Something's Fishy

Hello!

I could not really sleep last night, so I decided to paint something with felt-tip pens again :P... And somehow I have to add, I didn't know AT ALL what I was going to paint, but it was FUN, I can tell you :)!!

Something's Fishy

Oh dear. :) I will not explain everything you will see in this picture, though. It reminds me of my "ideal X-mas", although, yes, although I am NOT a fish. Also, I like the other fish doing striptease XD.

Below the X-mas tree, you can even read the words "Something's Fishy", and something REALLY is fishy about this picture. On the TV screen, you can see Kevin screaming because he is home alone... It is available on DVD in 3D now. With subtitles! And extras! Buy it! Buy! BUY!

Also, the fireplace reminds me of Harry Potter for some odd reason (Although I didn't want it to look like this, but it still does... Damnit!!).

I hope you had a night filled with sleep and/or filled with something you liked doing, dears! Have a lovely day and see you again soon!! 

MAYBE...

Am thinking about how to phrase this. Would anybody here would be up for a collaboration on a musical project? I must say, I'd LOVE to participate in FAWM, but then again - Why should I want to wait so long (until February)?

My personal downside right now is that I have no real means to record my singing / my guitar playing. Mainly I write music using a certain program on my PC. I'd love to really work on music with others, no matter if "in person" or "online"...

The mere thought of this just brings joy to my heart. I don't care much about YOUR level of playing your instrument / singing, I think the fun should be the most important point... I must say, I tried installing Audacity quite often and always had trouble with that (The speakers wouldn't work anymore afterwards. D:), but maybe... I can find a solution?

Any instrument would be welcome :D. Genre-wise I am not really focused on "one genre"; it depends on what you guys want to play / what your influences are and I'd just try to mix them together with mine, so that we'd have a totally unique style (In my eyes, probably the best way to go about it!)...

So, all you people, who'd like to participate? :) Please send me a message if you do want to: senor_rina [at] gmx [dot] net (Without the spaces and such!)... Have a lovely day everybody & keep rocking!! ^_^

何の花開いた・・・・・・?

Hello again.

I hope everybody is fine...

Does anybody here know of a challenge based on creative projects I could participate in? It can be anything from drawing / painting, to writing, to composing music, to taking photographs, to sewing, to knitting, to whatever... I just want to share more with you, and I figure a challenge is always welcome nowadays :D. It would enable me to share more of the progress and results I came up with...

Beside that, I really feel more like sharing stuff in tutorials recently. Not just posting the results of what I have done but really sharing how one can come up with their own version? :)

I thought I could share anything from "How to compose a song?" to "How do I make my own tarot spread?" to anything... I must admit, though, I don't really like thinking in boundaries. Even with making music, I have the feeling that e. g. studying harmony doesn't always help you, as there are also exceptional pieces of musical art out there which are e. g. atonal or that use more than just one rhythmic pattern. I have experienced the latter, for example, at the discotheque from time to time, when trying to dance to some songs, and then there were sudden changes of rhythm (e. g. 4/4 became 3/4), and I had trouble keeping up with the dancing...

However, if anybody wants to start writing their own music, I really would love to help. I am by no means a professional teacher, I am more self-taught in music theory than I have ever learned while studying musicology (Which I did at some point in my life, for only one year though.). And I do think harmony can help you with this, even though in the course of time, you maybe will recognise that you are much more free than you maybe have thought :).

So, I am off to search for a good challenge now :D. And think about some tutorials to write for you. If anybody knows of anything, tell me~.

Spellbound...

Hey-dee-ho my dears!

How have you all been doing? I have got some news for you... Maybe not really intriguing, but still NEWS.

At first, I participated in this years NaNoWriMo. I made it through the first days, and wrote most likely about half the words expected (Currently, I am unsure, but I wrote more than 25,000 words). I hope if anybody of you guys participated, that you had a great time; it was surely great for me. There were various reasons I didn't write more, though. I felt like a real failure afterwards, because I didn't make it, but I really had a hard time coming up with much else. I felt that the story I wrote was finished after these 25,000+ words I wrote, too. All in all, it was a dilemma, but I loved getting to write that much :)... Now I am thinking about really revisiting the story, working on it more, and still, well, finishing it? And that is probably the best outcome I could have gotten from NaNoWriMo.

Also, one of the personal conclusions I got off the challenge was that it is not a bad thing to be "not in control" of one's life that much, that, in fact, it is the best way to re-kindle with all kinds of passions one has in life. :) Maybe some of you felt the same, especially since i did not really have a "guideline" for my story, which may also have been a bit tough in the end, but still!

Has anybody of you participated? Did you learn anything from participating (now or beforehand)? I'd really love to hear about that.

Then, I finished one more item off my 101/1001 list (writing 10 poems). That poem which got me there, is the following (translation below as always!):
 

Ein Schritt zurück

Fuß um Fuß setz' ich nach vorne
Dennoch gehe leer ich aus
Ich sage, spreche, rede immer
Doch geh'n mir nie die Wörter aus

Ich sage "nein", will nicht verletzen
Beleidigt geht er nur nach haus
Ich sage "ja", will niemand töten
Weinend reißt sie sich heraus

Ich tue nichts und tue alles
Und sehe jeden Fehler ein
Ich wünschte nur, da wären keine
Ich fühl' mich nutzlos und so klein

Fuß um Fuß setz' ich nach vorne
Schwöre mir, nie steh'n zu bleiben
Die Warnung überhör' ich wirklich
Will keine Sorg' mir einverleiben

Fuß um Fuß, die Strecke lang
Wie lang muss ich noch gehen?
Jeder Schritt ein Schritt zurück
Wann seh' ich Fahnen wehen?

Fuß um Fuß, Leben geht weiter
Die Angst ist ein beliebter Gast
Fuß um Fuß, hinab die Leiter
Solange bis man sich selbst hasst

Jeder Schritt ein Schritt zurück
Ins Land, in dem ich noch Mut hatte
In dem die Fehler mich nicht störten
Wann ich eintreffe, wär mir Latte

Doch leider geht das Leben rund
Ich steh' daneben, am Abgrund
Ich will doch leben, eine Stund
Keine Fehler und kein Mund

***

Translation (rough!):

A step back

Step by step I'm walking onwards
But I am walking empty-handed nevertheless
I am saying, speaking, talking always
But never I am short of words

I'm saying "no", don't want to harm
He's returning home offendedly
I'm saying "yes", don't want to murder
She's removing herself, crying

I'm doing nothing and doing it all
And admitting every mistake (I make)
I only wish there wouldn't be any
I'm feeling useless and so small

Step by step I'm walking onwards
Swearing to myself not to come to a stop
I'm really ignoring the warning
Don't want to swallow any sorrow

Step by step, the path long
How long do I have to walk on?
Every step a step back
When will I see flags waving?

Step by step, life goes on
The fear is a popular guest
Step by step, down the ladder
Until one hates oneself

Every step a step back
Into the land where I had courage
Where the mistakes didn't matter
The time of arrival wouldn't matter to me

However sadly, life goes round
I'm standing (somewhere) off, at the abyss
I just want to live, for an hour
No mistakes and no mouth

***

So, that's that for now. As X-mas is approaching, I wish each and everyone reading the best X-mas (whether you celebrate it or not) EVER :D.

Love,

~R.