Wishful, wistful thinking
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gwendolyngrey Hit play, close your eyes, and let the music just wash over you...
I have been listening to this nearly nonstop for the last two or three days... and even though I am dutifully sticking to my current projects and plans, this song has filled my head with dreamy images of turn-of-the-century lace gowns and foggy English mornings and walled gardens and early spring.
I've never before had a piece of music so thoroughly inspire me for any sort of art or sewing. I don't know quite what it is... perhaps Chopin somehow wove a bit of magic into his nocturnes and it's infected my dreams.
Granted, I've always had a soft spot for this period due to my rapturous love for Anne of Green Gables and childhood favorites like The Secret Garden and A Little Princess. I don't know if or when I'll actually make something from this period, but it's bound to happen sooner or later, perhaps with a little push from Mr. Chopin.
Then there's this blue dress (1905-06 from the collection at the Met) which, while perhaps a little bit "frothy", seems like exactly the sort of thing that Anne would have in 'Anne's House of Dreams'. Imagine wearing it to a picnic on the grounds of a lovely estate, or simply strolling along a wooded path with the sunshine breaking through gaps in the branches...
I have been listening to this nearly nonstop for the last two or three days... and even though I am dutifully sticking to my current projects and plans, this song has filled my head with dreamy images of turn-of-the-century lace gowns and foggy English mornings and walled gardens and early spring.
I've never before had a piece of music so thoroughly inspire me for any sort of art or sewing. I don't know quite what it is... perhaps Chopin somehow wove a bit of magic into his nocturnes and it's infected my dreams.
Granted, I've always had a soft spot for this period due to my rapturous love for Anne of Green Gables and childhood favorites like The Secret Garden and A Little Princess. I don't know if or when I'll actually make something from this period, but it's bound to happen sooner or later, perhaps with a little push from Mr. Chopin.
Then there's this blue dress (1905-06 from the collection at the Met) which, while perhaps a little bit "frothy", seems like exactly the sort of thing that Anne would have in 'Anne's House of Dreams'. Imagine wearing it to a picnic on the grounds of a lovely estate, or simply strolling along a wooded path with the sunshine breaking through gaps in the branches...
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Date: 2011-01-11 06:44 am (UTC)And all of this while a semester of 1830s-40s stares me down.
The Edwardian bug must be going around. I think it's time for the ultimate cure - yet another viewing of Young Victoria. Maybe some Bleak House.
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