stars in her eyes

so, my navy blue and gray tie-dye leggings kind of inspired me tonight while plugging away in the lonely school computer lab. expect a series.

actually, it kind of reminds me of this as well.

listen:

long live great-grandfathers!

my great grandfather: johnny cree, 97.

river blues

montreal waters

bridge over montreal waters. a beautiful hazy but sunny day.

yum, brownies!

my great grandfather is organizing his house and we're going through everything. Now, for you to understand, this man is 97 years old. so that is basically 97 years worth of junk collected. now add on two wives, and you've got a buttload more! but although most may be junk, there are so many hidden treasures! i could also sit for hours in that house, going through things.. including 2 garbage bags full of old photographs. There are so many beautiful photos of unidentified people and places, lost and forgotten. some of the more beautiful ones I plan to take home and scan so they can be given a home, on the internet! and so they can bring joy to others once again.

speaking of bringing joy to others once again, i have collected a few fantastic items from the house.

one being a darling 1950's Kodak Brownie; an old 8mm video-camera complete with a little leather case. it is still in working condition and kodak still produces 8mm film that you can order online. when i get some time (moreso spare change) i plan to buy some and test this lil guy out!

but if that never happens, at least watch this beautiful music video made with old super 8mm footage found from a nikon camera that washed up on shore. perfect footage for the lovely song by the DBags.

hit the high road

a new photo website

just like i said, when i had more time to plan and got more serious about the upkeep of a blog, i would dedicate a blog solely to my photography.

all or most of the posts will be posted on duchess' website as well, but are much better viewed in the other blog. the blog is clean and simple, for better photo viewing. so if you only want to keep up with some of the photos i take, that's probably the best place to do so!

the new blog is:

http://marizagaspar.blogspot.com/

enjoy. :)

lady walk

some found objects/moments from my rainy walk with lady

unicorns?

im not going to question it.

but what i will question is why a newswire is reporting on such things? shouldn't this be left to the junkie magazines?

what is it coming to when a publication starts giving out unicorn facts and tips?

anyways, here is the article from Social Media Release from a few weeks ago, it will either give you a good laugh, or make you extremely hopeful:

http://smr.newswire.ca/en/ontario-science-centre/rumoured-unicorn-sighting-reported-in-don-valley

crispy new freestyle

for robbie. and doug.

have a field day

there is nothing that i love more than a beautiful grassy field on a crisp fall day

sense of belonging

my sense of belonging project: people who wear glasses.

this is part of an ongoing project. if you would like to volunteer or know anyone that would, please feel free to contact me!

christmas in october!

we had to do a photo illustration for class. i love christmas, and shopping, so i naturally chose christmas shopping. it really put me in the xmas spirit running around to stores buying christmasy things yesterday, it also made me a bit angry that i was even able to find THIS MUCH christmas stuff in the middle of october!

kowboyz & indians

this is the way to do psychedelic / hiphop right.

foal in love

foals > amazing.

jammin' & ting

paint me pretty

rodarte spring 2010

jardim da estrela

people are quite friendly in lisbon. everywhere i went i met someone and was able to have a pretty nice conversation.

i was riding the tram one afternoon and got into a lovely conversation with the tram operator, Maria Ines! and a darling old man. we talked for a good half hour, and after persuading me to stay on the tram a little longer, we decided to take a walk together in one of lisbon's many beautiful city parks.

we walked, talked and had a coffee at the small garden cafe. it was a lovely way to spend the afternoon!

Tomas Tome Pinto was a chauffeur for 35 years for some of the worlds finer hotels. for 20 years he moved around the united states and canada before deciding to settle back in lisbon. i learned a plethora of facts about tomas, and him about me. but enough of that! here's a few photos!

from the worst pop music possible, something beautiful emerges

i never thought i would live to see the day where i made a congratulatory blog post about justin bieber. yet, here it is.

thanks to justin and his ridiculous pop song "U SMILE", one of the most beautiful 35 minute glacial-like ambiance songs has been born. how is this possible you might ask? well, thanks to the brilliancy of one man; Nick Pittsinger (SHAMANTIS), 20, of Tampa Florida. The accomplished musician/composer has taken the justin bieber original and slowed it down to 800 x that of regular speed.

the resulting sound is 35 minutes of pure audible ecstasy. images of wavering sun beams through dark waters and sprawling mountain scapes come to mind. the fact that it emerged out of justin bieber really heightens the achievement of this song. it seems to be something perfectly suited for that of a planet earth episode on the ocean depths.
this is the first 15 minutes posted, if you want to listen to the full 35 minute length feature, click here!



others have followed in pittsinger's footsteps slowing, reversing other bieber songs. its a much welcomed 'revolution' in the eyes of a regular justin bieber detester, making bieber actually pleasant to listen to!

anyways, if you like the sound of this, please be sure to check out "explosions in the sky" and "sigur ros".

beijos, portugal