Gaia Community: Desafinada's Blog

Who is the most caring person you know?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:24:14 GMT

My Mum. I could never think of anybody else with more care towards me.

And although they may not always be right, that's what Mum's do.

They care. :)

Beggar's Prayer by Emiliana Torrini

Tags: Q&R, caring, compassion, care, kindness

How has your world changed over the past five years?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:17:06 GMT

Completely!
It's like a storm entered my soul and mixed everything into something blurred and inseparable.

Snow Patrol - What If The Storm Ends? - Later With Jools

Tags: Q&R, future, past, reflection, time

What have you created recently?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:52:08 GMT

Well, according to the First Law of Thermodynamics, I can only transfer.

Tags: Q&R, creativity, creativeness, expression, art

What confuses you?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:36:24 GMT

Everything, always has. I'm a really confused person.

Things I Don't Understand by Coldplay

Tags: Q&R, confusion, bewilderment, understanding

Who in your life have you underestimated?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:06:39 GMT

I'm not really someone who estimates much. Too busy perhaps thinking about nothing. It's probably partly just as I always was, and partly perhaps just beaten out of me. But I don't estimate, so I don't underestimate. I just like to do things for the sake of doing them and living for the sake of life itself.

same-snow patrol

Tags: Q&R, assessment, judgment

Her Sorrow

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:35:49 GMT

Blurred behind the curtain rain
Soft behind the window pane
Eyes that hold a cold dismay

Rolling like a drunken yarn
Hollow like an empty barn
Waking up to dream away

The sky may be the brightest blue
The birds may sing what is true
But that doesn't change a thing

Strolling like a broken mop
Sulking like a withered crop
Words put in a broken string

All the laugh and all the play
Still won't make her smile stay
Dimming lights on the stage

A lonely song in a gray drill
A silent wind with a shrill
Stuffed with grief and rage

All her games and toys wait
It seems that it's a little late
Now that she can see no shade

Holding her within a shell
Drifting her away as well
Till it wishes to slowly fade

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Getting back to writing after some time. It's always easier writing something sad, so I just wrote some lines about a girl's sadness. Hope it's not too awful.

Tags: song, poem, sadness

Friday Five of Writing

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:07:10 GMT

1) Do like to write?
I so like to write. I think it more for the sake of sanity. :P
But I enjoy it anyways.

2) Have you ever blogged?
I keep putting things here, though it's been quite a while since I posted anything besides the Q & As or a Friday Five. A little time in-fact, since I've even posted anything, some busing madness I guess. Whatever way, I'm just too moody, so it quite depends on that.

3) What's one of your favorite types of writing to read?
I mostly like reading non-fictional science related books. The only thing I find boring to read are biographies. Besides all that, it's a joy to read an honest piece of writing.

4) Do you like big words or simply learning new words?
I'm not really very fond of big words. Some-days, I just like learning new words, specially quirky ones. And sometime later secretly wonder if I'm the only person on earth who finds a truckload of happiness when she comes across one.

5) Do you keep a personal journal, just for you?
Not really. Sometimes I just ramble-write and save it somewhere. But nothing much like a journal.

Tags: Friday Five, writing

What would your dream vacation be like?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:35:31 GMT

I don't really have any dream anything. And I didn't realize that until this question was there.

I'm kind of half-laughing half -confused.

Goodness! I don't have a dream vacation! And what's worse is that I can't even think of one right now. :S

Tags: Q&R, vacation, holiday, dream

What do you prefer to "small talk"?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:29:58 GMT

I think nothing on an extreme is the best option. A balance between them, perhaps is better.

Having said that, I very much dislike being asked, 'how are you?'.Not because it's "small talk" but because it's such a vague question.

I either prefer utter nonsense or to stay in the deep. And it's an inconvenient thing.

I'm not natural with small talk. But I still use it in everyday life because it allows the formation of an initial bond with people to help start a conversation. I'm not saying that people are shallow, but that people would prefer moving from small talk to the greater one than being attacked with the big talk in the first place. I'd put it this way, that perhaps it feels like a natural grace of things.

Tags: Q&R, small talk, conversation, connection

What experiences do you think are important for children to have?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:21:02 GMT

A childhood.

Tags: Q&R, children, experiences, childhood

How do you say no?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:15:28 GMT

42 ways to say NO

It's kind of ironic, because I'm listening to the premiere of a new song 'Just Say Yes' by Snow Patrol on BBC Radio1. :S
But on a little bit of a serious note,I've had my issues with saying 'no' before. Now, I just do what I honestly agree to do and say the 'no' when I don't. Now-days,I just keep it honest and natural.

Tags: QaR, boundaries, protection, self-care

What worry would you like to let go of?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:03:12 GMT

I would like to let go of a utopian wish of the naive side of my heart ,whose constant failure disastrously rattles me and which makes me worry maddeningly at every potential, but eventually fruitless, opportunity.

Tags: QaR, worry, concern, letting go

What helps you deepen into the present moment?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:46:06 GMT

I think it's my tendency to become lost in that moment.

Tags: Q&R, relaxation, presence, present moment

Where do your answers come from?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:17:55 GMT

From anywhere and anything. Sometimes it ends to be too surprising where they come. But I can't narrow down to a source. I guess it's the same with questions too.

Tags: Q&R, answers, questions, origin, intuition

Are you energetically sensitive?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:35:13 GMT

In a way, but it's not like positive energy and negative energy. I'm mostly just affected by strong energies, good or bad. I can't make a difference. Sometimes it draws me into it, sometimes I want to run away and almost everytime it sort of rattles me and I become anxious. It's confused state, so, I don't quite know how to explain it.

Tags: Q&R, energy, emotions, sensitive

What makes you feel most free?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:03:55 GMT

When I let my mind flow.

Snow Patrol - I'm an Astronaut (cover)

Tags: Q&R, freedom, free, independence

What does your heart most want right now?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:11:42 GMT

My heart wants to sing ignorantly while wandering aimlessly.

J Tillman - "Firstborn"

Tags: Q&R, heart, listening, desire

What do you like most about mornings?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:57:21 GMT

Dawn

Tags: QaR, mornings

What do you like best about the night?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:51:55 GMT

I'm nocturnal. :P

I have an affinity for darkness. The night is dark, cold, calm, solitary and lovely. It has a haunting wind that carries a melancholy, hidden under the chaos of the day.

I actually find the night comforting.

And that just makes me weird person.

Mechanical Lullaby- Coraline

Tags: QaR, night, evening

What nourishes your soul?

http://silentblowingwind.gaia.com — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:40:08 GMT

Questions and the search for their answers.

Even if I don't come up with the questions, because they show me what I have missed. Or even if I don't find an answer, because I come across several things while trying to find one.
And how lovely it feels to be greated with a new question everyday here at Gaia!

Tags: QaR, soul, rejuvenation