Thus Far

Goodness! It has been ages since last I wrote!

Lets see, what has happened since then...

I finished school for the year...

I am enrolled in the local community college for the fall...

My dance performance came and went...

We spent several days picking strawberries for jam....

I am currently taking a summer intensive for ballet and jazz dance, three times a week from 9 to 12:45.

My Mother, little Brother and I will take a vacation up to Colorado later on in the month, which is exciting.

I have a job interview in the near future...

I am going on a picnic with my best friend Saturday. :)

 The garden is doing splendidly, I have already put up a batch or so of herbs for the winter.

My little brother and I have been watching quite a bit of Winnie the Pooh and Jakers... two favourites!

... Well, that is all the random events making up my summer holiday thus far. Hopefully from now on I can be more diligent in posting. :)

Have a lovely day!

Bright Star

Last night I had the opportunity to watch Bright Star for the first time.

It was simply beautiful.

The cinematography and art direction of the film was visually stunning.

The colours and costumes were beautiful.

The music breathtaking;

With John Keats' poetry sprinkled throughout.

Being somewhat of a dancer, I also enjoyed the ballet lesson in the movie.

I also appreciated the idea of Fanny making her own clothes. 

It rekindles the desire within me to start sewing again. 

Before I watched the movie, I was sure that I was going to cry.

I knew Keats was going to die.

Then I reached the last thirty minutes of the film; and a strange thing happened:

I thought I would cry, I wished I could cry; but no tears came.

The film touched my soul, and I mourned inwardly.

Deeper than tears can show.

Fanny Brawne: "I still don't know how to work out a poem."

John Keats: "A poem needs understanding through the senses. The point of diving into a lake is not immediately to swim to the shore but to be in the lake, to luxuriate in the sensation of water. You do not work the lake out, it is an experience beyond thought."