15 August 2011
My Place
I posted this video today and so I figured I'd just attach a really short blog post to go with it, since I'm not up to much today except dealing with personal issues. This video started as a test video. I have about five test videos in FCP just waiting to become something. Somewhere along the line, this video went from some footage and effects to something more, so I decided to write a little bit about what Disneyland has always meant to me and turn it into a video. Yes, it's short, but it didn't really need more.
Disneyland was a getaway when I was younger. We would go as a family once or twice a year for about five days and never got bored. Sure, we fought, but at the end of the day, we were happy to be there together. As I grew up, my family and I stopped going places together and I went alone. It never feels the same, though. I love visiting with my friends, but it really is an entirely different experience. I no longer feel that I want to be there for five days. I can go one day and year and it will keep me happy all year round. It was my first second home, if that makes sense. The first place, other than my house, that comforted me and reminded me how lucky I am to be alive. I owe Disney and Disneyland a lot, I do. And while I feel I have grown out of my intense Disney phase, I will never think less of this beautiful place. I hope my short video represents that.
Let me know if you guys have a place of this sort. It's really interesting to see what places mean a lot to others. See you tomorrow. x
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This is weird, but my place is on my old high school's stage/ in the performing art's center. I was a stage manager for a few years, and for a while, I spent more waking hours in that auditorium than any other room. I love when it's empty and the house lights are down and only the stage is lit. The stage's warm yellow reflections and the aisle lights make for a weird sort of xanadu. It's no disneyland, but it's the most comforting feeling for me. Any empty stage can send me on a nostalgic kick :]
hi kayley! first off, i really enjoy watching your videos and reading your blog posts. you always have something great to say, and i think that's really refreshing.
but as for my "place", i think the place i consider most beloved to me is Seattle, washington. I live in portland, and when i was little, my family and i would take trips up there to visit my grandparents. they lived in this cute little neighborhood, and we sometimes drive by it if we're ever up there, but they sold their house and moved down to southern california a few years back and we don't make frequent trips now.
i dunno, i suppose you could think it's just any old city and it's so similar to portland in some ways, but so many valuable memories linger there-- i remember the way their (my grandparents) house smelled like wood and fresh air. i remember looking at old photographs, which i still love doing; i remember trying to load neopets on their dinosaur of a computer (!), and i remember the pink carpet in the bathroom (which was rather odd in retrospect, but i thought it was very endearing.)
it's the house my dad grew up in, and i remember sleeping in his old room for a weekend, and i remember meeting up with my cousins there when they were still babies, and i remember unwrapping presents at the dining room table, and i remember trying thanksgiving stuffing for the very first time, and playing hockey foos-ball with the boy cousins who were so competitive. i don't know why i'm telling you all of this, it's rather silly, but i like to share it.
the house and the entire city of Seattle in general just remind me of all these treasured memories, and remind me that i can have homes that are not my own. i think remembering these things brings me a lot of comfort. i guess the overall reason why this is "my place", is that when i bring my mind there, i realize that when life is complicated and confusing and hard, that simple happiness still exists and it is not difficult. that place means a lot to me, even if i may not ever be able to return.
anyhow, i don't know if you read that whole story (i know it was a little too long!), or if it even made any sense, but i enjoyed sharing, and i hope you enjoyed hearing about a little square of my life.
keep writing your blog, it's one of my favorites!
best wishes, Leila (pronounced lee-la)
For me- it's books. When I read, I relate to the book and I come to think of books as my time capsules. I leave a part of me in that book. I know it sounds weird but take the childrens classic Anne of Green Gables- I love that book so much. I literally feel like a child when I remember myself reading it. I am reminded of a younger me, and I remember how I felt when I was reading it. Books remind me of times in my life that have gone, but which have marked a change in me.
I can't express how important they are to me...
There's a view from my grandparents' road that looks out over the whole of my city (Birmingham). It's not generally a very pretty place, but from the top of that hill it always is, especially towards dusk. Sometimes I go and visit in the early evenings, but before I knock on their door I'll sit down a distance away at the top of the street, on the wall of the primary school my dad went to, and just watch as the city prepares for the night, when the lights start coming on in the towers and the houses that line the road. I feel rooted there.
Loved the video.
I absolutely loved this video.
When I first saw it I was like 'aw only 36 seconds :(.'
After watching it, though, I understood that all you needed was 36 seconds :D
Hey Kayley, I really like Disneyland as well, although only been there once considering I live in Aus. Anyway I have a lot of different places where I seem to escape to, and each one for a different reason
1: The theatre, more releated to when I'm on stage performing, feeling the excitment of a performance of the crowd, your so removed from your self and feeling everything in your character and who that character is, it's like an escape for me...something I love doing. Yet it also can reveal much about myself, which can also be weird...but yeah Drama is an escape and a learning experience as well
2: Second would be books, I can just get lost in a book, and get lost in a whole different world. When I was younger I would just imagine myself in that world (I was the kinda kid that ran around pretending to be animals and random fantasy creatures...but yeah) But through books, I also seem to find myself as well, depending on the book...sometimes I'll identify with a character and go, wow that's me...so it's kinda like theatre, an escape and a learning
3: Finally music, either playing or learning, or writing. This is kinda weird. Since playing and learning music are escapes for me, when I'm feeling sad or frusterated and can't pay attention, I'll usually go into music...but it's also an expression for me through my writing, when I can't express what I want in words, or actions, I write and sing...so yeah kinda both...
Disneyland would be awesome as an escape and a home-away-from-home, but since I can't reach there from Aus, my places are the ones above.
:)
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