Another Big Long Post (One Might Be Tempted to Call It Magnum Sized...)
I have been in a straaange mood all day today...
I blame this:
Seriously...I woke up too late to catch the bus, but too early to drive in, so I check my f-list and what's at the top? Gackt condoms, that's what. How could something that strange (and hilarious) not set an odd tone for the rest of the day? (Not that I'm complaining!)
Which brings me to my next task, since I got distracted by a biiig project yesterday:
GACKT Icon Advent:
December 14th, 2009
December 15th, 2009
The second one was inspired by something else that I found on my f-list. An interview in which Gackt says some things that actually made my heart flutter a bit...Thanks to amaiakuyume for the translations:
"Meeting my friends and music became my salvation.
In that time, what supported me, what was my salvation was music.
I played piano since I was three years old, but quit when I was ten. But there was a boy I met in the first year of middle school. That kid was a mischievous guy like I was, but one day, when I went to his house to hang out, there was a grand piano inside, and when I made him play it, he was amazingly good. The truth was, his parents were conservatory piano teachers, and he had received a special education since he was three years old.
But I had also learned piano from three years old. So it was terribly mortifying (laughs). I'd thought I was his match, but that I was losing to him at piano was so vexing, I practised like my life depended on it from then on. I went to a music store and bought extremely difficult scores, thinking "If I can play this, I'll beat him" (laughs).
I practised from morning until night. And while I practised, I came to understand the fascination that music held. Music became kind of fun.
So for three years in middle school, I did music. Before I knew it I was addicted to music, and started doing things like writing orchestral scores all by myself. I think it would have been good even if it wasn't piano. If a person has even one thing which they can be engrossed with, that can be their salvation.
To me, I think his existence, and the feeling of not wanting to lose to him that was my gateway to music, was my reason for living at the time, and thinking about it now, my salvation."
and
"When I searched for the reason for my existence, I found nothing but music...Thanks to the person who guided me, always teaching me this, I decided to try searching for the purpose of my birth, the purpose of my existence. But when I asked myself, what do I have in my hands right now, there was nothing but music."
I've never felt closer to a complete stranger than I did after reading that...Which is odd, because I think it's really dumb for me to feel this attached to someone I've never met. It's just amazing to me that someone out there really feels that same connection to music that I do...It's actually very inspiring.
That brings me to what distracted me for most of the weekend. After posting my crybaby "what do I do!?" whiner post, I began to think on how I can inspire myself to begin working harder towards my goals. I want to tell my fear and insecurities to take a hike! So I remembered a project I started for a class a few months ago and never got around to finishing. For the class, we had to come up with a name for our business or band and research whether or not somebody had already claimed the name. My idea came back clear (so far!) and so I began to draw up the logo. The drawing wasn't required for class, so once it was lined out, I scanned it into my computer and set it aside until I could have more time to clean it up.
This was the result
Oh! Before I forget...This is the last thing, I swear!
Namie Amuro's PV for Defend Love is on Youtube...
It's not the best quality, but you get the idea:
I blame this:
Seriously...I woke up too late to catch the bus, but too early to drive in, so I check my f-list and what's at the top? Gackt condoms, that's what. How could something that strange (and hilarious) not set an odd tone for the rest of the day? (Not that I'm complaining!)
Which brings me to my next task, since I got distracted by a biiig project yesterday:
GACKT Icon Advent:
December 14th, 2009
December 15th, 2009
The second one was inspired by something else that I found on my f-list. An interview in which Gackt says some things that actually made my heart flutter a bit...Thanks to amaiakuyume for the translations:
"Meeting my friends and music became my salvation.
In that time, what supported me, what was my salvation was music.
I played piano since I was three years old, but quit when I was ten. But there was a boy I met in the first year of middle school. That kid was a mischievous guy like I was, but one day, when I went to his house to hang out, there was a grand piano inside, and when I made him play it, he was amazingly good. The truth was, his parents were conservatory piano teachers, and he had received a special education since he was three years old.
But I had also learned piano from three years old. So it was terribly mortifying (laughs). I'd thought I was his match, but that I was losing to him at piano was so vexing, I practised like my life depended on it from then on. I went to a music store and bought extremely difficult scores, thinking "If I can play this, I'll beat him" (laughs).
I practised from morning until night. And while I practised, I came to understand the fascination that music held. Music became kind of fun.
So for three years in middle school, I did music. Before I knew it I was addicted to music, and started doing things like writing orchestral scores all by myself. I think it would have been good even if it wasn't piano. If a person has even one thing which they can be engrossed with, that can be their salvation.
To me, I think his existence, and the feeling of not wanting to lose to him that was my gateway to music, was my reason for living at the time, and thinking about it now, my salvation."
and
"When I searched for the reason for my existence, I found nothing but music...Thanks to the person who guided me, always teaching me this, I decided to try searching for the purpose of my birth, the purpose of my existence. But when I asked myself, what do I have in my hands right now, there was nothing but music."
I've never felt closer to a complete stranger than I did after reading that...Which is odd, because I think it's really dumb for me to feel this attached to someone I've never met. It's just amazing to me that someone out there really feels that same connection to music that I do...It's actually very inspiring.
That brings me to what distracted me for most of the weekend. After posting my crybaby "what do I do!?" whiner post, I began to think on how I can inspire myself to begin working harder towards my goals. I want to tell my fear and insecurities to take a hike! So I remembered a project I started for a class a few months ago and never got around to finishing. For the class, we had to come up with a name for our business or band and research whether or not somebody had already claimed the name. My idea came back clear (so far!) and so I began to draw up the logo. The drawing wasn't required for class, so once it was lined out, I scanned it into my computer and set it aside until I could have more time to clean it up.
This was the result
Oh! Before I forget...This is the last thing, I swear!
Namie Amuro's PV for Defend Love is on Youtube...
It's not the best quality, but you get the idea:
Click to view