Lyrics On Friday

Sleeping at Last kept me company this week again…

say what you really want to say
and the truest of forms will show
finallly youll find your soul

they impose the endless fight
to always be perfect
it seems they have been chosen
to be above the rest
but the contradiction stands
between these perfect lives
and the words that they’ve misread
there was no reading

say all the things that you really want to say
the truest of forms will show
finally youll find your soul
say all the things that you really want to say
the truest of forms will show
and finally youll find your soul

the landscape of being
are endlessly competing, back and forth
for an answer to existance
that we can never find
in all of the places that weve searched out
in all of the pulses that weve taken
there was no reading

say all the things that you really want to say
the truest of forms will show
finally youll find your soul
say all the things that you really want to say
then youll find the truest of forms will show
and finally well find our souls

give us the answers
and give the ability to hear

the landscape of being
are endlessly competing, back and forth
for an answer to existance
that we can understand

perhaps were looking far too closely
we cant see
all the evidence in its entirety
the air in our lungs
the complexity of our love

say all the things that you really want to say
then youll find the truest of forms will show
and finally youll find your soul
say all the things that you really want to say

say what you really want to say
and the truest of forms will show
finally youll find your soul

[Say – Sleeping At Last]

How about you?

Black & White Goodness

I got my first roll of B&W 120 film back from the printers today… learning that I need to use a much longer shutter time for them! I love this shot of my flatmates & I, and a few of the others kinda came out as ‘cool abstract stuff’.

flatmates in black & white

Nail Polish, Dresses & Straighteners

A few weekends back, I spent a couple of days in Bristol for my friend Hannah’s wedding. It chucked it down all day Friday & Sunday, but mercifully stayed dry for the wedding on Saturday. Needless to say, I saw a lot of the inside of Starbucks on the other days, and reread Eat Pray Love, a book that continues to impact me greatly.

It was lovely to be reunited with a few of the gappers from last year, and to have time to hang out together leading up to Hannah & Joe’s wedding. It was fun to get ready together – five girls and one guy – making sure the hair was straightened, touching up nail polish & make up, zipping up dresses.

The service was beautiful – Hannah looked stunning, and Joe looked so unbelievably happy. They both did! Beautiful day all round.

Hannah & Joe's Wedding

Hannah & Joe's Wedding

Hannah & Joe's Wedding Hannah & Joe's Wedding

Hannah & Joe's Wedding

Hannah & Joe's Wedding

There’s a few more photos in a flickr set here.

Searching For Story

We’re all searching for meaning.

We want someone to tell us our life matters. Myself included. I’ve been the girl on the floor in the middle of the night in tears. The silent sobs that feel like every breath is going to be the last.

There are these words that seem to define periods. Hope kept coming up in 2008. I think story is 2009’s word. Not that hopes gone anywhere, mind you.

Stephen wanted someone to tell him his life mattered, to know that someone cares.

Dish has been reflecting on how our dreams change over time, all the while shaping us into who we are becoming.

Ben’s created a whole conference around the idea of Story.

Our stories are as instinctive and as necessary as our breathe. It shapes us. It’s who we are. Story is the stuff that we are made of.