gentleness,
losing control,
sacredness,
the sudden sincerity in people's goodbyes
"faith, hope, and love"
beyond that
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regina spektor, bright eyes, death cab for cutie, simon and garfunkel, iron & wine, damien rice, nat king cole, duncan sheik, paper mache.., jewel kilcher,
[amaxing-Z-core genuine & poetic lyrics such as those of those.]
hayley westenra, Au4, Dido,
[exhilaratingly ethereal sounds like those of these artists.]
muse, clap your hands say yeah, the magnetic fields, imogen heap, frou frou, henry mancini,
[bewitchingly grooveful & happylatening sounds such as these.]
i have gone from train whistles...
to airplane wooshes...
to fog horns...
through cat bells & gentle voices of friends with whom i'm in love.
art that my life is rich enough to support, life that is rich enough to support my art,
because a little passion must remain unexherted,
because art drain sucks.
Jewel & Enya are each huge pieces of my history. to remain whole as i outgrow myself, i must note such things as this.
a few of my favourite music videos:
Blink 182's "I Miss You"
Regina Spektor's "Fidelity"
Kin Za Za's "i am a Dance"
Damien Rice's "Cannonball"
Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek"
Jewel's "You Were Meant For Me"
Evanescence's "My Immortal" and "Bring Me to Life"
Third Eye Blind's "Jumper" and "How's It Going To Be?"
Nelly Furtado's "Try"
Mandy Moore's "Extraordinary"
Matchbox 20's "Back 2 Good"
Madonna's "the Power of Goodbye"
Death Cab for Cutie's "Title and Registration"
Sigur Ros' "Glosoli"
Sia's "Breathe Me"
i love artsy/modern philosophical dramedies & psychological thrillers.
i
you should all see:
it's a wonderful life;
kal ho naa ho;
the last kiss;
tombstone
.
my life:
garden state;
girl, interrupted;
good Will Hunting;
i ♥ Huckabees;
a love song for Bobby Long;
Mona Lisa smile;
wings of desire;
.
i love:
[Disney]Cinderella;
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind;
hearts in Atlantis;
Hook;
Mononoke Hime;
white oleander
(to name just a few).
Aladdin;
Amelie;
Anna and the king;
[Disney]Beauty and the beast;
Benny and Joon;
Brokedown Palace;
Bruce Almighty;
the butterfly effect;
carousel;
charade;
crouching tiger, hidden dragon;
the emperor's new groove;
fiddler on the roof;
Forest Gump;
funny face;
Harriet the spy;
house of sand and fog;
little women;
Lord of the Rings;
the Matrix;
the Mouse that Roared;
my fair lady;
office space;
Princess Caraboo;
requiem for a dream;
[Disney] Robin Hood;
Roman holiday;
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer;
serendipity;
sleepless in Seattle;
Spiderman (i, ii);
steel magnolias;
13, going on 30;
the Truman Show;
what dreams may come;
:amaze me too.
i dislike:
cop flics;
dirty comedies;
Napoleon Dynamite;
Penny Serenade;
Will Ferrel comedies;
most comedies, actually.
not so much, but at some point or another:
Boy Meets World, Brooklyn Bridge, Cirque du Soleil, Dave the Barbarian (hey! don't knock it untill you've tried it!) Gilmore Girls, Monk, So You Think You Can Dance
the Bible, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, C.S. Lewis, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Shakespeare, J.R.R. Tolkein, classic British children's novels, character studies, fantasy/analytical sci-fi, books w/ no ill intending badguys or perfect heros, Chitra (sp?), charles dickens' the christmas carol, Borka.
go read Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect.
i have decided that children's books help me to dance, because of all the textures in the illustrations, among other things.
Shantel LaFountain
David Johnson
Anna Harbine
"without vision, the people perish."