I really enjoy creating outfits and shopping for new clothes... what girl doesn't?! But having recently become quite style orientated and becoming thoroughly financially drained, it's got me asking myself a few questions. This blog was also inspired after having a nosy on facebook at people I used to know - it's funny how some people seem exactly the same as they did several years ago, isn't it? (Be true to yourself but change and growth are very important!)
Is fashion really important? Is what we choose to wear really about conceiving our thoughts, feelings and personality with clothes and belongings? We say fashion is about expressing ourselves, showing our personalities and being individual... but are we really? Or are we really just becoming victims of consumerism? Driven by the media and our peers?
I'm particularly inspired by vintage trends and fashions, but also by my friends who are very artsy and individual like myself. I take bits of what I like and style them to suit me, I spend forever browsing online and in charity shops. So i'm actively choosing what I like and dislike rather than copying a fashion because topshop tells me too. (I'm not slagging off topshop fans btw!) But i'm sometimes left wondering "how much of this is really me?"
Surely this continual move towards vanity and self indulgence isn't good for the soul? It's a viscous cycle of wanting more and more... and not being contempt with what you already own. It's that demon again... Greed. But more importantly, this can lead us to feeling less contempt with our lives, possessions and selves. Is that what we're really striving towards?
One of my aims for the rest of the year is to try to be less excessive with belongings. I'm craving inner peace and i'm not going to find it in my wardrobe!!!
I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts and ideas on this, please share!
Ohpandahat.
Wednesday 4 September 2013
Wednesday 14 August 2013
Aquatopia at the Nottingham Contemporary.
Hi guys! So it's been longer than I would have liked since my last blog, but sometimes life gets in the way of all the fun stuff you actually want to do!
Yesterday I actually got to do something fun! I went to see an art exhibition called "Aquatopia" at the Nottingham Contemporary with a friend! Now i'm no art critic or artist for that matter, so here's a review from your average, art loving ohpandahat.
Aquatopia was described as "The imaginary of the ocean deep" Quoting the guide book "Science lags behind the imagination when it comes to the ocean deep. We are more familiar with the myths and fantasies that apply to it than it's actual natural conditions." I found this really interesting because it's totally true! Personally, when I think of the the ocean, it's not long before great, mythical sea monsters such as the Kracken pop into my mind.
This was one of my favorite pieces! It's but Utagawa Kunyiyoshi, entitled "The rescue of Minamoto no Tametomo (1851)
The exhibition certainly didn't disappoint. There was a range of different types of art on display, so surely there's something there to interest everybody! Painting, films, sculptures, and the atmosphere was intense in one of the galleries as ocean music was playing out through speakers, I must admit I found it slightly disturbing!
Another favorite, by Bernard Buffet entitled "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; the Giant porthole of the Nautilus. (1989)
I came home feeling very inspired by the exhibition, I love looking at art that makes my mind start bubbling away with ideas! I'd give the exhibition 4.5 stars, I really enjoyed it so go and see it for yourself! If you've been to see this exhibition, please leave a comment on your thoughts! I leave you with this poem entitled "The Kraken" by Lord Alfred Tennyson:
Below the thunders of the upper deep,
Far far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides: above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumbered and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant fins the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages and will lie
Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by men and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.
Bye for now!
ohpandahat
Yesterday I actually got to do something fun! I went to see an art exhibition called "Aquatopia" at the Nottingham Contemporary with a friend! Now i'm no art critic or artist for that matter, so here's a review from your average, art loving ohpandahat.
Aquatopia was described as "The imaginary of the ocean deep" Quoting the guide book "Science lags behind the imagination when it comes to the ocean deep. We are more familiar with the myths and fantasies that apply to it than it's actual natural conditions." I found this really interesting because it's totally true! Personally, when I think of the the ocean, it's not long before great, mythical sea monsters such as the Kracken pop into my mind.
This was one of my favorite pieces! It's but Utagawa Kunyiyoshi, entitled "The rescue of Minamoto no Tametomo (1851)
The exhibition certainly didn't disappoint. There was a range of different types of art on display, so surely there's something there to interest everybody! Painting, films, sculptures, and the atmosphere was intense in one of the galleries as ocean music was playing out through speakers, I must admit I found it slightly disturbing!
Another favorite, by Bernard Buffet entitled "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; the Giant porthole of the Nautilus. (1989)
I came home feeling very inspired by the exhibition, I love looking at art that makes my mind start bubbling away with ideas! I'd give the exhibition 4.5 stars, I really enjoyed it so go and see it for yourself! If you've been to see this exhibition, please leave a comment on your thoughts! I leave you with this poem entitled "The Kraken" by Lord Alfred Tennyson:
Below the thunders of the upper deep,
Far far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides: above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumbered and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant fins the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages and will lie
Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by men and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.
Bye for now!
ohpandahat
Tuesday 23 July 2013
A magical announcement...
Anyway, The Kawaii Time's is very much a work in progress, but an exciting one at that. I can already taste the rainbows (and cake.) So be sure to take a peek and i'll keep you updated!
The Grand Opening Of The Kawaii Times!!!
It's finally here! The highly anticipated grand opening of the lifestyle magazine for all things cute! It's positively adorable I can assure you. Imagine a cake. Now your eating the cake. Mmm, cake.
Anyway, The Kawaii Time's is very much a work in progress, but an exciting one at that. I can already taste the rainbows (and cake.) So be sure to take a peek and i'll keep you updated!
Love
ohpandahat
Did someone mention cake?
Monday 22 July 2013
Hello there!
Welcome to ohpandahat's little blog of horrors! (It's not really scary...) Join me on my many adventures, undoubtedly containing misfortunes, disasters and dyspraxic moments!
The purpose of this blog is yet to be decided. I suspect it'll turn into a winding path of ridiculousness, as do most of my endevours, but I will probably find it's focus eventually. Emphasis on the probably.
Anyway, It was very nice to meet you ^^ (apart from you, I can't stand you... bitch!) I hope you'll visit again soon!
ohpandahat
The purpose of this blog is yet to be decided. I suspect it'll turn into a winding path of ridiculousness, as do most of my endevours, but I will probably find it's focus eventually. Emphasis on the probably.
Anyway, It was very nice to meet you ^^ (apart from you, I can't stand you... bitch!) I hope you'll visit again soon!
ohpandahat
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