27.8.14

Museums are the shit (if I do say so myself)

If I do say so myself, If I do say so myself. 
They have also been my soul playground these past two months. 
                   
                                                          ^ mmmhhhmmmm

July and August have been a reconciliation with creativity. I don't ever recall going to so many art museums to creativitate: to cultivate my creativity.
My creative garden was starting to rot- I wasn't taking very good care of it. Life distracted me from it and it began to wither away, a cold harsh winter ravaging it. The garden has always been there; it used to be a Versailles. Now? It's rusty. Unattended, weed infested. 
I'm Mary Lennox has rediscovered her own secret garden; scary at first and somewhat overwhelming. But square by square I can still find some flowers, seeds budding and the birds have come back to sing. The garden is blossoming again.

What I'm saying is: I'm curing my head space once again.

Visiting these museums has been refreshing and oh so necessary. They remind me that it's okay. That it's good to make art. Or that it's good to make, period. 

And now my moleskine has been filling up with museum stickers! 
The outside are mostly all brazilian- the insides have some from Japan, Thailand and the US.
Also a little sketch I made (Gram and Cramps).

i wish I'd drawn that bottom right one- it's from this book below:


1 Page at a Time - go visit and follow him on tumblr *

I bought this book - which is due out in the US on October (the perks of being bilingual *wink wink*) and already  I know it will be a great companion on this renewing journey.  
My birthday's a couple of days away... This new year is already starting to take form. 

Back to museums...
The last one I went to was MAC USP - located in front/next to Ibirapuera Park. Henrique Oliveira's exhibition is phenomenal. I had fun walking in it and taking pictures (will post those up later).


That- however- doesn't stop me from taking and sharing selfies-the light was just right for what I had in mind. 


                                                 This is just the beginning.
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23.8.14

Bookish Meme

1. What author do you own the most books by?
I want to say Jane Austen, but I think Stephen King.

2. What book do you own the most copies of?
The Little Prince in different languages and versions.

3. What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Mr. Darcy, duh. And Atticus Finch.

4. What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children, i.e. Goodnight Moon does not count)?
The Little Prince, Lolita and The Bell Jar.

5. What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Probably any Babysitter's Club book

6. What is the worst book you’ve read in the past year?
The Five People you meet in Heaven. The premise of the story is great but besides that... 

7. If you could force everyone to read one book, what would it be?
Take a wild guess... Yep, The Little Prince

8. Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
Margaret Atwood

9. What book would you most like to see made into a movie? 
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

10. What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Shantaram by David Gregory Roberts unless it were made into a miniseries and even then... The book is worth reading and living.

11. Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I can't read thrillers, mystery, horror or suspense before going to bed. I can't help having nightmares (and not being able to fall asleep). When I read McCarthy's The Road all my dreams were ashen and grey and about survival with a random occasional zombie.
I once started to read Hogan and Del Toro's The Strain, but that wasn't going too well either. 

12. What is the most lowbrow book you’ve read as an adult?
I guess YA Literature? But why does lowbrow have to be a negative thing- I mean, I get that negative tone in this question (or is it just me?)

13. What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read?
Virginia Woolf is not an easy feat for me- the modernists in general. James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, granted I was 13 when I picked that up...

14. What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you’ve seen?
I don't think I've seen an obscure Shakespeare play. I've read them but not seen them.

15. Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
I am more familiar with the French (and biaes because I love everything that is French). I will have to delve deeper into the Russians. 

16. What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Contemporary and mostly anything that is not Latin American and from the English language. Oh, and non-fiction...

17. What is your favorite novel?
Ay, ay, ay! To Kill a Mockingbird, Little Women and/or Lolita.

18. Work of nonfiction?
See 16. Though I enjoyed The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.

19. Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Dan Brown.

20. What is your desert island book?
All of Harry Potter



20.8.14

                     "But all I could think about was him... Was he thinking about me?" 

                                    

1.8.14

Birthday Wishlist

We're an exact month away from yours truly's birthday. My, how time does fly! 

My mom has been bed ridden this whole week (she has some back problems) so, to get my mind off cooking and cleaning I decided to window shop online for a couple of items I have been lusting over.

*clears throat*

High waisted denim
Zara / Zara / H&M

Black Booties
H&M

Maxi Skirt
Zara

Black Pumps

Zara

Tops
Zara / H&M

Tote
Longchamp
I have a red one that's starting to look a little battered. I still use and love it though. 

Casual Sneaks
New Balance

Knits
Zara / H&M

Sunglasses
Ray Ban

The Birks
( that's what I'm calling them)
Birkenstock


LBD (Long Black Dress)
H&M

Sport Essentials
The bottoms, trousers that is
H&M / H&M

Etc...

Ultraviolence CD 

Twin Peaks DVDs

Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000 Photo Book


All this to help you pick the right gift. I'm not picky ;)

I kid, I kid. It's funny; just by compiling them all together in picture form on my blog, I feel I already own them. 
That's a little sad, isn't it?
But I guess that's how indulgences work sometimes.

With the month of August still ahead, I have yet to make the best of my remaining days as a 26 year old. Blurgh!

Happy August!
Here is some Louise Hay wisdom- a month affirmation.