spring, summer, same thing

-Hannah

frida kahlo

A few days ago I was in the library and I had a sudden urge to take out a book about Frida Kahlo, because pretty much EVERYONE in the blogging universe loves her work and just HER.

As do I, now.

Her life story is absolutely fascinating on so many levels. How could you live your whole life in such pain? Even with polio at a young age which caused problems in one of her legs, and an accident that left her in hospital for a month with serious injuries to her spine and pelvis, causing numerous miscarriages and lifelong pain in her back, she made beautiful art, (not that beautiful is an eloquent enough word to describe her work) and was involved in the feminist movement. I think she is an incredible inspiration.

OH YEAH AND THEY HAD AWESOME PETS LIKE THIS ADORABLE THING AND SPIDER MONKEYS  AND BIRDS AND DOGS.

The flowers and the earrings and the pink and the blue <3

This my favourite of all her artwork ever. I love how everything flows together so seamlessly - the banner into the flower into the stem into her hair. She often uses her eyebrows as a focal point of her art, in this case as a bird splayed upon her  forehead, which is such a gorgeous metaphor. In the book I took out, this was just a tiny image in the corner of the page - but it was the first work that REALLY caught my eye. I couldn't look away. In every self-portrait her face is expressionless - her tears are the only indication of emotion. This work made me sad but it made me happy because it made me feel love. (Also, those earrings omg <3 <3 <3.)

-Hannah

back to the '80s

This is basically my dad's childhood.

Such nostalgic vibes~

sigh.

-Hannah

content ♡

I kinda have an obsession with my garden. But it's so pretty!!!!

Music is my life recently. For once I feel all calm and happy, listening to Lana (but I might just be going braindead from the amount of time spent on the internet today.....oh welllzz.) 

So a few days ago the light went all crazy and beautiful and there was a RAINBOW, so obviously I had to rush out to take a picture! This doesn't really capture the demented light but whateverr.

Cus selfies 4 eva.

Yeah, I took a picture of the flowers on the floor, not the actual flowers...I think it's prettier.

My electric guitar!!!! It's kinda tiny but I love it love it love it . Ebay+Etsy
<3

OMIGOD YEAH AND GRIMES.

-Hannah

SORRY

omigod I am a horrible human being but please don't throw rocks at me. Pretty please? With sugar and puppies on top?

It's been...a while.

But I have excuses. I was in the middle of nowhere (aka the Lake District) for like 2 weeks and there was basically no internet. Anywhere. Which was fun. Being in the countryside for so long provoked some serious self-realisation:

I AM TOTALLY A CITY GIRL.

The middle of nowhere is beautiful though. 

Just not my thing.

Also, I finished The Virgin Suicides. I would obsvsvs do a lovely big post about it BUT my brain has mutated into an illiterate ball of fluff, so bear with me for the intellectual insights that I am unable to morph into words at the moment. 

...yeah.

Also, I've watched some really great movies recently. Which aaarrrreee Beasts of the Southern Wild (so emosh at the end) and Ginger and Rosa (Elle Fanning is adorable...AND THE CINEMATOGRAPHY!!! ♡__♡). I'm going to go stalk tumblr for a bit for some tings...TOODLES!

Beasts of the Southern Wild

frum heeere

dis is frum dis plaace

I think these links are all the same...

source. sauce. yum.

RAAAAARRRRRRR

 

"Once there was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in the Bathtub."

Ginger and Rosa

Isn't she gorgeous?

From heeeeeere.

sigh

 

♡

from dis here place

 

"I've loved you, Rosa, but we are very different. You dream of everlasting love, not me. Despite the horror and the sorrow, I love our world. I want us all to live. What really matters is to live and if we live, there will be nothing to forgive."

More posts to come...

Did you miss me?

-Hannah x

P.S. I've been getting more artsy (just little sketches and tings) but I have no idea what to use!!! ughh I'm so helpless...any advice on art materials would be perf. thanks.

i am officially a versatile blogger.

I've been nominated the Versatile Blogger Award by Rosie and dani!!!(Check out their equally versatile and just generally awesome bllloooggssss) (wow, you're forward today, Hannah. HI GUYS.) It's similar to the Leibster I guess. But (very slightly, tbh) different. The rules are to thank and link back to the people who nominated you, present 7 facts about yourself, and nominate 7 more blogs.

Thanks so much you guyyze!!!!! 

DRUMROLL...

7 facts about moi: 

1. I am finding it very very very hard to think of some interesting facts about myself.

2. I was born in America. So technically I could be the president.(GIRL POWER WOO)

3. I am reading The Virgin Suicides and now I love the name Lux forever and ever (and ever and ever). Lux. Lux. Lux. 

4. I'M A ROOKIE

5. I have watched Scott Pilgrim vs. The World probably 10 times. (omg watch it pleeeaaasseee) 

6. I watched Perks of Being a Wallflower and didn't cry. I guess it's hard to get all emosh in the cinema. (don't hurt meeeeee)

7. I want to get a tumblr but I can't think of a username and I refuse to get one until I have some epiphany of the most perfect username evereverever so I can be cool like tavi.

....yeah.

Anyway, I nominate:

Charlotte
Heather
Tessa
Danni
Maren
Mary
Amy

THAT WAS SO HARD.

Adios.

-Hannah

life goal completed

'sup, diggy-dawgs???

yay me for procrastinating!

like, with everything.

srsly, I should get a trophy or something.

Speaking of trophies, my school and some other schools in the area did a dance competition yesterday and WE WON!!!!

okyaywinninggreatbut MY AMAZING MOTHER HAS PROMISED TO GET ME A POLAROID IN CONSEQUENCE OF WINNING. 

A POLAROID.

A POLAROID.

POLAROID.

DIORALOP.

Like, as in the camera. Like, as in magic and brilliance and joy. Like, as in this post.

My overwhelming joy is making me all skittish and illiterate, which isn't so great for blogging.

Or for anything.

I am happy (OBVIOUSLY!!!!), ~but~ I'm already retreating back into my teenagery self.

I honestly don't like this time of life. Everything is so tiring and you get cravings and you're often antisocial or moody or spaced out.

seriously, what is this thing that is my life.

I should stop complaining. My life is great. I'm getting a polaroid.

A POLAROID!!!

Can't get over that.

In other news, I've very kindly been awarded the Versatile Blogger Award by Rosie from Rosie + the wolf. 

More on that later.

Wow, this was pointless.

-Hannah

P.S. READING THE VIRGIN SUICIDES AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL. I can't read 'teenage' books any more. Seriously. I don't think it's physically possible after reading Sylvia Plath and Salinger.

P.P.S. I haven't had pictures for ages so here are some random tumblr finds (probably stolen off some innocent unsuspecting tumblr account).

groundhog day

People (coughonepersoncough) are complaining about my lack of blog writing.

I am sorry.

Honestly.

I just want to spare you from some random crap that will result in half my followers gone.

So.

In my school there's going to be a poetry competition about what it feels like to be a teenager. I think I'm going to enter. I have some vague ideas - but it's probably going to become some wannabe-creative drivel with 'obscure' metaphors for the youths of today and phrases with 'hidden meanings'.

Knowing me, that sounds legit.

Life has been weird recently. I don't know, it feels like I'm just going through the motions each day. Like my life has set routines. Nothing has really been HAPPENING. It feels like groundhog day over and over. Walking in some strange parallel universe.

So if you (yes YOU) could possibly leave some inspiration on all things teenagery in the comments, that would be fabulous. Really. Maybe my poem can even be less terrible.

-Hannah

on the subject of my utter unproductiveness

For the last few days I have been the least productive I have ever been throughout my whole life. My whole life.

I'm all: "HANNAH! DO THIS! YOU NEED TO DO THIS! RIGHT NOW! ACTUALLY GET OFF YOUR LAZY BUTT AND DO IT RIGHTTHISECOND!!!!!", and this other part of me is like: "No. I can't. I actually can't. I don't even have a reason but I can physically not do that, OK?"

I don't understand either.

So basically, you are privileged that I am forcing myself to do this right now.

Many things have happened. 

Friendshit, mostly. 

And, YES, that is not a misspelling. It is a new word I made up to represent to the the messiness of my social life right now.

It's complicated.

Also, I'm learning how to play Youth on my guitar and I need to practice more because the day I can play Youth well will be a happyhappyhappy one.

I AM MAKING NO SENSE.

I want to be able to write about interesting things. As you can tell, that's not going to happen.

My life is a sigh.

-Hannah