Imagining books and music in quirky and creative ways
Might as well!
1. “In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” –Pride and Prejudice
2. “He’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” –Wuthering Heights
3. “See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. Continue reading “Top 5 Over the Top Romantic Quotes From Literature”
I am making a prediction.
You know how in Frozen Hans has twelve older brothers? Well, to me that sounds an awful lot like a set up for some version of the Twelve Dancing Princesses fairy tale. After all, it sure is a convenient number of brothers to have…
So I’m calling it now. We can look forward to Disney’s version of this fairy tale sometime in the future.
Down the Rabbit Hole
You’re falling! Down, down, down you go. You keep expecting to collide with the ground and keep bracing yourself but you keep falling just the same.
You’re still falling.
You’re still falling.
You start to fall asleep (high notes). After all, you can only grit your teeth in expectation for so long.
Once you’re asleep, you have a nightmare (very low notes). What if you never ever stop falling but are stuck in a loop forever??
When you wake up you find yourself on the floor. Apparently landing woke you up, but you’re not hurt at all—phew.
(But of course you still have no idea what’s going on…)
Where do you think the music would go next if it continued?
Divertimento for Strings No. 4 by Antonio Salieri
Quartetto Amati
Young Catherine Linton is wandering out on the moors, basking in the beauty of nature and birdsong. The music becomes mixed with some darkness as she catches sight of Heathcliff, though…but she doesn’t know the danger she’s in and keeps rejoicing and just being her bubbly self. Besides, Heathcliff is acting the perfect gentleman! Nelly, who is with her, tries to interject a few timid worries and warnings, but she is basically unaffected. After all, what’s the worst that could happen??
Think about it…Lord of the Rings? Maybe the rings are the kind that circus performers on horseback jump through. Hey, maybe they’re on fire.
Who would be the lord of them, though? Hmmm…
This is how I imagine the little mermaid must have felt towards the prince:
Compass by Zella Day:
“Compass point you home, calling out from the east
Compass point you anywhere closer to me
If we make it out alive from the depths of the sea
Compass point you anywhere closer to me”
A heartbreaking song for a heartbreaking story.
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1) What is one of your favorite words? Why?
This is an easy one! Rapscallion. Because it makes me think of a rapping scallion.
2) What is the third book on your bookshelf (from the left)?
A Theory of Musical Narrative by Byron Almén
3) What was your favorite childhood series?
Hmmm…probably the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. Classic!
4) What book would you recommend to everyone to read?
Let’s say 1984 by George Orwell, because it made my brain hurt as I questioned everything I’ve ever known. In a good way.
5) If you could see any band in the world in concert, who would you see? Continue reading “Rapscallions, Norway, and More”
What if your favorite literary characters could be the voice on your GPS?
George Wickham (Pride and Prejudice) would give directions that seemed to make perfect sense but would end up taking you to the wrong place.
Peter Pan would give you false directions and then change them at the last minute while laughing hysterically.
Jane Eyre would be the best because her directions would be to the point and practical.
Bilbo Baggins (The Hobbit) would be a close second. Although, come to think of it, he Continue reading “GPS Literary Characters”
“She’s in a long black coat tonight
Waiting for me in the downpour outside.
She’s singing, ‘Baby come home’ in a melody of tears
While the rhythm of the rain keeps time.”
–Jet Pack Blues by Fall Out Boy
My Idea: Well, with a name like Presto, what was Frankie supposed to do? Ever since he can remember, people have told him he should be a musician.
When he banged on pots and pans as a toddler, the neighbor lady would yell through the window to his mother: “Hey, would ya look at that! I told ya Frankie would be a natural!”
In first grade when it was his turn to tell the class what he wanted to be when he grew up, the teacher interrupted him with, “Oh, Frankie, well obviously you’re going to be one of those music people!”
Now as a 5th grader, the day is rapidly approaching when all of the students will get the chance to learn a few notes on a string instrument of their choice to Continue reading “Judging the Book By Its Cover: Suffocating Expectations”
If Mermaids Wore Suspenders 