Are You Lonesome Tonight?

So, I decided I'll give this piece a title later... lemme just go on writing whatever comes to my mind tonight. Well, for starters, its almost 2 in the night and I have been listening to my 'mellow' playlist for about two whole hours now. And that isn't a great thing particularly cuz I am SO not in touch with my art here, or any art for that matter. This city has done some voodoo on me I guess. I am so not me here. Oh well, guess the musician inside me is gonna rise while I murder my own little artist.

I think whoever has not heard The Oasis playing Champagne Supernova is missing the happiest place ever! EVAARR!! I mean, that song has power. And then there's Imogen Heap with her genius diffusing SO much L O V E in the air! I am having the perfect night. All alone in my hostel room.

Anywho, how abouts I share some music today... lets see

#1 VV Brown - Back in Time  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mopdiNSrz10
#2 GooGoo Dolls - Iris  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdYWuo9OFAw
#3 Imogen Heap - Wait it Out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P58tNCBlr3U
#4 The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74
#5 The Bangles - Eternal Flame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpnaLJ-jn1k
#6 Sofi Bonde - Fallout  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyIqszporL4
#7 The Editors - Weight of the World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpGCaK9vD5Y&feature=related
#8 Oasis - Champagne Supernova  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8lyUWfsWo4
#9 The Beatles - Hey Jude!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDdI7GhZSQA
#10 The A Team - Ed Sheeran http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAWcs5H-qgQ

And to top this #loveplaylist off, cherry on top would be
KOOP - STRANGE LOVE  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUlhC7yaA8o

Give it a hear.... SO RADICAL! It's been one of my faves since I guess 5 years now?

Gnite now
XXO
Vi.

A dream. A dream. A dream.

Going through life as a young adult can be really annoying at times. Ya never know what might find you in the next 7 seconds. One second is a promise of laughter, the next you're wallowing in a corner with 2 tubs of Belgian Dark Chocolate ice cream, while watching a sobby Ryan Gosling romance. How does it work? Relationships man. Just the very futility of most astounds me to Venus and back. It must really take two fools to be so madly in love and still not know it. Or be so obsessed with each other and still try so hard to be apart and pretend to be the normal crowd. Or sometimes, its time and situations that are not in favor of two. Hell, why can't it just be SIMPLE. Solved and boring!! Not everybody desires yearning.. people don't particularly favor longing over togetherness. The DISTANCE just makes it all a DREAM. Hope ya'll like this.. from 2008.. here goes..

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I dreamt myself into your world.
I wanted to be as good as you, alluring and divine.
The first time I saw you was a different way...
Not love at first sight
Always close, yet so far away.
I had to find you so..
I made my own way to your heart so I can keep you.
I'm glad you fell deep into this.
I'm lucky I share my world with you
Where I can be the graceless child
And you still love me, protect me the same...
Whatever was, has helped us reach this place
Where we stand today.
And what beauty my life can hold
If you, dear angel decides to bless it
I can finally see.
How life blushes
Because of your vibrance.
So here we are today, together
Up to fight with anyone because we're yearning
To hold each other... forever...
Dancing alone under the starry skies
Because the distance decides our destiny.
Loving you unconditionally, I'll be waiting
For that wonderful day when I see you again
To hold this love and hold it forever...
At last.
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XXO

Vi.

Artsy fartsy... :)

Well, not really fartsy.... but what the heck! Hey there!!!! It's 3:27 a.m. to be precise, and I am hyper as can be... Thought I'd share a few of my fav art pieces... all mixed media - charcoal, acrylic, photography etc.... hope you like em!
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'A lazy Sunday morning'

'Gem Pier, Melbourne,VIC'

IB Artist reference - Munch

'Fire the bride' Acrylic on handmade sheet.

IB research work on Domestic violence.

IB research work on Isolation.

Untitled - Water color, nail enamel, pencil color, marker on handmade sheet.

'Consoler of the lonely' - markers, pencil and water color on poona handmade.

'Woman' - black ink on paper

'She' - charcoal on handmade paper

'Be colorful' - acrylic, ceramic, and pencil on paper.

Research for IB final. ink on ivory.

'The used' - ball pen and color pencil on silk fiber paper.

'Beetleguise! Beetleguise! Beetleguise!' - water color, black pen on silk fiber paper.

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Like my work? That's some itsy bits of it. Please do comment and/or follow and/or share my blog... I would love constructive criticism! :)

Much love!!

xxo
Vi.

Always in our hearts..

What do you say about a girl who was in her early 20's, people's darling, and lost her life on her birth day? Feeling a little blue today. Got news that a young girl from college lost her life today, her birthday (may her soul rest in peace)... Makes me overthink everything about life and only one thing comes to mind then.. sometimes, it is just not fair. Even though I didn't know her personally, I know people who were best mates with her, and that makes me want to just fix everything. If only I had the power in my hands. I'm sorry this is how the circle of life works.

I'll share today, something I wrote a few years ago for somebody very very special.. when he passed away, my heart sank too deep. It had never happened to me before.

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What day is it? And in what month? This clock never seemed so alive..

If you only had that one day to live, what would you do? What would you say?
If you knew someone who had only a day to live, what would you tell them? How many years have you been holding anything back? Would you apologize? Would you confess? What secrets would come out in the next 24 hours? Could you... would you save a life, if they had only a day to live?

I would.. if only I could..
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The day you died, my world came crashing down. Imagine what it must've been like for me. I felt betrayed, I felt like you just left. Did I even get to say goodbye? Or I love you? Sometimes, I get the impression the soul is a parade of life against my will. I hated the news of you going away, but then I thought, "Maybe it doesn't hurt anymore."
It's so easy for me now, as I sit here comfortably typing away at my computer, to spout the things that have always been on my mind, as if I had been saying them all the time... Why didn't I? I had so much to tell you! So much to learn from you! So many things that I feel are eating me inside now. I find myself talking to you everyday and think after a while.. "Are you listening?" I'll wait for tomorrow when you answer me.

I don't ever remember saying those words to you. I love you. I always just assumed you knew I loved you. Unconditionally.

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The fragment above was published in a book dedicated to this special person in my life. 'A Brahmin Without Caste'. http://www.vediceye.com/vediceye/b_0.htm

Life is full of bumps and breaks... in the end, it really is on us to decide if we should celebrate or mourn the ones who are gone. I choose to celebrate each moment I spent with the ones who went away. I remember them with happiness because I know it was their time, they are in a better place. After all, stars shine brighter up in the sky.

xxo
Vi

Just had to share some of my favs in cyber space! If you're a mellow person, and you love your own company with a hot cuppa tea (or coffee) in your hands and music to soothe your senses, do give these songs a try.

1. Shadows of ourselves - Thievery Corporation
2. Born to die - Lana del Ray
3. Down - Jason Walker
4. You're a wolf - Sea Wolf
5. Champagne supernova - Oasis
6. Skinny love - Birdy
7. Last day on earth - Kate Miller-Heidke
8. Bitter sweet symphony - The Verve
9. Amazing - Alex Lloyd
10. Daniella - John Butler Trio
11. Signal fire - Snow Patrol
12. The A-team - Ed Sheeran
13. Kiss quick - Matt Nathanson
14. I wish I was the moon - Neko Case
15. Live twice - Darius
16. A drop in the ocean - Ron Pope
17. Easier to lie - Aqualung

So, I really can't sleep tonight.... any remedies for insomnia?

xxo
Vi.

Rainy nights, hostel blues.

If you asked me a couple months ago if I liked this place (Pune, Maharashtra), I'd probably make a face and give you about 78 reasons why I totally dislike the place, people, and culture. Initially, it was all very bland. The people didn't smile at strangers (they still don't, but I've gotten used to it), the weather was too uncertain, the place was unknown, unexplored, and the culture was very very Indian. Not that its a bad thing, it is just very divided.

The only difference between then and now are my two best mates here. Life was pretty dull without these two.

Anywho, still gonna take heaps of time to explore, like, and get interested in this place.... life still feels new here.

Just feel like sharing a little poetry today.... Yes! Blame the rains. I'm all mushy and fluffy in this weather...

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I will ask you this, "Can you spare a kiss?"
Can you picture this coming from my lips?
I'll whisper from miles away.
I will send you this and seal it with a kiss.
Can you take this lipstick and lightplay and carry it miles away?
I will walk across the ocean to where the sky meets the sea and give this ghost my devotion to keep you from me.
Just say goodbye.
I live and I'll die hooked on a star, enraptured by the sky, in love with a satellite.
I can now admit I'm lost in loveliness.
Who could just resist distant beauty?
Find me if you find a way.
You may love it if you tried this detachment.
From this distance the beauty burns brightly.
It's warmer from worlds away.
I'll stare forever into a supernova and love whatever breaks my heart.

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(I was gonna post a picture here, but the hostel internet is really, really BAD. So forget it.)

G'night world.
xxo
Vi.