he smiles at the moon like he knows her

(ph: sarah bella's tumblr - dalliance3)

a snowy christmas eve. who could ask for more?
bright city lights; i miss you. the country's silence is outstaying its welcome.

listening to:
regina spektor - the call

you could be happy, and i won't know...

(ph: ?)

this officially marks the moment of me being done my semester of university. all those essays and exams are completed and in the past. i have to admit, my third year is passing by much quicker than i want it to... i am just starting to appreciate my classes! i guess it helps that i am finally studying something i love.

(ph: some tumblr account... no suprise)

listening to...
sóley - smashed birds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hygECZF0S0

tous les hommes sont des matelots

(ph: cademartin)

candied tears
turn milky starlight
heat wave shivers
that call to me

farewell, michigan; your sweet serenade has held me captivated for much too long

listening to...
metallic falcons - four hearts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0B0a3OCgNY

qui qu'a vu coco?

(ph: cademartin.com)

aujourd'hui, il pleut. j'aimerais bien qu'il neige. je doit écrire mon examen de français aujourd'hui et ensuite completer ma dissertation sur l'art byzantin. j'attend avec impatience la dernière journée des cours, qui est mercredi!!

(ph: cademartin.com)

these photographs are so pretty! i really wish i had never quit ballet as a child...

once this crazy semester is over, my aiyana promises she will teach me bits of ballet <3 after we spend a day or so cleaning this apartment! it has kind of been neglected for a while now... but that's just what exams do to a couple of girls! our new apartment is simply beautiful. it has wooden floors, the cutest little pantry in the kitchen, and antique keyholes on the doors! it reminds me so much of the house from my childhood. we even have a whole backyard to ourselves with space for a garden next summer! all that is missing is a kitten. but we'll be getting one of those next semester, fingers crossed!

listening to...
manchester orchestra - i can feel a hot one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOPUNhgLL-A&ob=av2n

waiting for the hint of a spark

(ph: personal; photography project march 2010)

today, i need to write a 10 page essay... yay for procrastinating! i'm also waiting impatiently for it to snow <3

Lilted whispers, soundless night

Touched by sirens of crystal light

Stained glass, rusty tears

Dust wind blows, shattered stardust clears

Sunday Sabbath secrets hide

Meadows deep in blue wave tide

Scratch of feather on paper stained

Broken teacups, mother’s heart pained

-indra

listening to...
ferraby lionheart - the ballad of gus and sam 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A-4zMc5U8M

veiny with a selfish fear

(ph: anniieemal.blogspot.com)

listening to...
fever ray - when i grow up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4F-CpE73o2M#!

you're a superstitious girl

(ph: still from amélie)

hier, j'ai passé la soirée à regarder des films français et à écouter la musique d'édith piaf <3

(ph: samuel bradley photography)

these past three weeks have been truly testing my skills as an art history student. i honestly don't understand how i have been getting each essay done, and studying for every exam. it's like i've been stuck in some strange dream state, unaffected by time. i have, however, learnt a lot about myself as a student, and i am truly having an exceptionally inspiring year at school. i am simply in love with art history!

(ph: eredel on deviantart)

last weekend i went to see my aiyana's dance performance. she was showing a piece she had choreographed, called spectre innocence. it was perfectly beautiful, and i am so unbelievably proud of her! i was so happy to see her creation come to life, and to see her dancing.

last night's love affair

ph: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fr22/
my cousin is an amazing photographer. i don't know why she is studying science.

ph: ?

today, it is raining, and i feel there is no better way to spend the day than to bake a bunch of cookies and watch movies with my aiyana. after we tidy up the bedroom, of course. i can never understand how this room can get so messy so easily... i suppose i may spend some time today decluttering. i think it's time to admit i own way too much clothing...

listening to...
marina and the diamonds - obsessions (monsieur adi remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l0xfPmHbHA

looking like our parents did

(ph: her secret menagerie, by rockie nolan; nerdynotdirty)

in exactly 8 minutes, i will be twenty. it seems nineteen is going out with a bang, however.

listening to...
seabear - cold summer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs1fIPmTWns

au revoir, simone

(ph: à quelque part inconnu...)

today, i finally get to hug my aiyana tighter than ever before! i've missed her so much <3 it always seems the days pass by slowly when she is gone...

tomorrow, we both go home to my family! hopefully there is some easter chocolate awaiting me! besides that, i have missed the country dearly, and i am excited to get some adventure time in.
also, this marks my last week as a nineteen year old :( twenty seems so scary...

listening to...
coeur de pirate - comme des enfants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaUI6Tvd1sA

on leapfrogs and pterodactyls

ph: cocorosie. they are the most beautiful, wildest kinders i have ever seen.

it is absolutely beautiful out today! the sun is so pretty, and it's warm on my skin <3
i am finally done all my exams, and yesterday my ayiana and i moved into our summer apartment! it is a cute little loft over a bakery in our favourite area, and we live with two artistic girlies!

(ph ?)

today, i am going to an art show, downtown, where one of my friends and her photography class will be showing their work. i am so excited to dress up pretty and spend an evening on the town <3 it's been a couple days now of bum clothes and messy hair, so makeup and dresses are very enticing today!

story for ayiana

ph: ?

my ayiana is catnapping beside me :)
i wrote this for her last summer.

If you look closely, you will see
Her arms stretching across the sky;
Her sweet smiles covered in grey.
Lake of the sky, fall not below the ocean line
Deep blue, you hold no reflection.
You drop mirrors, caress the earth with dusk feathers.
Hidden shards of glass, step lightly.
Colour shot across the sky
Running in lines, through her veins
Liquid colour, rush of noise.
An endless chase, never to reach her side;
She runs, quicksilver static remaining ever still.
Light, reach not through
For fear she dissolves into grey sheets of down
Undo her charm, radiance dead.
Leaving not a trace of her memory
As if it never once were
That her arms stretched across the sky;
Her sweet smiles faded into grey.
-indralit

staring at the sun

ph: no clue... google.

i love sarah michelle gellar. my highschool years were all about watching buffy the vampire slayer, and i own every season. so i simply must wish the fabulous lady a happy birthday!!

nothing much has happened today worth telling. i am not getting nearly as much studying done as i would like, however...
well, that is all!

leave all your love and your longing behind

ph seventeenreasonswhyiloveyou (but i wouldn't bet too much on it... i am easily wrong)
happy birthday mommy!! i love you <3
sigh... no pretty sun today. just clouds and rain. looks like a day for studying and essay writing. fannntastic!

ph ?
je n'aime pas les cauchemars! i woke up because of a nightmare and couldnt get back to sleep! how annoying...

some boys romance

ph: ? but i LOVE this room! i want it to be my own!
what a day it has been! slept in this morning, and then made apple crisp with my ayiana... i simply love the smell of apples, cinnamon and brown sugar. it smells like my mother's kitchen <3 afterwards, one of my close toronto friends came for a visit, and we threw on some pretty dresses and spent the afternoon vintage shopping in kensington market! i figured it was the perfect thing to do on such a beautiful day, especially since she had never been there before!
i bought a gorgeous pink, vintage dress at one little shop, and i feel just like a doll, dressed up for a teaparty in it! i also bought a cute wool top with baby leopards on it... it's just adorable paired with a highwaisted lace skirt and some black tights, which is exactly how i am wearing it right now!

ph: comeatmebro

this evening i must, however, focus on my studies. human anatomy aint gonna study itself!
goodnight, lovely people
xo

catching minutes and flying kites

ph: seventeenreasonswhyiloveyou

Lilted whispers, soundless night
Touched by sirens of crystal light
Stained glass, rusty tears
Dust wind blows, shattered stardust clears
Sunday Sabbath secrets hide
Meadows deep in blue wave tide
Scratch of feather on paper stained
Broken teacups, mother’s heart pained
-indralit

i don't think this is quite complete, but it was written last summer, and i don't have a clue how to continue it right now.

sunkissed and starry eyed

ph: personal

yay for more art!
this was drawn when i was in grade 11, i believe... it was for our final art assignment, and we had to create a fantasy landscape. i borrowed the idea of a balloon tree from a children's book i remember adoring as a child. the bark on the tree is actually real white birch bark! hooray for adventures at 3 in the morning, in the sticky summer heat, crawling through spider webs to scrape bark off of your mother's favourite birch tree! :D
i will admit, this isn't one of my best pieces... i mean, look at that 1-dimensional floor, and those walls and doors! but i think the idea is cute, anyways.

today means studying for that human anatomy exam. i'm kind of excited, because i actually really do love that class!

keeping a bottle of wishes.

ph source: ?

my aiyana keeps a tiny bottle of eylashes. she collects them for their wishes. they're very valuable, she knows. one day, she will release them, either one by one, or all at once. so many little wishes, saved over such a long time... but my aiyana creates magic where there was not before. she always knows the littlest of secrets... she knows so much.

i like automatic writing. i like it's complexity, and the search for meaning it entails.

fingernails fade
they don't keep colour
tiny fine lines
written between folds
folded sheets, twisted on a wire
hung between two streets
of here and there
an unseen distance
but you know, within two steps
you will be at that door.
-indralit

listening to...
warpaint - stars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHkP9zRyD88

simply smiling

photo source: unknown

oh, the thrill of climbing trees <3
today, my ayiana and i are going for an adventure in the sunny downtown streets of toronto. this generally means trips to kensington market, the st. lawrence market, and the fashion district! she's also going on a secret adventure herself. i don't know what she could possibly be up to...
the part of the trip i'm most excited for is getting homemade pie from kensington, at the sweetest little cafe called "wanda's pie in the sky". it's my absolute favourite place in kensington! i mean, who can turn down freshly baked, warm pie?! not even my chepi can say no to a delicious blueberry pie, which is entirely made from scratch by the excellent artists responsible for creating such magic! and she isn't even a fan of pie... but these ones are the perfect balance of sweetness.
i'm just so excited to go walking in the sun today... it's so warm! not quite warm enough to wear a pretty dress out, but it is getting there! (i hope)

wanda's pie in the sky: http://www.wandaspieinthesky.com/index.html

listening to...
mgmt - kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIEOZCcaXzE

growing old is getting old

ph: personal

a study of da vinci and way of drawing close-ups of the human anatomy... i really like drawing hands. they're always so different and with so much detail :)

ph: personal

i guess this was done quite a while ago... but anyways, it's a study of material and texture.

i once was an artist, once was. i think i may like to be one again soon. i think only the summer sun can inspire me right now! if only it would come out of hiding... it is already april!

listening to...
silversun pickups - growing old is getting old
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgyBJO1SthA

you wish fire would die and turn colder

i can't be sure of what this will become, but i suppose it will soon be something. i am thinking it will be sort of a secret box filled with everything an indra could possibly ever like... and i think that will just have to do...

listening to...
jonsi - go do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYb2Q3DvLNE