Words from the wise for the end of 2009

Read them and nod kids.

Being lonely:

Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion. Joseph Conrad

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. Sir Winston Churchill


Us:

We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air. Thales of Miletus

Contentment is natural wealth; luxury, artificial poverty. Socrates

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, the other is getting it. Oscar Wilde


Being original:

Everything has been thought of before. The problem is to think it again. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Originality is going back to origins. Antoni Gaudí


What to do next:

A man with a new idea is a crank until he succeeds. Mark Twain

Be good and you will be lonely. Mark Twain

Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you. Aldous Huxley

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. Douglas MacArthur

A truth that's told with bad intent - beats all the lies you can invent. William Blake


Love:

You are the best I got, since nothing hurts like you. Karin Boye

Painting on Boxing Day

Alice Zhang, Little Room, 2009, 20 x 20cm

Music for another Saturday

The Kills, Black Balloon


Friendly Fires, Paris


Stars, The Night Starts Here

After Wonderland web haul!

I've finally updated my personal website: afterwonderland.com with a much bigger focus on my paintings.

It's linked to everything: Mischmasch, Mischmasch Gallery, my facebook, this blog, twitter...







You can still see my old design portfolio here.

Rhythmic moods, Contradictory thoughts

New Painting...mmm I love the smell of a fresh painting.

Rhythmic moods, Contradictory thoughts



More of my paintings here.

Bury me now Love

Perhaps it's my end-of-year syndrome getting to me. Or maybe I'm just jaded. Shut up.

So here are two brilliant indie teen movies that I saw within the last month. You should check them out:

Teenage Dirtbag (2009)



I know the title sucks and you've already got that awful Wheatus song in your head. But this movie is the most low budget, messed up, and moving movie I've seen in a long time. About a creepy, vile (but always somehow well-versed and intriguing) guy who bonds with a popular girl through creative writing class, although they never really get together. The dialogue is awkward and pretty great (there's hardly any)...plus it's full of good depressing indie music. Nice.

Mad. Mad thoughts.
Crazy, twisted, sinewy
Mad obsession.
You sicken me.
You’re so beautiful, love.
I grind you into a fine, soft
Powder and inhale you...
Lick you off of my fingers.
You love, answer me.
Your face brings me death every day...
And every day I can’t wait to die.
Bury me now, love.
Bury me now.


The Go-Getter (2008)







Shy teen's mother dies so he steals a car and goes on a road trip looking for his half-brother. The whole time he chats with the owner of the car...and then they meet. It kind of reminds me of Michel Gondry movies, but slower. Oh and I like Zooey. Can someone take me on a road trip please?

Right now you're thinking... who is this girl, and what's wrong with her? She must be crazy. No, sad... sad in a chair with... cats. Cats? No, a cross word puzzle. A puzzle and tea. No, beer. Beer, she's tough? Thinks she's tough, but not like that. Picture her... younger. No, older. Picture someone with fake teeth. You never really know.

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Ah it's only the start of December but I feel it's already disappearing.