blurry and dali

thought id post my current playlist, something i would enjoy looking back years from now, and my current desktop wallpaper (nope, tiger woods is not in here). i wish i had done this dati pa. it would have been quite a trip down memory lane as i go through my archive. no, seriously :)

"metamorphosis of narcissus" by salvador dali

not sure where i got this, pero ive always been able to appreciate the works of dali, of which the most popular i guess would be persistence of memory. im not a dali fan, pero certainly, his paintings are amongst those i look long and hard when i go visiting art museums. contrary to what i had assumed before i saw his paintings in person, his works are crisp, the lines or strokes are sharp, as a whole very polished. there's seldom any layering or texture to it (unlike van gogh's), it's very two-dimensional, yet its so alive that if you turn away from it for a few minutes and look into the picture again, it would feel as if something had changed; a head lifted, a shadow shifted. if there was a dog or an old lady in the picture, or a hand or clock, it was something he had planned on putting there; not to hide something or merely improve the work aesthetically or create a vague impression but it seems to me he was telling something. although it is seemingly incoherent at first, his paintings usually had a story, an idea, and only he can put the pieces of that story in that manner. fortunately, dali does not leave us clueless -- which is something good about him, unlike other artists. for example in this painting above, dali wrote a poem about it. nice, huh? being a surrealist, his themes are seldom popular, unlike a madonna and her child or a quiet landscape, but i would like to believe that somehow i can relate to them. its like being in one of my dream sequences, his paintings are vivid, moving, kind of twisted, always mesmerizing. i like it.

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anyway, here is my "blurry" playlist, i listen to these songs whenever im home these days. it's not yet in my ipod but hopefully ill be able to upload them soon, in time for my flight to philadelphia and new jersey next week. my ipod playlist still has songs which i downloaded from year 2000, back when napster was still exciting and nokia 3210 was the latest and greatest gadget, hehe. in case you want any songs from the playlist, just let me know and ill send it to you. no, seriously :)

• Puddle of Mudd - Blurry
• Jewel - Near You Always
• Aimee Mann - One (Magnolia Soundtrack)
• City On A Hill - God Of Wonders
• Cold Play - Shiver
• Five for fighting - One More for Love
• Five For Fighting - Easy Tonight
• Five For Fighting - Maybe I
• Nickelback - Far Away
• Sting & The Police - Message In A Bottle
• Switchfoot - Learning To Breathe
• Switchfoot & Jars of Clay - Let That Be Enough
• Switchfoot - I Dare You To Move
• Pussy Cat Dolls - Stick With U
• Sixpence None the Richer & Jars of Clay - With Every Breath
• Guster - Hang On
• Howie Day - Collide

'yun lang. have a good day everyone and God bless!