Caitlin Rose sings a perfect song for monday morning

http://www.myspace.com/caitlinrosesongs/music/songs/shanghai-cigarettes-72311371

" This will never be right and I will never let go..."

Theme of the Month: Creative Flow in Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine is a very moving film and perhaps not one to take your lover to, particularly when in a fresh, whirlwind phase of the relationship. It just might dampen the spirits and cut your dream phase a little short. Ryan Gosling is brilliant as a blue collar working class boy who just wants the very simple things in life. And Michelle Williams holds a steady gaze that says " why didn't I marry someone else?" the whole way through the film. The music is Grizzly Bear which actually suits the jumpy style of the film, as it goes from past to present and relives the very painful moments of both the good and the bad of a relationship.

Monsieur on traffic

"What's wrong?"
" Oh, it's just this guy in front of me who won't move because he's trying to drive and shave at the same time"

I love the tube

This picture was taken by the photographer Michael Wolf, who journeyed to Tokyo only to come face to face with the horror of the rush hour over there. Although there have been times where I have been so squashed by my fellow traveler that I can smell their oblivion to deodorant, I have thankfully never felt quite like this person looks in the photo.

Theme of the month: Creative flow

Diego Luna has made the tricky transition from gorgeous actor and friend to Gael Garcia Bernal to gorgeous actor, friend to many, I'm sure, and director of his very own debut " Abel". Yet again, life shows us that roles are transient and unfixed, that whatever you do, the process feeds creativity. The simple ticking of time allows us to catch hold of the reins and steer all our passions and probably most of our unconscious selves in dreams and turn them into an alternative yet brilliant reality. I am always stunned by the way it all happens, by the seemingly insignificant and often fleeting idea that comes back around and pokes you, like one of those so-called friends on facebook. Diego Luna's idea is of a boy who returns from a psychiatric ward and decides that, instead of dwelling on the absence of his own father, he will become the father of the house. In a twisted way, all is perfect, until his father comes home.....

Theme of the Month: creative flow

You can tell that, like many, I have made this month about yoga and clean living. Too many Goombay Smash cocktails  have left me thirsty for a pure elixir to wash away the sins. However, rather than sipping on nettle tea or reaching for home-made enemas, I prefer to revel in the season's new releases. Top of my list is Blue Valentine, which, whilst it does not promise a fairy-tale ending nor does it follow the age-old happy Hollywood denoument, seems to offer a more innovative account of the ebbs and flows of a relationship in its final throes.

Junkanoo.....

My trip to the Bahamas left me a little colder than I had hoped, as storms and bad weather circulated the island followed by an ear infection which chilled me to the core. However, the most warming and enriching experience I now look back on is the Junkanoo, a street parade and carnival that starts at 1am on Boxing Day and goes right through to the next. Everyone was out on the streets, from Bahama mamas to the softest, cutest looking bahamian babies, all rooting for their favourite parade groups in the thick of huge rivalry between certain leader groups like The Saxons and The Valley Boys. My new favourite things are : listening to Junkanoo music whilst eating plantains...