These days I've been talking to a friend of mine who's doing a project about people's necessity to fantasize. We live in a society wich values racional thinking and pure logical more than anything else and yet, as far as we know, the human being is the only creature who's capable of fantasizing and let's be honest, we need it. While we were talking I remembered a dialogue from the AWESOME movie "Harvey", for those who don't know, this movie tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd, a mild-mannered, pleasant man, who just happens (he says) to have an invisible friend resembling a 6-foot rabbit. The dialogue goes like this;
"Harvey and I sit in the bars... have a drink or two... play the juke box. And soon the faces of all the other people they turn toward mine and they smile. And they're saying, "We don't know your name, mister, but you're a very nice fella." Harvey and I warm ourselves in all these golden moments. We've entered as strangers - soon we have friends. And they come over... and they sit with us... and they drink with us... and they talk to us. They tell about the big terrible things they've done and the big wonderful things they'll do. Their hopes, and their regrets, and their loves, and their hates. All very large, because nobody ever brings anything small into a bar. And then I introduce them to Harvey... and he's bigger and grander than anything they offer me. And when they leave, they leave impressed. The same people seldom come back; but that's envy, my dear. There's a little bit of envy in the best of us."
Maybe in this harsh society of ours we envy those who dare to dream...
The auction already ended so my post is pretty late...But It's truth! Some of Audrey Hepburn's dresses, hats and letters went to auction on "Kerry Taylor Auctions". According to Karry Taylor's site, "50% of the net sale proceeds of these lots will be donated go to The Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund and Unicef for their joint venture 'All Children in School' which aims to provide 115,000,000 children worldwide, not currently in school with a basic education." Ins't it amazing? (*^▽^*) What I admire the most in Audrey Hepburn is that she was able to use her fame in such a positive way! By joining the UNICEF missions she attracted a lot of attention to their cause, donating the money of this auction will be amazing, even after death we can make a difference I guess (^-^)
To those who want to check out Audrey's lots, they are here
, starting at 283 untill the last one. There are some dresses she wore in movies such as "Paris when it sizzles" (324) and "Love in the Afternoon" (332). There's even a bride's dress made for her marriage to James (later Lord) Hanson in 1952, wich never really took place.This dress has an amazing story you can check on the site, it's the lot 333!
I simply adore Audrey's "simple and elegant" style! Some of the dresses on auctionare to die for!
Talking about her, There's a beautiful poem ,"Time Tested Beauty Tips" by Sam Levenson wich she read to her children on her last Christmas eve. The same poem was read in her funeral, if we think about her "Icon Style" status wich remains untill now I think the poem is really apropriated.
Time Tested Beauty Tips
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; Never throw out anybody.
Remember, If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!
Gosh, 2010 already! Time passes so fast!
I think that whenever "new year" arrives we can't help but making a retrospective of the past years, Maybe that's why I've been looking at so many old pictures! And whenever I look at them the first thing I think is "Oh, it was so good back then!", then I start to remember how things really were at that time and get to the conclusion that it wans't all wine and roses. It remembers me of the song;
"...Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time re-written every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we? Could we?
Memories, may be beautiful and yet
What’s too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
So it's the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember... "
If that's true I'll have lots of laughters to remember from the time I spent with my friends and in college(‐^▽^‐)let's see about 2010 now...