Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Something Important, and Great.


"Yes, an awful lot of sorrow has sort of quieted down up here.

People just wild with grief have brought their relatives up to this hill. We all know how it is... and then time... and sunny days... and rainy days... 'n snow... We're all glad they're in a beautiful place and we're coming up here ourselves when our fit's over.

Now there are some things we all know, but we don't take'm out and look at'm very often. We all know that something is eternal.

And it ain't houses and it ain't names, and it ain't earth, and it ain't even the stars... everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings.

All the greatest people ever lived have been telling us that for five thousand years and yet you'd be surprised how people are always losing hold of it. There's something way down deep that's eternal about every human being.

You know as well as I do that the dead don't stay interested in us living people for very long.

Gradually, gradually, they lose hold of the earth... and the ambitions they had... and the pleasures they had... and the things they suffered... and the people they loved.


They get weaned away from earth- that's the way I put it,- weaned away.

And they stay here while the earth part of 'em burns away, burns out; and all that time they slowly get indifferent to what's goin' on in Grover's Corners.


They're waitin'. They're waitin' for something that they feel is comin'.

Something important, and great.

Aren't they waitin' for the eternal part in them to come out clear?"

The new Sofia Coppola designs for Louis Vuitton + my audition monologue from Our Town by Thornton Wilder, which my high school is putting on in the fall, and for which I tried out about six hours ago.

It went well, I think... in addition to the monologue I also got to read for the crazy old lady who stands up and shouts things during the wedding scene. My dream role! But seriously, it was really fun.
I want a callback so badly! Cross your fingers for me.

P.S. New header! I wanted something a little livelier, and I think every known color of the rainbow is encapsulated in these stunning Antoinette-Fleur drawings.

43 comments:

Annie Spandex said...

Oh wow....

Nora said...

i love sophia coppola and that bag looks fabulous!

K@terina B. said...

I am so drawn by your blog!!!
very interesting, especially since you look so young!!! omg!!!

Amelia said...

I love the picture with all the shoes. Sofia Coppola is amazing.

Jessica said...

i want the shoooes! ♥

Frances Davison said...

amazing!
love the photo with all the cameras x

Death Wears Diamond Jewellery said...

sofia ia brilliant

said...

great post and i love the new header!

Anonymous said...

Oh my! Words cannot describe how much I'd like to be Sophia Coppola... or at least have her shoes!

Manja said...

Sophia Coppola is great! And so is your new header :)

Unknown said...

loving the blog! Good luck on getting the part xoxox

Parapluie said...

Wow, the mixture of the text and the photos is amazing!

Maggie May said...

crossing fingers, lovely.

Damsels said...

hope you get that callback

such great bags in all of these shots We Were Damsels

TRIGG said...

good luck!!
cool post

BonBon Rose Girls Kristin said...

Love the photos, love Sophia, love the header and good luck!!!

amy said...

I was just going to comment on how beautiful your new banner is! I love it. It suits your dreamy blog so nicely


XOXO!
hope to hear from you :)
kiss kiss, amy

Thais said...

your header is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!! im in love!
cute shoes :)

xoxo

Ty Ty

Emz said...

She's got such a cute shoe collection! And she's got great bags toooo!

Anonymous said...

i love how only a small fraction of these comments actually refer to the much better and deeper part of this entry...

...which is also MY MONOLOGUE. DAMN YOU.

Raez said...

ah! i adore sofia, cant believ this colab, so lusting already:):)

xx Raez

Unknown said...

I always enjoy photos of shoes and cameras, my favourite things! x

jimena said...

Good luck!!!
xoxo

jumpseat monalisa said...

journey of the featherless is wonderful! my favorite is still a tie between 'washed your car' and 'good god'. and pretty much every other one of their songs. if you ever get a chance to see them live- do it! i literally left the concert feeling lighter and more hopeful and like my eyes were a little wider.

wonderful monologue! good luck/break a leg/crazy old lady parts are my kind of parts too! i was always (happily) typecast as the weirdo/character lady. they are by far the most fun.

Lisa said...

I love Sofia Coppola! Beautiful pics

Lauren said...

love sophia! good luck with auditions! i sort of miss them lol!

Unknown said...

Love the new header! Good luck with auditions!
XOXOXO
Libby
http://fashionconfectionairy.weebly.com

Marilyn Hayward said...

Ahh I hope you get called back! It's so nerve wracking waiting to hear about call backs.

Unknown said...

Oh that bag is gorgeous! I'm loving it..;D Looking forward on your next post. Have a good day.;D

Travel and Living
Job Hunter

andrea said...

awesome:)!

maggie said...

ooooooohhh! i just love the shoe sketches! great post :D

jessica said...

fingers crossed for callback !
the black bag is so perfect, worn out and a little tarnished, so amazing .

elena-lu said...

oh wow yes fingers crossed let us know! and lvoe the new banner :)

Oh So Hip It Hurts said...

sophia coppola is so so great...would give anything to raid her wardrobe..

xx
http://ohsohipithurts.blogspot.com/

Zhanna said...

I love the last picture, that bag is so beautiful!

this wheel's on fire said...

oh sofia's always stunning & love the new header!

christelle said...

I love shoes and bags louis Vuitton by Sofia :)

Anonymous said...

love sofia!!
love the new header! and i hope you get that callback you wanted!

TheSleekGeek said...

im seriously into your header!!
xx
Jun

RockerJewlz said...

Your new header is fabulous....fluid, richly colored, dreamy, fantastical...ahhhhh, I get lost in it...thanks for the "trip".

Anonymous said...

i love sofia, her designs are so honest and simple

andara violette said...

Great post !

Kwil said...

She seems to me, to be the epitome of classic and cool.