Poetry Inspiration: Hope, Emily Dickinson

A friend of mine recently posted this poem (a favorite of mine from college) on Facebook, and I thought I would share it here...

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

Music Inspiration: First Day of My Life, Bright Eyes

Inspiration Board #278: Game Day

Decorating for Valentine's Day: Extreme Edition!

This certainly is the "House That Love Built." Jennifer Brouwer was hired to transform this client's house into a Valentine's Wonderland, and I think it's safe to say she went above and beyond all expectations!







And the great thing is that many of these decorations (the curtains, ottomans, mirrors, vases, etc.) can be used any time of the year!

Inspiration Board #277: Strawberries & Cannolis

Reading Inspiration: The Dream Keeper, Langston Hughes

Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamer,
Bring me all your
Heart melodies
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world.

Music Inspiration: Falling in Love At a Coffee Shop, Landon Pigg

ImagineNations Globes

Globes with character! Okay, everybody knows that globes are just neat anyway, but ImagineNations really upped the anty here by hand-crafting one-of-a-kind, made-to-order vintage globes. Each one is hand-painted and absolutely stunning!





You can even buy D.I.Y. art kits to personalize your globes!

Pets

Travel

Genealogy

Inspiration Board #276: Sultry Winter

Inspiration Board #275: A City Affair

Inspiration Board #274: Cheers!

Inspiration Board #273: Stormy Heart

Top 10 Best Movies of 2011

...And some recent ones I've seen this year that are MUST sees!

10. Crazy Stupid Love



9. Like Crazy



8. Hugo



7. The Descendents



6. Larry Crowne



5. 50/50



4. One Day



3. Midnight in Paris



2. Water for Elephants



1. The Help



And the two you have to see so far in 2012...

1. The Artist



2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close



Now go cuddle up and watch one of these great movies!

Reading Inspiration: From "First Poems," Rainer Maria Rilke

Understand, I'll slip quietly
Away from the noisy crowd
When I see the pale
Stars rising, blooming over the oaks.
I'll pursue solitary pathways
Through the pale twilit meadows,
With only this one dream:
You come too.

Music Inspiration: By Your Side by Sade

The Remake Project

Students in the Remake Project were inspired by famous paintings through their photography. The results are quite amazing!



“Le Désespéré” remake by Stefano Telloni

“Composition With Red, Blue and Yellow” remake by Katie Jackson


“Self Portrait 1889″ remake by Seth Johnson



“Olympia” remake by Natalie Pereira

“Man in a blue turban” remake by Radu Pilat

Reading Inspiration: Dame La Mano by Gabriela Mistral

In Spanish:

Dame La Mano

Dame la mano y danzaremos;
Dame la mano y me amaras.

Como una sola flor seremos,
como una flor, y nada mas.

El mismo verso cantaremos,
al mismo paso bailaras.

Coma una espiga ondularemos,
coma una espiga, y nada mas.

Te llamas Rosa y yo Esperanza:
pero tu nombre olvidaras,
porque seremos una danza
en la colina, y nada mas.

In English:

Give Me Your Hand

Give me your hand and give me your love,
give me your hand and dance with me.
A single flower, and nothing more,
a single flower is all we'll be.

Keeping time in the dance together,
singing the tune together with me,
grass in the wind, and nothing more,
grass in the wind is all we'll be.

I'm called Hope and you're call Rose:
but losing our names we'll both go free,
a dance on the hills and nothing more,
a dance on the hills is all we'll be.

Christmas Song #10: Eyes of A Child, Air Supply

Christmas Song #9: Christmas is All Around, Billy Mack

Listen to this "turd of a record" - from the fabulous holiday movie, Love Actually!

Christmas Song #8: The Chipmunk Song