"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls." -Pablo Picasso
"This world is but a canvas to our imagination."-Henry David Thoreau "Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art." -Ralph Waldo Emerson "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." -Scott Adams "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." -Edgar Degas "Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self." -Alfred North Whitehead "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." -Albert Einstein "The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection." -Michelangelo We went to the Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art last weekend and it was so beautiful! They had sculptures and paper cut-out artwork on display, as well as wooden furniture. They had paintings from so many different periods and the brush strokes and colours were amazing. I had a really great time just staring at the artwork and probably could've stayed there all day long. Check out some of them on the November page!
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Okay okay, I know I've been bad and haven't posted anything in quite a while. I've been busy, I really have. No I didn't train a monkey to build a house (I'M SORRY!!!) but I have started building that rocket to Mars soooo... No but really I've been quite sick and had this massive project on the French Revolution, but I do think you should here about this experience at the Nagoya botanical gardens and the zoo. So here we goooooo... So I woke up. Not ready for animals, not ready for plants. What I was ready for was just a simple day inside and I got an outing. We saw plants of all kinds when we entered the botanical gardens. I loved it. You just felt so peaceful and ready for nature. It was like breathing in something fresh but different from food fresh. It was just air but it felt magical. Yeah magical air okay? Sue me. The trees were so so beautiful and they had such lovely flowers. The smell they emitted was just the most wonderful feeling. When we wandered down the steps we could see mountains and plants all around us. I suggested we sit at a bench and then when we did it was just silence. Eery silence, but a silence that was also comforting and peaceful. Later on when we had gathered our bearings from the bench and went on to a rose garden bursting with beautiful roses! There were thorny ones, delicate ones and simply radiant ones. I loved the way they smelled and I loved that there was a waterfall behind the garden. And there was a lookout type of place where you had a really beautiful view of the place. Before we moved on, we stopped by a food truck and got some yummy french fries but they were extra long and looked like giraffe tongues but uh french fries. The first animal we saw at the zoo was a crane and right behind it was a giraffe.I thought this was strange since you don't usually associate these animals with each other but even weirder was the ostrich in the giraffe enclosure! After that we saw some koalas in an indoor enclosure. They never looked at me so either they were sleeping or were upset I wasn't food. I mean, wouldn't you be? After that we saw some flippy penguins and seals. Well some of the seals were flippy but most just lay there as seals do. And the penguins were really quite something. They were going so fast I lost count how many times they went around and around! They were amazing. I guess I need to watch Happy Feet a couple more times. Get caught up on my penguin knowledge. Now to the pink category. Yes the PINK category!! We saw some wonderful pink flamingoes and some white ones too because they were just little. They were impressing some photographers and the one I call Kenny was very pleased with the camera's attention. That's not all! There was also a type of pink pelican. He was short and funny and pink. Piiiink. I think that was one of the cool ones! We proceeded to see lions, bears, rhinos, elephants, deer, otters, and monkeys! The monkeys were very cool. So cool, I must tell you about the jumpy ones. I have no clue what they are called but they kept jumping all over their enclosure and bouncing from branch to branch. The one I call Martin even pushed one of his buddies off! There were two fighting over a paper bag and a baboon with a paper bag he pulled everywhere he went. Then there was rainbow but. Rainbow butt was like something out of a si-fi movie. His whole butt was rainbow coloured and he had a very interesting face! He might've been my favourite:) The coolest one was a hippo at the end! He was very scary and quite magnificent. I think he was just spectacular!! The greatest moment was when he opened his mouth so wide all of a sudden and scared me so much that I jumped. All in all, it was a magnificent day full of fun! I'm so so SOOOOO sorry for not blogging in so long but I've been sick as a dog and busy as a beaver. I will try to keep posting more often. Peace out butter puffs, Olivia xx P.s. Check out the pictures on my November page! I wish I could live in a world
Where equality is normalcy I wish I could live in a world Where fear is a distant memory I wish I could live in a world Where every child's mother kisses them goodbye and their dad reads them bedtime stories I wish I could live in a world Where you can love whoever you want and the world would accept it I wish I could live in a world Where racism is a long lost word people don't remember how to use I wish I could live in a world Where no one walks two hours to get clean water I wish I could live in a world Where freedom is known to everyone I wish I could live in a world Where wealth is measured in kindness I wish I could live in a world Where no one is hungry I wish I could live in a world Where everyone believes they're worth it I wish I could live in a world Where everyone has a home I wish I could live in a world Where "yes I can" is said eight times more than "it's too hard" I wish I could live in a world Where everyone feels they belong I wish I could live in a world Where everyone is hugged at least 10 times a day I wish I could live in a world Where happy endings do come true I wish I could live in a world Where everyone achieves one impossible thing before breakfast I wish I could live in a world Where 'beautiful' is just another word for 'me' I wish I could live in a world Where people stop and wait to capture a butterfly beating its wings I wish I could live in a world Where wonder is all around me I wish I could live in a world Where violence has been shattered by the force of selflessness I wish I could live in a world Where everyone feels safe I wish I could live in a world Where lying is an option, but no one sees the need to do it I wish I could live in a world Where generosity is the world currency I wish I could live in a world Where people spend hours attempting to put the beauty of a sunset into words I wish I could live in a world Where the thought of hurting someone is a thought so unfathomable, they must look up how to possibly do it in a dictionary I wish I could live in a world Where people believe in magic I wish I could live in a world Where sunshine hits the world in such a way, people have to stop and think about it I wish I could live in a world Where the most important thing for someone at a certain moment, is creating a word to describe the feeling of seeing a rainbow after it rained. And how two people were waiting at a bus stop when it did, so one had to lend an umbrella to the other. And this precise moment created their love. I wish I could live in a world Where humanity lives in harmony around the globe I wish I could live in a world Where no one sees the point in negative thoughts I wish I could live in a world Where everyone takes a step back to appreciate the planet we live on I wish I could live in a world Where everyone cares about the environment I wish I could live in a world Where everyone has a friend I wish I could live in a world Where all of this is possible What world do you want to live in? -Olivia Hello dear readers,
Sadly before we begin I must tell you how I have committed a tsundoku. For those of you who do not know what this means, it's the act of buying a book and not reading it. I have done this. Yes I am ashamed and the new book smell is almost gone! It is a blasphemy I tell you! But, my job as this blog scripturient has taken up most of my time. For those of you fellow librocubicultarists out there, I am sorry that instead of books my bed has been taken up by my laptop. Okay I am done, onwards to the subject of school!!! Okay so first day. I was so nervous. My fingers kept tapping things. My knees, the windows, my bag, etc. When I'm nervous I get all red and I can't stop moving! It's so obvious to everyone when I'm nervous! But that mattered not, for my fellows scooped me up from my warm nest into cold reality and helped me through the day. There are really nice people at this new school o' mine. They lead me to every class and they ate with me at lunch. Okay that's a big one. I was so worried to eat alone but there's a real community of people there, and they're all just as weird as me! This school has a lot of different things and a different 'feel' than my old school. There's pictures everywhere and there's so many windows. Everything is pretty modern and there's so much more intimacy because there's not that many students. The teachers all seem to be really good and they're all very friendly (which is a bit of a nice change). On my way to school in that bus of kids I was worried about not fitting in. I really was. But all the girls there really took me in and seemed to like me. I'm really hoping I don't mess it all up by being obtuse, or brainless, or just saying the wrong thing. A couple days ago this all really bothered me. But now I'm feeling more accepted and I have less worries about that. If I take a step back and look at me I'm pretty cool. I have a mediocre style (very mediocre) and I think I'm pretty friendly. I'm quite unique and weird, but people at this school all seem to think that I am acceptable and fun. Look, it's no joyride on the banana raft, but I am so hoping to be able to enjoy myself, make great friends, and take advantage of this place. Tata for now amigos, Olivia |
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