May You Walk Gently Through The World And Know Its Beauty
| May You Walk Gently Through The World And Know Its Beauty | |
| Created by: | alexandra |
| Tracks: | 9 |
| Length: | 00:57:21 |
| Keywords |
1. walk 2. think 3. nostalgia |
| Created on | 7/24/06 1:54pm |
| Level | 7 |
| Points | 3411 |
| Total visitors | 139 |
| Unique visitors | 76 |
description:
Sometimes you need music, a soundtrack to your life. If you look at something with music, it can seem completely different to you and far more memorable. I like to take walks a lot whenever I'm feeling a particularly strong emotion. It doesn't really matter what the emotion is, just that it's strong.
This is a mix of some of the songs I have the strongest memories to along my walks.
This is a mix of some of the songs I have the strongest memories to along my walks.
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| 1 | Explosions In The Sky... : First Breath After Coma |
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When I was in the process of accidentally breaking someone's heart, I took a guilty walk around my town. It was one of those situations you think about so much that you eventually become detatched from it. That situation combined with this song on that very walk, shaped one of my most personal short film ideas.
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Track 1 from The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
Length: 00:09:33 Year: 2003 |
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When I was in the process of accidentally breaking someone's heart, I took a guilty walk around my town. It was one of those situations you think about so much that you eventually become detatched from it. That situation combined with this song on that very walk, shaped one of my most personal short film ideas. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Sia : Breathe Me |
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As a child, I used to go with my Granny down to the lake where she had a bench. We called it the Secret Hiding Place. She used to read me stories from when she was a child, like The Twins and Tabiffa. I walked down there for the first time in a long, long time and found the stones to be covered in moss and grass. The bench was old, weathered and broken. All the trees were hanging down into the small clearing making the view of the lake, once perfect, seem ugly. The water still lapped up against the rocks the same way, but I couldn't touch it because there were thorns blocking my way. I tried to sit and I tried to appreciate but I haven't been there since.
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Track 2 from Colour the Small One
Length: 00:04:34 Year: 2005 |
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As a child, I used to go with my Granny down to the lake where she had a bench. We called it the Secret Hiding Place. She used to read me stories from when she was a child, like The Twins and Tabiffa. I walked down there for the first time in a long, long time and found the stones to be covered in moss and grass. The bench was old, weathered and broken. All the trees were hanging down into the small clearing making the view of the lake, once perfect, seem ugly. The water still lapped up against the rocks the same way, but I couldn't touch it because there were thorns blocking my way. I tried to sit and I tried to appreciate but I haven't been there since. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Sigur Rós : Starálfur |
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I went on a road trip about a year and a half ago and I was in this town I'd never been in. I really, more than anything, wanted time to think about all the things I thought were so important at the time- so I decided to go for a walk. I ended up at a park, completely void of children as it was one of those gray days where the air is so heavy with early spring moisture. I ended up on the swing set, and began to swing. I can't remember a time when I've felt more like I was in the exact right place than in that moment. And I have no idea why.
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Track 3 from Ágætis Byrjun
Length: 00:06:46 Year: 2001 |
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I went on a road trip about a year and a half ago and I was in this town I'd never been in. I really, more than anything, wanted time to think about all the things I thought were so important at the time- so I decided to go for a walk. I ended up at a park, completely void of children as it was one of those gray days where the air is so heavy with early spring moisture. I ended up on the swing set, and began to swing. I can't remember a time when I've felt more like I was in the exact right place than in that moment. And I have no idea why. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | The Incredible Moses Leroy : The Color of Sky |
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Pieces of crap can look suddenly gorgeous to music. For 4 years I walked the same route to the bus for school. For some reason, one summer I came to a spot along that same route and I found myself completely amazed by this one piece of metal. It was holding some piece of equipment up with huge bolts and rusty wires entangled around it. I went back to that spot and took a picture. To be honest, I've never looked at that piece of rusty crap again, but to this day, that picture is one of my favourites in the whole world.
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Track 4 from Become The Soft.Lightes
Length: 00:02:55 Year: 2004 |
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Pieces of crap can look suddenly gorgeous to music. For 4 years I walked the same route to the bus for school. For some reason, one summer I came to a spot along that same route and I found myself completely amazed by this one piece of metal. It was holding some piece of equipment up with huge bolts and rusty wires entangled around it. I went back to that spot and took a picture. To be honest, I've never looked at that piece of rusty crap again, but to this day, that picture is one of my favourites in the whole world. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Piana : Something Is Lost |
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I often get caught up in my own head and it almost always leads to a walk. I used to get so angry because I just couldn't comprehend space and I knew I never would be able to. I would try so hard to figure it out, but it's so impossible to figure out because how can something just not end or be nothing. I would get so frustrated. Then someone said "Everyone always thinks about how infinitely big everything, but no one ever stops and thinks how infinitely small it is." And then my head imploded.
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Track 5 from Ephemeral
Length: 00:06:47 Year: 2005 |
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I often get caught up in my own head and it almost always leads to a walk. I used to get so angry because I just couldn't comprehend space and I knew I never would be able to. I would try so hard to figure it out, but it's so impossible to figure out because how can something just not end or be nothing. I would get so frustrated. Then someone said "Everyone always thinks about how infinitely big everything, but no one ever stops and thinks how infinitely small it is." And then my head imploded. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Yndi Halda : We Flood Empty Lakes |
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My grandmother is a psycho and one of my aunts vowed never to give me a christmas present again and has followed through. I don't like to hang around the family cottage when I have the chance to escape. I hitched a ride into town with my parents who were going to a funeral and started to walk and ended up in my favourite park in the world. I climbed the steepest bridge I've ever seen, and then like some cheesy teenage novel, I carved my name in a park bench with a safety pin.
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Track 6 from Enjoy Eternal Bliss
Length: 00:11:43 Year: 2005 |
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My grandmother is a psycho and one of my aunts vowed never to give me a christmas present again and has followed through. I don't like to hang around the family cottage when I have the chance to escape. I hitched a ride into town with my parents who were going to a funeral and started to walk and ended up in my favourite park in the world. I climbed the steepest bridge I've ever seen, and then like some cheesy teenage novel, I carved my name in a park bench with a safety pin. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Procol Harum : Repent Walpurgis |
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If you've ever been the catalyst to someone's insanity, it makes you think about a lot of things. I moreso found myself angry. Angry at being blamed for someone else being over dramatic and childish. So, in the name of hypocrisy and double standards, I broke a flower pot in that anger.
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Track 7 from Procol Harum
Length: 00:05:02 Year: 1967 |
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If you've ever been the catalyst to someone's insanity, it makes you think about a lot of things. I moreso found myself angry. Angry at being blamed for someone else being over dramatic and childish. So, in the name of hypocrisy and double standards, I broke a flower pot in that anger. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Mazzy Star : Into Dust |
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It was on one walk that I took that I noticed that it's pretty much impossible to see a star come out. You can notice them all appearing, but I stared at one spot in the sky until the whole think was black and dotted with specks but not one of them was I able to witness come to life. I found that so disappointing that I just lay on the grass, but as the night progressed, the bats came out and flew all around above me in these wonderful figure eight patterns. It was quite lovely.
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Track 8 from So Tonight That I Might See
Length: 00:05:36 Year: 1993 |
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It was on one walk that I took that I noticed that it's pretty much impossible to see a star come out. You can notice them all appearing, but I stared at one spot in the sky until the whole think was black and dotted with specks but not one of them was I able to witness come to life. I found that so disappointing that I just lay on the grass, but as the night progressed, the bats came out and flew all around above me in these wonderful figure eight patterns. It was quite lovely. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Brian Eno : An Ending (Ascent) |
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I had to walk around campus to do all these various school related tasks, so naturally I brought music. As I made my way to the libraray I saw, in the courtyard, these newspapers fluttering around in the wind. As cliche as it was, they were quite obviously dancing with each other in the light which filtered down onto the cement, enhancing the dust being tossed into the air with the newspapers. I lost my place in line because of it.
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Track 9 from Apollo
Length: 00:04:25 Year: 1983 |
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I had to walk around campus to do all these various school related tasks, so naturally I brought music. As I made my way to the libraray I saw, in the courtyard, these newspapers fluttering around in the wind. As cliche as it was, they were quite obviously dancing with each other in the light which filtered down onto the cement, enhancing the dust being tossed into the air with the newspapers. I lost my place in line because of it. SHOW LESS
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The Audiobiography II Badge
I sadly don't know many of these songs, but your descriptions make me want to so bad.
1/11/07 6:43pm
The MTC Romance Badge
if this mix was a big old (friendly) tiger i would give it a snuggle.
11/15/06 6:52pm
Team Robot - First Place
killer descriptions, especially Starálfur. know two out of these, but the stories work well enough. i need to get the others for sure tho.
10/12/06 11:07am
The non-denominational egg badge
Points for Mazzy Star...speaking of nostalgia...thanks for reminding me of Fade into you!
9/17/06 9:21pm
The Audiobiography Badge
Sigor Ros was the only band i knew on here. I downloaded the mix and whoa! Points for being a joy.
8/3/06 6:56pm
The Yay! Badge VI
I wish I could give more than 5 because personal mixtapes are a million times better than a collection of songs you like whether they have any flow or not. I also love all of these songs though.
ps. It's nice to read somebody else has a totally dysfunctional family, I have some crazy stories.
ps. It's nice to read somebody else has a totally dysfunctional family, I have some crazy stories.
7/25/06 6:01am
The Badge of Mystery
Beautiful! And definite points for all the thought put behind the desciptions and the lovely album art.
7/24/06 5:58pm
The Welcome Committee Badge
I like the songs. I like the descriptions. I like the narrative. I like the album cover. Great freakin' mix!
7/24/06 5:38pm
