Thursday 1 September 2011

By lamp light...

I’m sitting in a room in my house where the light doesn’t work. We had a leak and since then…it just doesn’t turn on. So when my dad turned off all the lights in the other rooms before he went to bed, I was left with just a lamp, and my laptop light. Of course I could turn the kitchen light on if I wanted more light, but I don’t want to. I’m liking the dark. I’m liking the way that the lamplight makes things look prettier.

So I’m sitting in the lit darkness, looking through this blog post by Kayley and feeling inspired, and then I look at my write and see the deathly hallows symbol, and start thinking about how none of the hallows are really, good things; even the invisibility cloak…that’s really about hiding and although that maybe sensible, it’s not a good value to take into your life.

So then I started thinking about what good things the deathly hallows could represent, and wrote those on my arm under the symbol. And then I filmed a video about it. Now I’m downloading music for a video about the outfit I wore to Nottinghill Carnival, and writing this blog post.

I’ve been feeling tired all day…but now it almost feels nice. The sleepyness feels restful and dream like, while my eyes itching feels very…human.



I’ve done a lot of planning today. Planning for a few days ahead; some things I will do and many things I hope to write and make before I go to university and life gets very busy and I can’t write and make things for a while. And planning more long term; I chose my university classes (I, in a very Hermione Granger esque way, put down far more classes than I need to take)…though I’m sure I will change my mind and redo things later.
The future seems exciting to me right now.

I’m also working on my “Performance Theory Work Book” for a drama qualification that I’m taking. I’m starting to remember that this isn’t just a dreary task; it’s actually something that can be creative and interesting. It’s about time. It’s about dealing with the lack of time and making the most of the time we have.
I’m liking the darkness and the half light. It’s pretty. The light and shadows on my hands look pretty as I’m typing this.

Now I’m going to post this and then go back to editing the video, and then hopefully post that and then sleep. And then I’ll wake up and it will be light again and I’ll start another day.