soulmates.

so i was having a deep conversation with a friend of mine today, and she introduced me to this quote, by author elizabeth gilbert:

"but a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything thats holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. a true soulmate is probably the most important person youll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. but to live with a soulmate forever? nah. too painful. soulmates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they leave. and thank god for it."

i couldn't help but cogitate over this, as it was quite the antithesis of what i've come to understand a soulmate to be. however, the more i thought about it, the more i read closely the passage, i came to understand her outlook... and appreciate it, and even agree with it. soulmates come into your life to teach you, to help you grow. they mesh with you. and i believe that there are different people out there in the world with lessons to teach, love to give, and constructs to destroy. but how can they play that role once your life is changed? things start to deteriorate, and that is when the pain seeps in. thinking back on things, it's how my life has been thus far. someone enters my life in a whirlwind, and they leave just the same. but it's shaped the person i am today, the person i've come to love and appreciate. the person i'm so ardently proud of. so i'm welcoming soulmates, to come. teach me, change me. love me. then leave me. so i can move on to the next, and learn new lessons.

teri moïse - je serai là

i've been in love with the accoustic version of this song since my friend in paris sent it to me last year... but as usual, i'd never checked to see if there was a video... until now. the video is really simple and very chill, but it is incredibly alluring, at least in my opinion it is. the song is in french, but even if you don't speak or understand the language, you're still able to connect with the emotion displayed in the song. so sit back and enjoy it.

in love with this for some reason...

stressed, much???

possibly the most unique|amazing building ever...

...a unique and modern building in prague... definitely a conversation piece.

one evening

so, tonight, as my london friend kristina and i were chatting on msn, we began to take our conversation and turn it into song lyrics. which turned out amazingly, actually. we fed off of each other brilliantly, picking up where the other left off, or changing little tidbits of the other's line to give it better flow. how wondrous! she's an unsigned artist over there, so it'll be exciting (once i'm in that vicinity) getting up with her, creating music and the like. if we can churn out good lyrics virtually, imagine what we could do with actual tools in front of us! it'll be magic. i'm officially excited!