Archive for May, 2009
Audi Fashion Week
May 17, 2009Object
May 17, 2009
Guerlain Meteorites Compact (coincidentally on a superb promo) + MAC Sheertone Blush in Pinch O’Peach
Got this for 30% (!!!) less than in Sephora here through a friend who went to the US
thinketh
May 10, 2009I’m always so happy and excited to come across the thinking fashionista. As they’re few and far between; perhaps also because many of us don’t openly expound on life and the likes simply because its not the easiest conversation to get started in most settings.
I read La Couturier regularly and its one of my regular online fashion doses. Today I came across this post where she’s talking about philosophy and how ‘wisdom begins in wonder.’ I’m always struck to discover the philosophical dimension/depth of the fashionista and I never fail to be awed.
“Wisdom in every aspect, knowledge inclusive, indeed begins in wonder. It is wonder that makes us homo sapien sapiens (to be technical), and not another type of species. Because without a sense of wonder, of curiosity, and of imagination, we would not be where we are. We are creatures of inquiry. We look, touch, see, smell, listen, and then t h i n k about all those things.
And after we think and question, we f e e l . Even the most practical-minded cannot deny that he or she is guided by emotions. It is yet another characteristic that sets us apart from others; humans think with their heart, not with their mind. A downfall, perhaps, to be swayed by how we feel. But nonetheless, human nature. ‘Tis a beautiful thing, feeling.“
Check her out here.
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Words from the Universe:-
‘Today is whatever I want it to mean,
Today is whatever I want it to mean.
It’s like living in the middle of the ocean,
With no future, no past,
And everything that’s good right now,
Well, I don’t wish for it to last.
I’ll step through brilliant shades,
Every color you bring,
Cause this time, this time, this time,
Is fine just as it is.’
- Lyrics from Beth Orton’s ‘Central Reservation’.
Passive-Agressive Behaviour
May 4, 2009So I’m listening to this new podcast called Zenisstupid (which I’m finding very interesting and also informative) and there’s an episode (#27 on transformation) where they talked about receiving flaming comments from listeners/readers etc. I think naturally people in such a situation, upon reading the comment, would automatically get hurt, then angry, then defensive. Perhaps all in a split second. So the Gwen half of Zenisstupid says that she immediately catches herself getting almost kinda like agressive angry then she consciously tells herself let it go by bringing the mind away from the emotion and to something else. Which the Partrick-half responds by saying this is much healthier then how some people might react by completely shutting the content out (i.e. quashing the emotion by forcing self to ignoring) and thinking that they’re above it all which leads to passive-aggressive behavior. I totally agree with this and I’ve actually noticed peoples’ reactions to negative external stimulus and really, when there’s a fierce dog barking outside the door, and its just left to bark and one just shuts their ears (not physically possible. As is being above it all), the barking never goes away, it just gets stacked under defence and denial because it’s never taken and released. Hmmm. Once again just something which happens and is known but somehow never put in words.
