Dreamy Songs Based On Literature

Dreamy Songs based on Literature

Lana del Rey Young and Beautiful – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Taylor Swift Ivy – Emily Dickinson

Ryan Adams Sylvia Plath – Sylvia Plath

Hozier NFWMB – W.B. Yeats

Michael Jacksons Childhood – Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

Radiohead Exit Music – Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Ruth B Lost Boy – Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

Taylor Swift Tolerate it – Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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I looove the Patrick Melrose novels with all my heart. St. Aubyn has to be one of the wittiest writers since Oscar Wilde. His style is so sharp and intelligent.

“The claim that every man kills the thing he loves seemed to him a wild guess compared with the near certainty of a man turning into the thing he hates.”

— Edward St. Aubyn, Never Mind

Dresden at night

"So, if a city has a personality, maybe it also has a soul. Maybe it dreams."

~ Neil Gaiman, Worlds' End (The Sandman, 8)

Most aesthetically pleasing movies I watched recently

1. Macbeth (2015)

The red/ orange colour theme in this is phenomenal for visualizing his inner demons. The blood he shed and will shed is literally visible everywhere.

2. Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Sleeping beauty has to be the most beautiful Disney movie ever made. Check out "Awaking Beauty" by Eyvind Earl if you are interested in the artwork

3. Portrait of a lady on fire (2019)

A must watch for everyone who adores art and period dramas. The soundtrack is phenomenal too!

Movies to watch if you love Pride and Prejudice

1.Bright Star (2009)

This one is a beautiful, quiet and poetic movie about the love affair between Poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne.

2. Becoming Jane (2007)

This is an autobiographical movie about Jane Austen and her romantic relationship with Tom Lefroy. It is not entirely based on facts, since we know so little about some aspects of Austens private life.

3. A room with a view (1985)

This movie is a lovely and incredibly acted adaption of E.M. Forster's novel. It stars a young Daniel Day-Lewis and Helena Bonham Carter.

4. Finding Neverland (2004)

This film has to be one of my all time favourites: it is about J. M. Barrie and his relationship with a family who inspires him to create Peter Pan. It is a heart-wrenching, magical tale of love, fiendships and the wonders of the world.

Very interesting topics. Thank you for sharing!

What are your thoughts on the discrepancy between passion and pure talent? Are you sometimes frustrated because you want to achieve more or create more than you are naturally capeable of? And do you think that talent can be "learned"?

We Are All Salieri (the 'Amadeus' Version of Him, Anyway)

Since @bookishdiary has been celebrating classical music this week, references to Amadeus are plentiful, and that reminded me of how much I absolutely adore Salieri as he's written. Really, the movie was based on a play which was also based on another play that toyed with "what if?" situations, one of the pairs being Mozart and my boy Salieri. In truth, their relationship wasn't at all like what we've seen in the film.

All the same, this particular quote from the movie stuck with me the most because I absolutely related to it -- and still do. I suspect other creatives suffer from this every now and then.

In the movie / play, Salieri's talented, but Mozart's a genius. The former has to work thrice as hard while the latter just waltzes in and does whatever, and everything that comes out is perfection. Again, not an accurate depiction of the two men, but the sharp contrast of their abilities and experiences in the film is pretty gutting, especially where Salieri's concerned.

Ouch. But I feel you, Salieri. I really do. In writing and publishing? Yep. All the time even though I keep plugging away and act like everything's cool.