posted by Silk_and_Velvet at 9:49 pm
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
About Me
- Name: Silk_and_Velvet
- Location: Berlin, Germany
....Übrigens übernehme ich keine Verantwortung für Inhalte externer Links, die ich auf meiner Seite poste.
What concerned me recently:
If you don't understand my silence you won't understand my words. I have a profound adoration for coconuts. My favourite drinks are red wine and milk. If heaven is filled with the kind of people you find in churches I don't think heaven's the place for me. I love films by Wong Kar-Wai and Tim Burton and the art of Salvador Dalì. People call them surrealists but to me their works show reality the way I see it. I believe in love at first sight, as I believe in friendship at first sight. The basis of optimism is sheer terror- that's why I am a devoted optimist. In my room there are two big maps of the world on my walls and a globe to remind me to see things from a relative perspective. I am just as materialistic as everyone else but really I hate depending on pleasures. When I was little I wanted to be an astronaut. Somehow I still do. As a child I could never fall asleep very well. Hasn't changed much. My birthday's on 6th of May. Secretly I'm always looking for someone with the same date of birth. I like swearing in English. I probably have a serious lack of discipline. It's 3 in the morning while I'm writing this and I don't feel like going to bed at all anymore tonight. I believe the reason why we are so attracted by candles is that each of us hopes to find our missing flame in the fire. I love looking at the stars. I believe plants have what people would call souls. I love surfing because I can feel the wind controlling the sail and if I don't pay attention to the slightest change then nature will always be stronger than me. It's true that you regret things you didn't do more than things you did do. I wonder why the heart and the brain contradict each other that often. I can't cope with being ignored. But that doesn't make me an attention seeker. I think patriotism is an illusion and there's no such thing as a national identity. I don't believe in borders. I don't understand how their life-style can change people and make them forget how to laugh. The only reason the Mona Lisa really is a good picture is because nobody understands her. I don't like phoning, there are only very few people I feel comfortable with on the phone. I hate using bookmarks but I can never remember the page..written some years ago.
TARANTELLA. Sad as he sits on the white sea-stone And the suave sea chuckles, and turns to the moon, And the moon significant smiles at the cliffs and the boulders. He sits like a shade by the flood alone While I dance a tarantella on the rocks, and the croon Of my mockery mocks at him over the wavesâ bright shoulders. What can I do but dance alone, Dance to the sliding sea and the moon, For the moon on my breast and the air on my limbs and the foam on my feet? For surely this earnest man has none Of the night in his soul, and none of the tune Of the waters within him; only the worldâs old wisdom to bleat. I wish a wild sea-fellow would come down the glittering shingle, A soulless neckar, with winking seas in his eyes And falling waves in his arms, and the lost soulâs kiss On his lips: I long to be soulless, I tingle To touch the sea in the last surprise Of fiery coldness, to be gone in a lost soul's bliss. D.H.LAWRENCE
11 Comments:
Nice Pic, It seems your into music, anything new coming out of Germany I wouldn't hear in the US that sounds good
Hey phlip, well just tell me what kind of music you're looking for, I won't know everything, especially as I'm in London at the mo'.
Oh, didn't know you were in London. I actually listen to XFM over the internet all day at work. You wouldn't believe how bad radio is here in the states.
poor you, phlip, I can tell from your blog you seem to be one of apparently few Americans not excessively patriotic about the U.S.! what's so bad about the radio? Just brainless pop music (my guess) to listen to? Nice workplace where you can listen to the radio, anyway.
I think you're confusing patriotic with jingoistic. I'm very patriotic, but I'm not jingoistic which means I don't wrap myself in the US flag blindly. As Mark Twain said, "Loyalty to the country always, loyalty to the government when it deserves it." Our current president, and the current republican backed government that follows him, is a shit stain on the history of our nation. The difference between the republicans and us Democrats is the way we see America. They see a bunch of dirt with dollars bills strewn around to exploit surrounded by some imaginary lines. We see a sea of faces, which deserves our attention, every last one of them. BTW, speaking of Twain, have you ever been to Lucerne, Switzerland to see the fountain he called the most beautiful thing in Europe? It commemorates the lost Swiss guards that were killed protecting Marie Antoinette.
jingoistic, wow I learned a new word now, thanks for that! I'll be using that on someone soon, I'm thinking of taking the piss out of some English people here in London.. it's rather easy to wind them up. Well I'm glad you can contribute at least a bit to rearranging the notoriously bad impression we Europeans have got of the Americans, it must be quite annoying for you. I imagine the first thing people ask you as soon as you reveal you're American is, what d'you think of Bush? Have you worked out a clever standard answer to that by now to shut people up? Anyway, I never worried you'd wrap yourself up in an American flag, you only ever get wrapped in it when you're dead, don't you..
Surprisingly enough (surprisingly because of my prejudice towards the American geography skills) you seem to know there are countries existing beside the States, even better than I do because I've never been to any neighbour countries of Germany except for France and the Netherlands but on my planned world trip (which will take me a life time, hopefully) I shall certainly drop by the nice fountain in Switzerland, then. Although I'm very careful about people saying: this is the most beautiful whatever thing, because they haven't actually EVERYthing, have they..? If it moved Mark Twain enough to make such a comment I believe it must be worth seeing.
Hey, she does not remember that she has been to Switzerland and Italy as well.
Mama.
Hi Aylin, I suppose you remember me, this is Meral from Izmir;
I’ve been watching your site since Kemal informed me . I’m proud that I’ve a relative like you. We were very worried about the attacks in London when you where there, but we decided once more that you are very brave and do not pay attention to such nonsense terror parade. Good luck in London, we’ll be in touch. Benal, Adnan and the kids are moving to Lousanne for two years at least and we said goodbye to them today for they’re leaving tomorow, this was a sad weekend for me as you can see. We wish to see you soon, byeeeee.
Hi Meral! If you're indeed following my site as closely as you said then I hope you'll read this. How are you, what are you doing, working? Wow, I was sooo happy to read some news from you, after all we never communicate as long as I'm not in Turkey to visit you. You should have written earlier, I was so surprised and it's good to know some people are actually reading what I write..!
That must be really sad for you, I've heard about Benal and her family moving and I wish them all the best. If you talk to them , give my love to them, hopefully they will return soon.
Actually, it's so strange how everyone I meet calls me brave for staying in London, while I don't think I'm being brave at all, it's just an ordinary thing to do, in my opinion. I'm just living my life like everyone else, try to experience as much as possible by travelling and staying in different places but there are so many people who are so much more brave than I am and who do such an amount of amazing things to help others, without even being appreciated for their work.
Anyway, keep in touch, Meral!
Try travelling and living in the 3rd world, that'll teach you a few experiences you'll never forget. The romantic notion that you europeans have of experiencing *all* the things life is as complete as the average american's knowledge of geography. It is actually revolting to see how exploitative your 'democratic' governments are of the rest of the world, and how unaware you, as individuals are of their policies and practices.
Apologies for the rant, you did'nt deserve it. But they needed expression and I managed to vomit them here...
hello anonymous person!
thanks for expressing your thoughts, that was the idea of my blog in the first place and now I got over the first little shock I can even reply to you..
I agree: I have no idea what kind of an experience it would be to live in the so called 3rd world because usually the media avoids to slam the truth into European faces and unless you dig deep to find out about it I agree most people stay ignorant for their whole life and just don't care even if they're shown pictures and stuff. And yes, I agree, the 3rd world is being exploited and I can't do much to change it. It has to stop and I am planning to do as much as I possibly can to go out and do something about it and help, even if the only thing I'll ever manage will be to create awareness of the situation in many countries.
It's interesting how you posted that comment on MY blog because due to many years of obesrving people in my environment I can say I've always been more aware and cared more about the 3rd world than others around me. I just consider it natural to think about others, while most people seem to care more about satisfying themselves as the top one priority.
Still, by the way, for my little self it's still an experience to be in London, even at home there are difficulties you have to cope with, no matter how small they might seem to the rest of the world.
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