First Haiku

I wrote my first Haiku for an english course i'm doing... thought i'd share it!

" Sipping gold nectar
   sweetness breathes happiness-
   coffee addiction.  "




:)

Quote Time

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. 


     - Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)

Stop & Think

I should have learnt this lesson years ago.. no matter how enticing left over chicken is, in whatever sauce or dish, DO NOT CONSUME IT!

Let this be a public service announcement: Be weary of left over chicken.

Luckily, the effects were not to dire, but i shall not delve into the consequences publicly.



That is all.

Florence + The Machine - What The Water Gave Me

Love this song :)

Laura Marling - Sophia

Sunday night

I am trying to decide whether it would be appropriate for me to apologise for my last post, as it is not really poetry related.. However, when I was caught in this indecision, I realised that I quite enjoyed my little science obsession, and therefore seemed appropriate for me to post. Not that I should run around in circles pondering these things and then share them as another post.... but there you go.

My friend Skye and I went to the Sydney Laneway Festival today... and i finally saw my beloved Laura Marling... I was second from the front and she was incredible live! I was slightly disappointed that she didn't go into "The Beast", but nonetheless she was amazing. Apart from the music, I also loved watching the people! The term "rich indies" may be appropriate... My stand out outfit was a girl wearing skin tight black shiny pants which had skeleton bones on them... I;ll post up some photos when i retrieve my camera cord.

Now, I shall retire! xx

Neuroaesthetics

This is definitely food for thought- it's about art and neuroaesthetics, called the "peak shift effect". Could poetry and literature be in the same line?

Check out Psychology Today's "Unlocking the Mysteries of the Artistic Mind"...

......and listen to ABC National's All In the Mind Podcast called: "The Marco Polo of Neuroscience".  ( Natasha Mitchell has interviewed many of the world’s most celebrated thinkers on the mind over the past decade, and one the most creative is acclaimed neuroscientist and polymath of the brain Professor V.S Ramachandran.)

So fascinating... Professor Ramachandran speaks about the neuroscience of the metaphor too... !