In the eye of the beholder

[textualdeviance]

The countdown to Various Big Things in my life has me all wound up these days. And I can't just take off for somewhere peaceful right now.

So your task, my dear flisties, if you have a moment to brighten my day:

Show me something beautiful.

Natural. Human-created. Your dog. Your kid. A sunset. An amazing piece of architecture... Whatever, so long as it's not the boring, commercialized version of human beauty with which we are all bombarded in every ad every day.

Whatever YOU think is beautiful is what I want to see. I want to see beauty through your eyes.

Photos, video, music, poetry, art, whatever trips your triggers.

Comments

[pixxelpuss.livejournal.com]

This one is cheesy and over the top and painfully sentimental, and it gets me every damn time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U&feature=related

Along the same lines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzEUayHqrRc and Part II- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXKxgLvIS6Y&feature=related

And these just give me hope: http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.201554/ and http://www.girleffect.org/video#/video/

[pixxelpuss.livejournal.com]

Oh, and this song- http://www.last.fm/music/Stan+Rogers/_/The+Mary+Ellen+Carter

Canadian folk, but it makes me weepy/happy when I hear it.

[pixxelpuss.livejournal.com]

And this makes me peppy happy when I hear it, although it may make you immensely irritated instead...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhPDUPymSvQ

[solcita.livejournal.com]

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/solcita/1752850074/)

I like this shot so much that it has been my desktop background for the last year. :)

And a bonus!

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/solcita/558710818/)

Lilies at the Market.

And a video link: Imogen Heap performs "Just For Now" Live at Studio 11 103.1 FM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25VGdNU3nrU) (a freaking amazing performance - just her and some looping sound equipment)

[sky-mapping.livejournal.com]

These pictures are big, but I thought I should share:

[glass-pyx.livejournal.com]

Morning glories

(http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x247/GlassPyx/?action=view&current=100_0294.jpg)

My university at night (www.usao.edu)

(http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x247/GlassPyx/?action=view&current=100_0332.jpg)

Clouds over Quartz Mountain, Oklahoma

(http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x247/GlassPyx/?action=view&current=000_0039.jpg)

And here is Dar William's song "After All," which is from her album "Green World." I love this song so much, and I wanted to share it with you: http://www.sendspace.com/file/7r46kk

[ironymaiden]

Portland Chinese Garden

[flippet.livejournal.com]

A song I just love:
Hem - Half Acre. (The vid's just okay, but hey, youtube is easy for finding music.)

One of my favorite pieces--it's so incredibly beautiful and soothing:
Yo-Yo Ma, Prelude to Cello Suite #1 in G Major

More Bach-- Sheep May Safely Graze, and Sleepers, Wake

This piece is so lovely:
Gabriel's Oboe


Beautiful music, lovely choreography, and I think the best performance she had of this program: Michelle Kwan - East of Eden, '98 World Pros. (Too bad you can't shut the announcer up.)

I love this piece:
Chairman's Waltz, choreographed by Wade Robson

Calling You - choreographed by Mia Michaels

And I know that *everyone* has seen this, but I just love it--I do think there's incredible beauty in it--so many people, from so many places, simply enjoying each other, and enjoying something so simple--apart, yet together.
Where the hell is Matt? (2008)

Feel better! :-)