Terra's Tales: A Letter to my Younger Self:

Thursday 25 February 2010

A Letter to my Younger Self:

One day
you’ll discover the world
is littered with moons. Try
not to step on
all the broken
glass.

x

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Seen quite a few of these floating round dA - there's a competition based around the concept. This isn't an entry for that, just a short sketch inspired by the idea.

It's interesting to think about: what you would say to your past selves if you had the chance...

6 comments:

Lemonie Pencil25 February 2010 at 23:14
Ooh, mini-poem :D I like it! I feel I ought to say why but I don't know why...

It's a really interesting idea - communicating with your past self. I'm wondering what I'd say to myself now. Might have to do a post on the same theme if you don't mind me stealing the concept :)
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Terradoll26 February 2010 at 14:05
Yay, thank you! It is very mini... :)

Haha, of course I don't mind - I stole it myself! I guess if I did actually go back, I would have a LOT to say to myself, but the poem gives the jist of it all.

xxx
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Lemonie Pencil27 February 2010 at 12:57
Good things come in mini packages :P
Yay, cheers. Although when I started to try and write something, I realised I had so much to say that it could end up a novel knowing me :/ And which younger self? There are so many!
xxx
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Terradoll27 February 2010 at 22:58
I know! There are so many different things you could say, and so many different directions you could take to actually saying it. I'm sure you could write several novels on it! haha

xxx
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J28 February 2010 at 20:18
Sorry I didn't comment, Jen-frendy!

This is trés wunderbar, it's so lovely! I just love your poetry. When you're famous I'm going to be your keenest fan! You'll have to send me signed copies of all your poetry collections... <3

xxxx
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Terradoll28 February 2010 at 20:36
Yay, epicus win!

Thank you so much, J-frendy. Omg, the idea of me having a poetry collection out is so awesome, it makes my brain implode with joy! haha <3

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Terra's Bookshelf

Fred d'Aguiar: 'The Longest Memory' - a short novella about the life of slaves on Southern America plantations at the turn of the 19th century. It's on my Cultural Criticism reading list as part of our course on identity and body politics, and as a cultural text it makes a lot of interesting and poignant points. Simple yet resonating.
Daphne du Maurier: 'Rebecca' - a classic gothic tale of doubles and 'the other woman'. So just my sort of thing, really...
'Beowulf' - more medieval literature for my course. To be honest, I was expecting something more from this. Just more general epicness. I was waiting for something to happen, and it never did. Maybe it's because I remembered Grendel being scarier when I first read the story in primary school.

Terra's Playlist

The Dresden Dolls: 'The Dresden Dolls' - emotive and darkly humorous dark cabaret music from the creative and original duo. Amanda Fucking Palmer is a genius, end of.
Otep: 'Smash the Control Machine' - poetic, dark and lyrical, this is female fronted nu-metal with a twist. There's a nice mix of tracks, from heavy stompers like 'Run for Cover', slower weepy songs like 'Ur A Wmn Now' (featuring Emilie Autumn on the violin - that's definitely what sold me), and spoken word tracks like 'I Remember'. This album is well composed and executed throughout.
Plasmatics: 'Coup d'Etat' - Wendy O Williams isn't noted as being a forerunner of the riot grrrl movement, but she could be. An iconic figure of the 1980s alternative music scene, Williams' growl and lyrical swagger characterise this blend of punk, metal and hard rock. 'Stop' is one of my favourite songs of all time.