I AM IN LOVE

Today I FINALLY got to see "Rise of the Guardians" by DreamWorks and I LOVE IT!! I was almost about to cry when Sandy died and I laughed so hard when The Easter Bunny was talking about his skill of Thai Chi! I fell in love with Jack Frost's good looks and personality and I melted at how adorable baby tooth is! I recommend this movie to all of those who like to dream and wonder because this movie is just that! I'm pretty sure that some of you are going "How old is she? In her teens? That's too old to appreciate a cartoon!" but 

I. DON'T. CARE. 

I love DreamWorks so much because they still make me dream! They teach me something new every time and I fall in love with all their characters! I feel like a small child again exploring the innocent wonders of the world and the small details of what we might call "ordinary". These movies show us more than finding love at first sight on a handsome prince! The viewer can tell that these movies were made with care and affection. 

So, after having digested my fangirling over Jack Frost and DreamWorks, I think you have guessed that there might be some drawings of them coming up. Not yet because I only finished the movie about ten minuets ago, but yeah, that will definitely be coming up. 

Also, I have a new drawing for you, well, sketch. I was getting so frustrated with all my other drawings that I decided to make something simple and funny. More of these may come up because they are way less effort than doing a full on drawing, and because of this, there will be more drawings sooner. In this sketch I decided to draw James though it wasn't originally supposed to be him. He was just supposed to be a random guy but, I felt like he needed a deeper personality. So I added glasses. And he became James Potter. Just by magic.

I also thought he would look cute with a plaster across his nose :3 Detail makes all the difference.... ! Right...?

And one last note; There are new backgrounds on the Freebies page! Sorry for any technical difficulties in the past but now they're all fixed! I just need to put up the instructions again so if you need aid, please leave a comment! Thanks!

P.S: I think the moon told me that Jack Frost and I should be together! 

P.S.S: If you're all confused about this "Rise of the Guardians" thing, here's the trailer. I'm ready to bet all my Easter eggs that you'll love it!

And here's my favorite part of the movie:

You Deserve to Know

I think it's time you knew the truth... The REAL truth, about me! I thought that for all of you who read my blog, you deserve to know just a little more about me! I'm going to put up some questions and answer them. Seems simple. Hopefully I'll make it out alive....

What is your name? Fêt-Nat

Girl or boy? Girl

How many siblings do you have? None, unless a half brother who's thirty five and that I haven't seen in seven years counts

Pets? Nope :'(

Piercings? None

Tattoos? None

What continent do you live on? Europe

What planet do you live on? Venus

What is your favorite colour? Yellow!

What is your favorite flower? Daisies or Poppies

What is your favorite season? Autumn or Spring, mainly for the colours

What is your favorite weather? Pouring rain

What is your favorite animal? Loch ness monster

If you could be any animal, which one would you be? Otter

How many fingers do you have? Wait, let me check...

Greatest fear? Heights and falling (kind of the same thing)

Greatest success so far? Honor band in 6th grade

Favorite sport? Badminton

Play an instrument or sing? Trumpet, recorder and I charm my shower with my vocal cords

Hobbies? Trumpet, creative writing, making others laugh

Passion? Drawing

Skill you would like to learn? Learn Japanese and saxophone or guitar

Worst habit? Biting my nails or doodling on every piece of paper I see

Dream for the future? Travel each continent in a minivan with friends and learn each countries culture

Fears for the future? Not following my dream for the future. And failing exams.

Something crazy for the future? Skydiving or bungee jumping (to get over my fear. And it looks fun!)

Favorite mode of transport? Hot air balloon (ironically)

Motorbike or car? Motorbike but will probably get a car instead

Favorite mythical creature? Dwarf or dragon

Favorite movie? Anything made by Dreamworks

Favorite TV series? Awkward, glee, new girl, how I met your mother or my little pony. Can't decide.

Favorite actress? Zooey DeChannel (not sure how to spell...)

Favorite actor? Rupert Grint

Favorite disney princess? Pocahontas

Favorite book? The Tail of Desperaux

Favorite book series? Harry Potter, Hunger Games or Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus... all the popular ones ;)

Favorite classic? Anne of Green Gables

Favorite song? Don't stop me now from Queen

Favorite artist? None in particular

Favorite music genre? Classic rock (I prefer old songs to new)

Cat or dog? Dog but I also love cats

Romantic or spontaneous? Spontaneous

White or red roses? White

If you had one wish what would you wish for? A caring older brother

What country would you like to live in? New Zealand

What country would you most like to visit (that you have not yet visited)? Thailand

Favorite boy name? Peter

Favorite girl name? Penny

Favorite fruit? Pear

Favorite vegetable? Cucumber

Favorite food? Sushi

Least favorite food? Squid

What do you want to be when you grow up (or what is your job)? Illustrator or interior designer

What do you not want to be when you grow up? Astronaut or work in an office

How many children do you want (or have) if you want any? Want 2 or 3

Mourning person or night person? Mourning

Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

City or country? Both, I like both

Pool or sea? Sea

Happy with who you are? Definitely!

So there, now you know a bit more about me. I'm going to tag Lena, Jiwon and Athena to answer these same questions because I think their followers also deserve to know more about them! I also invite them to tag their friends to do the same!

Just Talking to TED

Recently in my English class we started a unit on public speaking. To begin this unit our teacher introduced us 'TED'. I knew this before hand but I had never really payed any attention to it. What is 'TED' you ask? Well, let's ask TED:

" TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences -- the TED Conference on the West Coast each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer -- TED includes the award-winning TED Talks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize. " 

What I love about TED is that you can find a speech in any domain you are familiar with and let yourself be convinced by these truly wonderful speeches. As you may have guessed, I am deeply enthusiastic on creativity and consider myself a creative person. Because of this trait I searched up inspiring speeches on creativity. I found two which have truly changed the way I think over a matter or minuets. The way they used their words and how I could use personal experience to connect to them made me feel understood and hopeful. Personally, I don't have the most extraordinary grades and sometimes I feel lost and hopeless. I feel like I have no chance as a successful human being in the future. But because of of Ken Robinson's speech, I felt like there were other people like me, who were experiencing the same thing as me. I obviously knew that I wasn't alone in this world, my friends and family are a huge support, but I honestly felt, well, lost. He also made me realize about how our education "ruins" our creativity which had never struck me before. Through the video I started to realize more and more about how true this was and how my mind has given priority to subjects like maths which should be as equally important as arts. I know that most people who are reading this have no idea what I'm talking about so here's the link to make you a little less confused: 

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html?utm_campaign=&utm_source=t.co&source=twitter&utm_content=addthis-custom&awesm=on.ted.com_iRNE&utm_medium=on.ted.com-twitter#.US5X7Igtqzl.twitter

The second video I watched has probably changed my mind forever because unconsciously  I have begun to experience everything Elizabeth Gilbert said. If you don't know who Elizabeth Gilbert is, (I didn't know who she was before watching this video honestly) she is the author of the very popular book 'Eat, Pray, Love'. She covers many points in her speech but the one that stuck to me most, was when she told the story of an 80 year old poet and how she explained inspiration. The way she explains it is exactly what I feel. I occasionally get this rush, this excitement, and I need to put it down on paper before it's too late. If it's a phrase, a quote, a drawing, an idea; it will only last seconds and I must put it down. I would have never been able to explain this feeling myself, and I was overjoyed that somebody, somewhere, who is like me, has. So, once more, you're probably going "I haven't the blindest idea of what she is talking about. John (because in my mind you're a woman at her computer married to a wonderful man named John. May you have a happy life together) , I think she's gone mad." So to once more, stop all of this confusion, watch this video and reread the paragraph. It will make more sense after. 

http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html?utm_campaign=&utm_source=t.co&source=twitter&utm_content=addthis-custom&awesm=on.ted.com_hRT6&utm_medium=on.ted.com-twitter#.US5YFq6F9u4.twitter

So, I hope after watching these you will feel... different, or have a different perspective of things. I would love it if you could comment below so we can have a friendly conversation on this because I feel like I need to talk to people who are like me and understand what I go through. I would also love if you shared other videos that you watched on TED or anywhere else which have changed you in some way. It doesn't have to have anything related to creativity, art, etc. It can be about science, maths, dance, politics, whatever. I would like to make this post a place where people can connect and talk about these things. This post is also getting very mushy feely (had to find a word that rhymed with mushy and meant feelings at the same time...) so I'm going to wrap it up. If you want to visit the TED homepage/website click on any TED word you see in this paragraph or just click on this link: http://www.ted.com/ 

Once more I hope that one of these speeches will inspire you as they have for me and that you will enjoy them :) Bye!

P.S: Found this picture that I thought might interest some:

New Header!

I finally made the header that I wanted! I've been thinking about it for ages but never actually bothered to do it... but today I did! So let's rejoice by sitting around a table and eating cupcakes while listening to a dolphin playing the lute with its tongue... ew. But still, I do think we should have a celebration on the fact that I actually did something today. Also, I would like to show you the drawing of me that I made for the header. I'm quite proud of it :3

Don't I look just beautiful? ;)

Blue and Green Music

For all of you who didn't know, this is my 5th year playing trumpet at my school. We have a proper band (only wind instruments and percussion. Sorry strings) with a really really awesome conductor, Mrs. Stock.

For our December concert Ms. Stock is making us play a song called " Blue and Green Music " composed by Samuel R. Hazo which was inspired by the painting called " Blue and Green Music " Painted by Georgia O'Keeffe. And I find that, well, truly and utterly inspiring!

I love how it starts out really mysterious and creepy and sounds kind of Egyptian. But then there is this whole twist and it becomes hopeful and really beautiful before once more going back into a dark mysterious place. To really enjoy this song, listen to it until the end. The beginning might be a bit boring, but when you get to around 2:30 there is this big build up before releasing my favorite part (which is the hopeful and beautiful part I was talking about).

Here is the painting and the song recording! Hope you will too feel truly and utterly inspired as I am after you've heard/seen this!

Oh, and another thing. The mallet solo at the beginning and end, my friend Thomas is playing it in our band. Just, FYI.

(This is not our band playing but a recording of my band may be posted in December after our concert.)

Giant Acorn

So, this morning i wake up and see this giant acorn in my garden. I looked up to see if there was any sign of, well... anything! But no. The sky was clear and there weren't any trees near by.

Here is my hypothesis:

While i was sleeping, aliens from the planet Zorg came to earth to do some biological studies on acorns. Since the aliens of planet Zorg measure an average of three meters they need to increase the size of the acorn to investigate it. So increase the acorn they did and after they did their studies they left the acorn on earth BUT forgot to shrink it to its normal size. This then comes to my conclusion.

Starting from today, i believe in aliens.

Farewell from the planet Zorg

P.S: For all of you who are freaking out, aliens from the planet Zorg are allergic to chocolate chip cookies.