iambicIdealist
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Let's see... I'm a girl with an interest in music, artwork, reading, writing, video games, and everything Homestuck. Thanks for stopping by my blog, hopefully you'll like what you see!
Hello everyone, and sorry for not being online this past week! I’ve sequestered myself from tumblr in an effort to study for my finals, and in order to achieve some good results, I will probably disappear for another week or so. Who knows how much my resolve will waver, but with some determination I’m pretty sure you all won’t see me in a while.
Thanks for understanding, you’re all the best. C:
Julie Fowlis
"Tha Mo Ghaol Air Aird a' Chuain"
Tha Mo Ghaol Air Àird A’ Chuain
Julie Fowlis
I heard this song in the trailer of Pixar’s upcoming movie Brave. So I searched around the net and found the title and meaning.
This song is a Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) song. The song is beautiful. And if you read the meaning, it’ll be much more.
Below I’ll post the translation. And of course, the link to the original lyrics.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
My Love Is On the High Seas
On a quiet evening at the beginning of May
When the bat was in the skies
I heard a tearful young maiden
Singing beneath the shadow of the green branches
The sun was setting in the sea
And no stars yet graced the sky
When the young girl sang sorrowfully
"My love is on the high seas"
The night's dew began to fall
Each bloom yielding softly to the droplets
The wind blew in a fragrant breeze
Bringing life and renewal to each field
The girl tunefully sang her song
Quiet and peaceful like the June dew
And this chorus constantly repeated
"My love is on the high seas"
Day darkened and the stars shone
Setting their course amongst the clouds
The maiden sat, burdened by her sadness
Her singing could not have been more soothing
I moved closer to the young woman
Singing of her love sailing on the sea
Oh sweet was her sad lament
"My love is on the high seas"
The music enticed me
Nearer to the brown-haired maiden of the warm eyes
And she prayed to the King of Heaven
"Protect my love on the high seas"
Her heart was breaking with love
When I took her by the hand
"Wipe your eyes, your love is safe
I have returned to you from the high seas."———————————————————————————————————-
GLUB GLUB
sorry for the constant homestuck fanart I really prefer being motivated to draw fanart than draw nothing at all!
feel free to block my “homestuck” tag if you like hehe
Land of Maps and Treasure Palette
the time they were adventuring and finding treasures was ADORABLE
also vriska’s world was kickass.
I love the color scheme of LOMAT.
I just got back from the recital, and it actually went well! I messed up a tiny bit on Flare (oops) but I covered myself, and played Showtime almost clean. I was pretty shocked, to be honest!
By far the funniest part though was when this older couple came over, and told me that the songs I had chosen (especially Flare) were the best they had heard from any modern composers. Yes, they were talking so fondly about a man with incredible musical talent, and an even more impressive potato boner. Honestly, I had to agree with them.
Truly, it was a moment of fulfillment for me to share my Homestuck love, to see the names of two composers I respect in between dudes like Chopin and Einaudi. And it kind of made me wonder what would happen if anyone decided to look up these guys and had a world of Homestuck insanity waiting for them.
Well, I think that would be even more of a success.
So I’m going to my piano recital in about an hour! And I am ridiculously nervous. This is the standard response from me when I have to perform in front of others, though, so no surprise there. I’ll try my best to stay calm!
But the coolest thing about this recital is that I’ll be playing Flare and Showtime. That’s right, I convinced my teacher to let me perform Homestuck music at my recital. This is the main reason why I’m not already dying from nerves right now- I’m too excited to be paying homage to the music of my favorite webcomic!
I’m going to go and practice a bit more now. Wish me luck!
/ollies to her doom
o o p s this isnt homework
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Jade sweetie! This is very cute.
And I beheld the Resurrection, and Justice close behind him, and behind them both the Wraith
I’d highly recommend the Serendipity Gospels to anyone (that somehow hasn’t heard of it and doesn’t love it already.) It’s an interesting AU with amazing writing and illustrations and people producing it. So, give it a shot!
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