The Stones Were Once Alive

I believe that the stones were once alive, 

but they had lost their hearts at sea. Now, 

they stand like warriors on their Citadel of 

Crystal Suns, against Blades of Waves. 

Last month, my dad, brother, and I visited the northernmost isles of the Philippines in the province of Batanes. It was there that I found solitude scintillating with the foaming waves and the stones that whisper old tales through the voices of the wind. Perhaps, the most beautiful place I've been to, yet... La lala lala lala lala...

Weeell, this is it for now (Tinamad? Haha). I will post a more extensive record of this journey soon. :) 

The words above the photos were inspired by the stones which I believe were once like people. But as time passed, and as the Ivatan's culture flourished, they became guardians of the sea and served as shelter for people and a refuge for light. I dunno. They felt so alive to me, especially the big rocks, with beating hearts that resonate forgotten voices. ~*

We Walk

Every journey conceals another journey within its lines: the path not taken and the forgotten angle. These are the journeys I wish to record. Not the ones I made, but the ones I might have made, or perhaps did make in some other place or time. - Sexing the Cherry, Jeanette Winterson

Daydream Delusion, Limousine Eyelash

This is one of the films that I love watching alone, because I love listening to their conversations and I never get tired of them. After watching this a few times, I began to dream of my own "Euro-train romance." But something without the romance part would do. I just want to travel and see where the world takes me, or maybe, to see where I can take the world. Wouldn't that just be amazing?

Before Sunrise (1995) was directed by Richard Linklater who utterly translated love, and basically, life, into something tangible through words, conversation, and connection. It's just amazing how two people from different countries (and accents) instantly establish a connection through their thoughts and philosophies about life, people, and themselves. And everything happened in one day! In 2004, Linklater produced a sequel, Before Sunset, wherein the two main characters meet again after nine years. 

Talk talk talk. That's all they ever do, and I don't seem to get bored because they just make sense, like how two people make sense. I would love to meet a stranger on a train in Europe someday who would enchant me with a conversation. Hmm, how 'bout this guy? ;)

The street poet from Before Sunrise

One of my favorite parts in Before Sunrise was when they met a street poet in Vienna who asked them to give him a random word, and he would write a poem with that word in it. That is what he does for a living. And the word they chose was MILKSHAKE. I would pay a lot to this man. <3

Daydream delusion, limousine eyelash 

Oh baby with your pretty face 

Drop a tear in my wineglass 

Look at those big eyes  

See what you mean to me 

Sweet-cakes and milkshakes 

I'm a delusion angel 

I'm a fantasy parade 

I want you to know what I think 

Don't want you to guess anymore 

You have no idea where I came from 

We have no idea where we're going 

Lodged in life 

Like branches in a river

Flowing downstream 

Caught in the current 

I carry you 

You'll carry me 

That's how it could be 

Don't you know me?  

Don't you know me by now? 

Space is the Place

My name is Reyra and I am not an addict (will post more decent photos ;P). I am here to let my thoughts parade in this space, this cyberspace of a place, because I want to record the things that play on my mind. I want to write about the things that go on in my world and maybe in yours too. ~*