@-starsailor
David Lynch’s death is such a huge loss. Prayers to his family and friends, and to all of the creatives who saw him as a figure that true art can still exist in the modern world. His themes of the twisted and uncanny in suburbia America, yet while showing that there’s still a glittering string of hope, light, and love in this world. His soul and his creative work will live on for eternity. In a way, he’s still here.
Rest in Peace to such a force. ♡
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hi hi. I’m still writing. sigh… slowly, slowly. I think I’ll need to do 7 season for The Hippies instead of the planned 6.
To everyone who celebrates, have a safe and happy holiday season!
QOTD:
Do you pair certain music with the seasons? Who’s your go-to fall musician?
@sistergypsy oh wait it just hit me, Tristan was introduced already and is gone. He annoyed me so badly I wiped him from my memory
Liam, Liam, Liam! ♡ My childhood, oh my gosh. This feels like a fever dream.
QOTD:
Which of the six main characters in my novel “The Hippies” do you find yourself relating to more? Why?
Daisy!!! Just her lust for life resonates so much with me. I miss her I can’t wait to continue reading :)
QOTD:
If you are a Jim Morrison fan, what drew you to him? What's your favorite tidbit about him?
@eightieswhore you've painted such a vivid picture that it feels like a memory of a movie I've watched long ago. what a beautiful and surreal introduction to Jim and The Doors that must've been
@-starsailor i'll never forget being eleven, many many years ago, and being out late after dark with my childhood friend. the memory is so clear in my head, we were walking around and spotted a man with his blinds open, sweeping his floors with music booming from his speakers that pierced through his patio glass and hit us outside. without saying anything to one another, we stopped our wandering, sat down on a nearby neighbor's staircase and just listened. at our young age of eleven and twelve we had never heard anything like it before. i remember rushing home a while later and desperately trying to type in faint memories of lyrics to figure out what the song was and who made it. to this day When the Music's Over still blows my mind just as it did the first time I heard it
QOTD:
Who is your favorite poète maudit?
QOTD:
Would you rather be part of the Beat subculture in NY in the early 60s, or part of the hippie culture out West (or in London) in the mid-late 60s? Who's a prominent figure from your chosen culture you'd like to chat with?
@eightieswhore such an interesting answer. I too would prefer to be part of the Beats, though I very obviously adore the hippie culture. But, to me, hippies were more about living in the moment, taking life as it came. I love to have my brain prodded at, to take in new information and hear other artists speak. I think I’d fit in more with the Beats rather than hippies, I’m not a happy go-lucky, carefree “flowers for peace” person. The Beats had their troubles with drugs and alcohol, but gosh it would be a dream to walk the streets of NYC and hop into a café to hear Leonard Cohen, to hear the ramblings of Kerouac, Ginsberg and Cassady, catch shows of Bob Dylan while he was building his legacy, see the VU and Warhol’s superstars — though as a person I cannot stand Warhol.
@-starsailor as much as my younger self would hate to hear me say this, i think i would take my chances with the beatniks. i think i would've thrived in a world that held artistic and literary expression above all else. though there's still aspects of the hippie culture i do enjoy, like finding the beauty in color, expression and liveliness in such a rigid, purity obsessed world. i hold hedonism and freedom of expression in such high regards in this lifetime - but, having said that, though i would've probably enjoyed being a hippie more, i think i would've been much closer to finding my potential with the beatniks. and that, i think, is the highest form of pleasure
Question of the Day:
Are you a film lover? If so, is there a decade, genre, director, and/or country you prefer?
@-starsailor omg yes. Like I remember years ago when suicide squad came out and what people were saying about Jared Leto and how he acted like his character on set too. Apparently he’d be really weird with Margot Robby off set. Ugh changed my whole perspective of him now I just get the creeps
@-starsailor John Hughes, also known by me as the "father of '80s coming-of-age movies". "Breakfast Club", "St. Elmo's Fire", etc. *chef's kiss* (¬‿¬)