Tag Archives: inspiration
The Inspiration
17This dress was displayed in “candlelight”. Incredible.
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These paintings provided the inspiration for the neckline.
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This piece is a beautiful waistcoat Liz found on Ebay. Incredibly fine work. We think there are little bits of mirror in it, encircled with metal embroidery. And a bazillion little spangles ( the equivalent of today’s sequins, but metal not plastic).
Weddings!!!!!
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Pick a song that suits your mood, or play the soundtrack!
So, tomorrow there is a wedding I believe you have all been invited to.
Thought it might be fun to tell stories of courtship and marriage.
I will start it off, by telling you a lovely story, or at least I think it is.
I met Ron on Carnivale. He was my boss. I thought he was kinda fabulous, but he was my boss.
Well, it was an absolutely horrible show to work on. Insanely beautiful and wildly creative, but so absolutely out of control that I went blind in one eye, one day from the stress. After a van of costumes suspiciously burned up, and I had a crew from hell that I was trying to manage, Ron and I had more and more meetings to try and do damage control.
I was smitten by this time, while trying to talk myself out of having a crush on my boss.
It was pretty late one evening, and we had been having a disaster control meeting in my office. We’d been talking about all the horrid details, and drinking scotch at the same time.
We were just about done, when he said, “I have something else I need to talk to you about”
I was flooded with terror. “Here it comes, this is where I get fired.”
Ron says. “you know when we are in meetings, and you are sitting over on the side and I am up in front?”
(WHAT the hell ????????? I am thinking.)
“Well”, he says, “Everytime you lean forward to say something, it is as if the lights get brighter in the room, and then when you lean back, they go dim again”
I will tell you the rest of the story after the wedding episode.
Once upon a time, on another planet, a million years ago…
45…Gary and I made a lookbook to help Ron sell the show. With images and sketches, we told the story of Outlander, chapter by chapter. One of the Chapters was The Wedding.
These are some of the images.
And there was a sketch. Thought you might enjoy!
Highland Widow’s Lament
9The Highland Widows Lament
Hero Soundtrack
12Last night after I finished this post, and finally fell asleep, I dreamt this entire song. It must be connected. Of course I was also a nurse in a hospital. So who the hell knows?
The Hero
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Been doing some reading about Heroes-
“Carl Jung first applied the term archetype to literature. He recognized that there were universal patterns in all stories and mythologies regardless of culture or historical period …shared by all members of the human species, a sort of universal, primal memory. Joseph Campbell took Jung’s ideas and applied them to world mythologies. He refined the concept of hero and the hero’s journey— George Lucas used Campbell’s writings to formulate the Star Wars saga.
The Hero’s Journey
- The hero is naïve and inexperienced
- The hero meets monsters or monstrous men
- The hero has a strange, wise being as a mentor
- The hero years for the beautiful lady who is sometimes his guide or inspiration
- The hero must go on a journey, learn a lesson, change in some way, and return home
- The hero often crosses a body of water or travels on a bridge.
- The hero is born and raised in a rural setting away from cities
- The origin of the hero is mysterious or the hero losses his/her parents at a young age, being raised byanimals or a wise guardian
- The hero returns to the land of his/her birth in disguise or as an unknown
- The hero is special, one of a kind. He/she might represent a whole nation or culture
- The hero struggles for something valuable and important
- The hero has help from divine or supernatural forces
- The hero has a guide or guides
- The hero goes through a rite of passage or initiation, an event that marks a change from an immature toa more mature understanding of the world
- The hero undergoes some type of ritual or ceremony after his/her initiation
- The hero has a loyal band of companions
- The hero makes a stirring speech to his/her companions
- The hero engages in tests or contests of strength (physical and/or mental) and shows pride in his/herexcellence
- The hero suffersan unhealable wound, sometimes an emotional or spiritual wound from which thehero never completely recovers.
Linda makes a great point. Claire, classic hero, checks off everything on the list.
But on closer examination, I notice all the his/her references. Bad me, for not catching this!!! Thanks Linda!
Maeve MacKinnon
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Maeve Mackinnon
Amazing video from 1941
18There appears to be a glitch with this video. I am looking into it, come back and take a look later. Thanks – T.
Music
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This week’s selection is a piece by Runrig.
Here are the lyrics in both Gaelic and English.
Taobh cuil an doruis cha bhi grian
Suidh aig bord
Cha bhi biadh ‘s cha bhi fion
Taobh cuil an doruis cha bhi grian
Cha bhi biadh ‘s cha bhi fion
Le eiginn ar n-eirigh as ar suain
Le eiginn ar n-eirigh as ar suain
An Gaidheal ‘sa leabaidh
An Gaidheal ‘na shuain
Le eiginn ar n-eirigh as ar suain
Thainig e a Sasainn ann
Thainig e
Le eachaibh luath is iuchair throm
Thainig e a Sasainn ann
Le eachaibh luath is iuchair throm
Le eiginn ar n-eirigh as ar suain
Le eiginn ar n-eirigh as ar suain
An Gaidheal ‘sa leabaidh
An Gaidheal ‘na shuain
Le eiginn ar n-eirigh as ar suain
Air lar ‘san toll-dhubh cha bhi grian
Cha bhi gealach
‘S dubh an oidhche chaidleas sinn
Air lar ‘san toll-dhubh cha bhi grian
‘S dubh an oidhche chaidleas sinn
Le eiginn ar n-eirigh as ar suain
Le eiginn ar n-eirigh as ar suain
An Gaidheal ‘sa leabaidh
An Gaidheal ‘na shuain
Le eiginn ar n-eirigh as ar suain
On the other side of the door there will be no sun
Sitting at the table
There will be no food and no wine
On the other side of the door there will be no sun
There will be no food and no wine
It is with difficulty that we will rise from our slumber
It is with difficulty that we will rise from our slumber
The Gael has gone to bed
The Gael is asleep
It is with difficulty that we will rise from our slumber
He came from the south
He came
On a fast horse and with a heavy key
He came from the south
On a fast horse and with a heavy key
It is with difficulty that we will rise from our slumber
It is with difficulty that we will rise from our slumber
The Gael has gone to bed
The Gael is asleep
It is with difficulty that we will rise from our slumber
On the dungeon floor there will be no sun
There will be no moon
Dark will be the night as we sleep
On the dungeon floor there will be no sun
Dark will be the night as we sleep
It is with difficulty that we will rise from our slumber
It is with difficulty that we will rise from our slumber
The Gael has gone to bed
The Gael is asleep
It is with difficulty that we will rise from our slumber