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Emma

The end is the start

About Me

Like everybody, there's the public and private me. I write my thoughts down. Sometimes I write lucidly. It's always lyrical. I've always wondered what life is all about; what's at the end of the universe or can it have no borders like a dream?

My Interests

Music, psychology, mysticism, theology, philosophy, English literature, Art.

I'd like to meet:

Musicians, poets, artists, creators, clowns, jokers, dancers, jugglers

Music:

Pink Floyd, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Basement Jaxx, Led Zeppelin, Smashing Pumpkins, The Doors, Chemical Brothers, Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem, Prince, and many more

Movies:

I love comedies because I like to laugh. Fantasy too. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Indiana Jones 'Temple of Doom', Back to the Future 2, Goonies, Starsky and Hutch, Zoolander - any Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson movie, Star Wars, The Matrix, The Producers(Original), Big Lebowski, The Usual Suspects, Pulp Fiction, Being John Malkovich, Shawshank Redemption - L.A. Confidential, The Lives of Others, Alice in Wonderland cartoon over and over, Yellow Submarine, Hair, Trading Places, High Fidelity, John Cusack in general.

Television:

Family Guy

Books:

I'm after finishing writing a book myself - a teenage fiction novel. I love reading psychology books, anything to do with music, Roald Dahl, perception and the workings of the brain

Heroes:

Dalai Lama, Bill Hicks, Leonardo Da Vinci

My Blog

The world as a playground

What if the world was a stage and I was the castCasting my spells and charms with a blastI'd smile at strangers as I passed them on the streetTo my surprise my smile they'd greetWhat if life was a rol...
Posted by Emma on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:21:00 PST

A Pigeon's Worth

A Pigeon's Worth       Emilia Public: I never liked pigeons all that much.  Filthy, dirty, intrusive on my space and loitering everywhere I went.  Emilia Private: S...
Posted by Emma on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:57:00 PST

Satie, Jean Cocteau and Cage

"True tears are not shed over a sad page, but over the miracle of a word in exactly the right place.  Few are worthy to weep such tears."  Jean Cocteau   Discuss in relation to the wo...
Posted by Emma on Thu, 10 May 2007 07:29:00 PST

Seduced by Jazz

I was seduced by jazz this evening.  Walking down Trinity on a pretty regular day, then finding myself unexpectedly moved in a fourth dimension with a jazz piano player at its centre.  The d...
Posted by Emma on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:36:00 PST

Albert Einstein

"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend upon the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the measure as I have re...
Posted by Emma on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:29:00 PST