In march I took a fabulous songwriting course by Pat Pattison on Coursera.
It was a challenge for me, especially because writing lyrics not in your native language isn't easy at all :)
But the main goal was, as I mentioned on g+ before, to write lyrics to music that I had.
And finally I've got the song! I'm not a great singer nor a great guitar player, but at least it expresses some feelings :)
July 6, 2013
January 20, 2013
Thingvallavatn
Without further ado, it's my first oil on canvas painting.
I was very impressed with our trip to Iceland, but I had had no time to draw sketches, so I had to create this painting with the help of my husband's photo.
It's 36 x 44 cm
I'm back
I'm an awful blogger, I know. It's been a long-long time since I wrote something.
I can try to justify myself by saying I was sooo busy or that my daily routine went upside down after the wonderful trip to Iceland. That would be partly true, but I think the main reason is my idleness.)
However, I've had some thoughts worth putting down in letters, and I've seen some movies worth talking about, so I hope I'm finally back.
The first thing I want to show you, I think, deserves its own post, so watch out!
I can try to justify myself by saying I was sooo busy or that my daily routine went upside down after the wonderful trip to Iceland. That would be partly true, but I think the main reason is my idleness.)
However, I've had some thoughts worth putting down in letters, and I've seen some movies worth talking about, so I hope I'm finally back.
The first thing I want to show you, I think, deserves its own post, so watch out!
September 15, 2012
Niceland (Population 1.000.002)
I go on explorind icelandic movies, this one was shot in 2004 by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (actually it's co-production of Iceland, Denmark, Germany and the UK). The film is rather short but definitely nice and touching. Its plot revolves around love between two mentally retarded young people, as it is said in the synopsis. But I actually didn't mention their backwardness while watching the movie. They are naive, straightforward and a bit strange, but in this film everyone is strange. And the main hero, Jed, sometimes turnes out to be more perceptive, balanced and wise than, say, his father. His motives may be simple-hearted, but he's totally sincere, and that's the source for the power he needs. Power not to become desperate when something goes wrong, to face his fears and to find the answer to the main question - what is the purpose of life. And not to be scared.
September 6, 2012
Artificial intelligence (again) and a little bit of Star Trek
Another movie about a perfect robot looking like a real man, this one is by Spielberg.
I don't actually want to write a review on this film. I wouldn't say that its message is pioneering, the more films about supercomputers I watch the more I realize they are all alike. One of the special features of such movies is that a perfect computer has a strong resemblance to a human being. And that is the point I can't understand. I wouldn't like to live in a world where I couldn't tell a human from a machine. Even if it has an artificial intelligence, the machine is still just the machine, no matter how it looks like. The similarity to a living thing just makes it more difficult (sometimes even impossible) to make a decision and switch it off if necessary.
I don't actually want to write a review on this film. I wouldn't say that its message is pioneering, the more films about supercomputers I watch the more I realize they are all alike. One of the special features of such movies is that a perfect computer has a strong resemblance to a human being. And that is the point I can't understand. I wouldn't like to live in a world where I couldn't tell a human from a machine. Even if it has an artificial intelligence, the machine is still just the machine, no matter how it looks like. The similarity to a living thing just makes it more difficult (sometimes even impossible) to make a decision and switch it off if necessary.
July 19, 2012
I'm here
It's about the 2010 short movie by Spike Jonze. Не is a weird guy known by the film "Being John Malkovich" and by the MTV show "Jackass".
The movie "I'm here" is also a bit strange. It's about the world inhabited by robots equally with people. At the same time, robots seem to have lower social status than people do. Maybe that's one of the reasons why they look like they were constructed from the parts of a very old PC. However, this makes them really cute, especially the facial expressions are very touching.
And that's the main reason for watching this film. If you want to spend half an hour seeing nice things, that would be a good choice. For the plot seems really poor to me. It's an ordinary melodramatic story of a modest guy falling in love with a cool girl and then getting her out of troubles almost at the cost of his life. It's so simple and you'll always know what's going to happen next. But it's so sweet nevertheless.
And there's only one thing I can't understand. Why on Earth should anybody create a robot that can't be repaired without causing a loss to another robot? Even if it's just an idea for a movie, it's so absurd that I can't accept it anyway. They are robots, aren't they? Then shouldn't legs and arms and other stuff be just spare parts?
The movie "I'm here" is also a bit strange. It's about the world inhabited by robots equally with people. At the same time, robots seem to have lower social status than people do. Maybe that's one of the reasons why they look like they were constructed from the parts of a very old PC. However, this makes them really cute, especially the facial expressions are very touching.
And that's the main reason for watching this film. If you want to spend half an hour seeing nice things, that would be a good choice. For the plot seems really poor to me. It's an ordinary melodramatic story of a modest guy falling in love with a cool girl and then getting her out of troubles almost at the cost of his life. It's so simple and you'll always know what's going to happen next. But it's so sweet nevertheless.
And there's only one thing I can't understand. Why on Earth should anybody create a robot that can't be repaired without causing a loss to another robot? Even if it's just an idea for a movie, it's so absurd that I can't accept it anyway. They are robots, aren't they? Then shouldn't legs and arms and other stuff be just spare parts?
June 27, 2012
On the air (by David Lynch) - part 2
Some time ago I wrote about a short TV series by Lynch that I had started watching. Now finally I've seen it all, and I can say that my first impression of it was correct. The mixture of absurdity introduced by Lynch and more prosaic humour (by Mark Frost?) and the plot in whole is perfectly balanced and makes the TV series both charming and funny. There is a peculiar atmosphere of the made-up studio that forces you to watch episodes one by one non-stop. I think that if you loved "Twin Peaks", you would most likely love "On the air" as well.
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