Swallows in the Attic

A Little Bird Told Me...

Here is a fantastic site :D Sweet garments for approaching summer or the usual L.A. 

http://www.bleubirdvintage.com/

He is Harlem

What does it mean to be a poet laureate? Your written word tied to a setting, an era and an emotion, forever remembered in the threads of human life. Langston Hughes, the poet laurette of Harlem transformed the culture of his world as he experienced and lived life into art. His poetry was the outcome of observation of the everyday life. Through his passion for music and the place he called home Langston Hughes used words to create a mood. He was the father of jazz poetry through his great love for the rhythm and melody of blues. He was truthful, daring, sentimental, and joyful giving a colorful image of the streets, human nature and the world.

 

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Mon Ami

I am just dropping by because it has been forever, a few lovely people have been upset over the lack of posts (u know who you are), and I can't rent Paperheart on the apple TV yet sooooo....yah.

  Long story short my mind has been a mess lately with finals and just the happenings of life but here are some images of recent inspiration. Recently I have been listening to a lot of Belle and Sebastian, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Atmosphere but I am too tired to make a playlist, I do however promise a Christmas playlist soon! ;)

much love, C

 
 
 

 

 

 

all images from google and weheartit.com

By the Way Post :)

So its Friday night after a long couple of weeks and I am weary and tired. The play is over :( and I am getting back into regular life. I love my life during plays, late nights at school working hard, forgetting a bout homework, thoroughly enjoying acting and becoming a character and being with fellow actors. Back to homework, blah and regular life. The boring pace of day to day school life is cured when one tries to find joy in the unusual, leading to many great discoveries. 

Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I saw a fantastic movie, The Brothers Bloom. First of all it is amazing, the story is amazing, the costumes, the actors, the sets, the mood and everything in between. Second of all it is so inspiring visually and as I sat watching the story unfold I thought of how badly I wished to be transported into that movie. Here are some pictures from The Brothers Bloom thank you Google Images...what would I do with out you ;)

 

ROAR YOUR TERRIBLE ROAR!

AND HE SAILED OFF THROUGH NIGHT AND DAY IN AND OUT OF WEEKS, AND ALMOST OVER A YEAR TO WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE!

I wish in the movie that they had included this scene a bit disappointing if one of your fondest childhood memories was wishing your bedroom would turn into a forest.

Love, Cloë bored and hoping swine flu will go away






#2 Pencils and Writers Block

there's a hurricane inside

a rattling of vertebra

shifts into life

hunched over

words

and reason

and numbers

In between the blue lines

etched into the blizzard

there is truth

scattered

in danger red

red lines

red emotion

are vertically rebellious

lead cracks and melts

into a shimmering shadow

of iridescence

and ignorance

the specter of many colors

is the illusion

in a mess of brain

he turns off the lights

outside there is

sun

rain

a swing

a dream

but inside is a hurricane

and the words

and reason

and numbers

seal in the keyholes

Not a Tree!

On Friday, a miraculous and very exciting event took place...I GOT A PART IN THE SCHOOL PLAY! And, I am not a fairy or a bird or a tree :D The play is Mother Courage and Her Children and I will be playing Kattrin, the mute daughter of Mamma Courage. It is a challenging role but I'm excited to work hard. I'm all ready nervous for opening night!

This Makes Me So Happy!

Those over sized bows just make me want to cry. The photos are from the Marc by Marc Jacobs show.

Retreating and the Refuge

So my all-school retreat happened this week and I just have to say it was pretty amazing, filled with tears, sunshine, kool-aid, laughter, realization, new friendships and new experiences.
Now you might be thinking that this post is random but really it is just a glimpse down the corridor of my life so here's to honesty and memories.
I realized how crazy blessed I am to go to my school and how lucky I am to be surrounded by so many wonderful people. In the midst of playing soccer with Meadow the soccer star and friends and sitting in a circle and just talking about the pain each of us are going through made the retreat so special. I hope everyone has an experience where you realize how lucky you are and how beautiful a life can be.

Sentimentally, Cloë :D

Serious September Issues!

The September issue of Vogue is out and it is love and joy in-between a paper cover! My favorite photo shoot has to be Into the Woods. Inspired by one cheeky little girl with a great sense of fashion and a nose for trouble, it reeks with childhood fantasy and danger. Page 464 is the title page and Vodianova sports the iconic cloak in a mysterious forest. On page 466 she looks so cozy nestled in leaves and in a crazy-warm looking jacket. On page 467 is my favorite outfit. She seems so royal, with a strong color and those glorious ruffles at the sleeves and at the neck. Of course the garment is Chanel and the best part is that the ruffles are detachable. If you want to look like a Victorian doll you can, or you can remove the ruffles and look ridiculously chic. It’s "The Best of Both Worlds" if you ask me to quote a pop star with an identity problem. Little Red's enemy shows up on page 468 but it is okay because Little Red rocks thigh high boots and a boyfriend blazer. Very 8o's very cute. Our heroine looks into the sky all forlorn on page 469. This is my second favorite outfit because she looks just like a Russian nesting doll and if I could, I would dress like a Russian nesting doll every day.  

She continues on her journey but you will have to buy the issue for yourself to find out what amazing outfits she chooses.

The End

Seven Gear Friendship

So recently I bought a bike on Craig's List and I am in love. It is so lovely and it has a basket and it is amazing and I ride it in my dreams. My neighborhood is great for bike riding so it has been great to explore the streets around my house. I named her Winifred by the way.

LDN- Lily Allen

Bike- Pink Floyd

The Hill- Bombay Bicycle Club

Blow Away- A Fine Frenzy

Bicycle Race- Queen

Brother Sport- Animal Collective

Bicycle- Twilight Sleep

You'll Find A Way- Santigold

59th Street Bridge Song- Simon and Garfunkel

Dear SITA,

What woe ...what sadness... The tears fall like starry spindly spiders from the web(no pun intended)... what abandonment what cruelty. I am ashamed to call my self a blogger. The world, like a twisted mess of color is waiting for simple delights to fall into myfisted hand, creep and crawl into its wrinkles. I observe and I am filled with wonderment but you dear blog are the blank canvas. I have dreams of splattering upon you an array of color magic. Like a menagerie I have yet to fill you with zebras and conjoined lamb twins. Your eyes are still and dead and I am left with the power to breath new life into you... so i think I will pick up my paintbrushes.

Love, an ashamed blogger

Summer?

I am feeling happy so here is another blog post. THAT'S TWO IN ONE DAY! Plus I owe you all. So basically here is a short summery of my summer this year... Cotton candy, Canterbury tales, french sweets, not wearing school uniform, FREEDOM, Nylon Mag, underwater photo fail :), Blackbird & Co, Screwtape letters, Motown, Random dancing, Apples to Apples, Lots of tea,heaps of sugar, a splash of milk, Hulu.com, water color, Magic, saw Chairlift play at the Getty, worked on being a sister, worked on being a hermit, sun screen, sea shells, and Russian nesting dolls.

and now a playlist enjoy.... ya its a bit weird :)

Rocking Horse- Dead Weather

Fuuuuuuun- Be Your Own Pet

Honey Bee- Zee Avi

1901- Phoenix

For our Elegant Castle- Of Montreal

Loveable and Sweet- Annette Hanshaw

Public Enemy- Mapei

Mirror in the Bathroom- The English Beat

All Fired Up- Interpol

No Surprises- Radiohead

Laughing With- Regina Spektor

So it has been awhile but "Hello." So to begin, here are some more drawings from Dolly Hi. I present to you Lila, Elaine, Pearl, Lottie and Fay! They are so happy you dropped by.

 

 
 

R.I.P Mr. Bee

The Bestiolae Herald

    We all join in our sorrow as we remember a fallen villain whom raided the sky. The death is said to have been murder by rubbing alcohol and we have the F.B.I on the tracks of this case. There will be a small service by the Willow Forest in hopes of a last good bye to this bumbling character. The fairies, the Butterfly Troupe, and the Ladybug Committee rejoice but on the other hand the Society for Stinging, Brutal, and Cruel Flying Things mourn a soldiers death.

Anonymous

Dolly Dreams of Disneyland, Do You?

Hello(insert name),
    What a lovely day it was. I guess the sun has decided to surprise us and I guess the weather remembered it was summer. Soo as I am sure you are all aware of in this moment in time I beautified my blog. I was kinda sick of those ocean colored birds peaking and cawing up a storm on my banner. Instead I took the remnants of my mind at the moment and tried to make sense of it on paper. That is what I came up with.
    Any way, I also have been drawing and painting lately in my long, tortuous hours. However, the truth of the matter is that I love being bored and I really can't complain. Ok so I have been drawing these little characters and they are all part of a little series I like to call "Dolly Hi". The one showcased below is Aubrey and she looks as if she is going for a stroll down the Champs-Élysées, but I don't know. She is just a rough sketch..... so ya.....well off to my room to be bored at 10:41.

    Yours Truly, Cloe

P.S. Ohh and I also uploaded some photos of my trip to Disnayland they are right below "A Lovely Trip"

        Thank's for stopping by

Darling Mr. Bee.....

so my father just caught this giant Bumble bee and I have named him Benjamin I think. He is fuzzy and black with these cute little yellow dots. Though a bit scary he is very cute. I hope to draw him in the near future or right about this poor villain the bumble bee Benjamin. I do believe he will inspire a poem but who knows. Funny little random happenings in everyday life can be quite exciting. Well back to summer reading :D

Yours Truly, Cloë

p.s. and yes I still will put those pictures of Disneyland up some time soon. Sorry :(

Today I am going to Disneyland and I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited :D I have not been there in ages and I must say I love that place to death. The sunshine, the smell of churros, the ringing of laughter through the air, the constant and annoyoing chimeing of Disney songs drfting and  the kalidoscope feel of color, light and motion. I really could go on and on about this place and how I will eat all the cotton candy and so work there as the character Alice when I grow up but then that would be boring so to who ever reads this poor blog I will post some photos of my adventures when I get back. p.s hopefully I will see you (H&R) on tuesday if not HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
 

Summertime Melodies

Summertime Clothes- Animal Collective
First Day of My Life- Bright Eyes
Echo- the Bridges
Honey Bee- Zee Avi
Coast of Carolina- Telekineses
Opus 36- Dustin O'Halloran
Banjo Hymn- Amps For Christ
Superheroes- You Love Her Coz Shes Dead
Chelsea Morning- Joni Mitchell
5 Years Time- Noah and the Whale
Wavves- Wavves
Bercelona- Plastiscines
Waters of March- Anya Marina
Good Day Sunshine- The Beatles
Son of a Gun- The Vaselines

Promises

So this poor little blog has been so abandoned :( and though I am sure my lovely readers have lost Patience with me I hope to get this puppy up and running again. Freshman year is OVER (well almost two days left) and I am so excited for summer. I have to go for now but with all my free time I will have to spend it here.

I WISH I WAS IN EUROPE (Feat. Michelle)

So here we are at home :( While half of our friends are in Europe. In hopes of a European day dream here is a play-list inspired by London, Paris, and happy lovely curious days wandering. Bon Voyage!

Paris- Yael Naim

Foggy Day- Elle Fitzgerald

Victoria- The Kooks

Shenna- is a Punk Rocker- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
London Calling- The Clash
The Perfect Nanny- Mary Poppins Soundtrack
Les Crepes- Jean Rene
Children of the Revolution- Moulin Rouge Soundtrack
la Vagabond- Edith Piaf
Cry Baby Cry- The Beatles
Opus 30- Dustin O'Halloran
What Ever Happened- Marie Antoinette Soundtrack
Cemeteries of London- Coldplay
LDN- Lily Allen

No Time, Shakespeare, and The Oscars

Grades are priority sadly and I'm sure you all have found out that  school is well...hard :) So there it is, my sad reason for abandoning my attic and my lovely swallows. Excitement did tickle my feathers this weekend becuase... the first Pacifica Shakespearean Theater Troupe traveled over land and sea (well not sea) to go to a Shakespeare festival. IT WAS LOVELY and soon I will post some photos. It was interesting slipping into character after such a long time for the last time. Sadly we did not win anything but it was fun hanging with fellow actors. Whisking on costumes, zipping corsets, smearing on makeup, mumbling lines, twirling with excitement, loads of praying and one push into the spotlight was my experience. 

Soooooooo the Oscars eh? I must say I am excited to hang out with my mates tonight. The fashion I'm sure will be exquisite and it will be interesting to see who will win :D

so before I sign off, at American Apparel or Amer. Appar. lol they have these darling Berets. They are wonderfully artsy... I need one I think ;)

Bye

Wander

By the LACMA there is this great piece of art that is a square patch of concrete that looks as if lampposts have begun to grow there. It is hard to explain, so you will have to just see it for your self ;) Here is a poem inspired by it.

P.S To the right is an album with more photos of such a whimsical escapade. . .

For a moment I am lost

Illuminated souls 

Telegraphing truth

Into my imagination

Is this real?

Lost in such a forest

Meandering through sturdy

Sea dream colored

Posts

Light adorns me

Is this real?

I have plunged into

An aquarium of dreamy light

swimming through

Nonexistence

For a moment

I am okay being lost

I left it all behind

Crawling through

The door of reality

Into a resplendent world

Is this real?

I screamed

“Don’t get lost”

Now that fades

Into fighting gurgles

Bubbles bouncing upwards

Now lost

I run

Wind moving out of the way

My feet sew

An SOS

As if pushing through

Life backwards

I am ripped from the scene

Outside of such joy

Confusion rattles me

I long to be tucked

Inside a cage of 

Whispering beacons

The other side seems greener

But maybe it’s

Just the shadows

That deceive so easily

I turn

Silhouetted

Away from

The hopes and dreams

Of an army of lampposts

Don’t look back?

THIS IS A RESPONSE. . .

to Repose and Prose's Cruzin' Down the Lane  by the amazingly fantastically grand Hannah Maverick. OMG I had a loverly time with you and I thank u 4 all the laughs and smiles. Thank you my dear :D

AND A MERRRRRY CHRISTMAS TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

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It Has Been Far Too Long. . .

. . . since I have posted anything, not even a simple hello. MY LIFE HAS BEEN GOING GOING GOING but with the up coming break I am excited for relaxation and peace. 

Ah yes youtube has kept me humming for I am afraid I'm too poor to buy music right now. In order to hear the song you have to watch the video [distraction from studying ;) ] I have happened upon some fabulous videos. . .

1. Lilly Allen has a lovely new single out with a whimsical video The Fear I do warn you though she cusses so you might want to watch the clean version :)

2. The Kooks have really boring videos but the Shine On video though simple is visually gorgeous.

3. Regina Specter is always a fave of mine and her video for Us is amazingly clever. 

4. Laura Marling is so very talented and her video for My Manic & I is eerie and her lyrics are beautiful. 

5. OMG I adore Vampire Weekend and their video A-Punk is quite unexpected and fun.

6. Noah and the Whale has an lol video inspired by luchadors, Shape of My Heart. . .  ( don't ask just watch it k)

7. Leftovers by Johnny Flynn has such a sweet melody and the video is delightfully unique.

8. The White Stripes are quite frankly amazing and their video for My Door Bell is so much fun :D

Reporting From PCH

Hello wonder children, its me! Attired in my uniform, in my chaotic comp lab advisory and my imagination is filled to the brim with poetic images that block out all other noise. School so far has been well. . .ok. Lunch is soon and I just thought I would say hello and share with you some little tidbits of things that I'm into at the moment. I have been listening to the Kooks NON-STOP NO JOKE! My fave song is Seaside. It is so beautiful and simple and the lyrics are quiet and like a little window into another life. Also I have been making handmade bow bobby pins. It is really simple and one of these day (when I have time lol) I would love to put together a how to :) Well I better go almost time to switch into another room. BYE!

HELLO STARSHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So how is everyone? I must apologize for not posting in awhile, school has been hard, people have been hard and yah, I have just been really busy. No I don't have a recent poem to share with you (I know very surprising) but I am enjoying this website Polyvore where you can create collages, enter contests, and put together outfits. Here are a few of my creations :)

p.s. I added a new album with some pictures of my recent happenings.

I love You all so much :)

 

English Inspiration

In my english class we are reading an ancient book called Gilgamesh. Here is a poem I wrote inspired by the laments* in the story.

* A lament is a song, poem or piece of music expressing grief, regret or mourning.

Only See the Dark

Everything died

Dripping with prayers

The sky no longer glints

Reflected in our hopes and dreams

I told the wind I didn’t care

It carried it to you and your soul died

Now you have nothing

Now I have nothing

And hope is impossible

To hammer into this rocky heart

The ground is completed

Now that you lie nestled

In memories and I hope

You enjoy all that I can’t

I just want to tell you that

Your dreams visited me

And whispered your secrets

Now my songs hang limp in my throat

For they no longer have your

Sweet guitar chords to cling too

I feel the sun arising

But I only see the dark

Safely Walk to School Without a Sound

Yes, I have begun High school and it is not as bad as I thought it was going to be, it is actually, well. . . fun. Though socially its not so great, I LOVE LEARNING and I have such amazing teachers. Any way sorry I have not posted anything in awhile and I hope you enjoy these haikus.

toodles for now.

Hidden

A blue bird told me

Secrets hidden in time

But soon flew away

Silent Crows

Crows waver

In and out of black and white

Their own silent film

H&G

Hansel & Gretel

Lost their way in-between dreams

They never woke up

EXCITEMENT!

Finally, The Invention of Hugo Cabret is going to be made into a movie *jumps up and down joyfully* I think it is going to be directed by Chris wedge (Scrat from Ice age lol) Also it is going to be under Infinitum Nihil, Johnny Depp's production company and Warner Bros.! I can't tell you how excited I am but I do so hope they don't ruin it :( 

Anyway, I just wanted to share my excitement and let everyone know I won't be able to post anything this week. Cheerio! for now my lovelies ;)

- Cloë