg WE ARE ONE Colour Festival was held on Saturday at Emmarentia Dam in Johannesburg, South Africa. Thousands of people, dressed in white, came together to share in music, dance, performance art and visual stimulation. The experience was incredible! I had such a blast & I really hope it happens again in the next few years.
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| Before the colour storm |
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| Zoe with her very quirky Barbie mask bought at the event |
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| My sister, friends & I after our first colour countdown |
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| 3... 2... 1... WE ARE ONE! |
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| Our last glimpse of the colour zone as we were leaving |
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| Jenny & Zoe dancing to a bit of Hindu music |
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| Photo by my good friend Jenny of Terry-Leigh Photography: http://www.facebook.com/terryleighphotography?fref=ts |
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