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A Place Where Dreams Can Breathe
Created on 2005-08-15 11:51:47 (#8024266), last updated 2008-11-02
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Basic Info| Name: | Serkea |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 07-28 |
| Location: | North Carolina, United States |
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lhach@bellsouth.net BioI Am...
A young woman who feels like she daydreams most of her life away, waiting for something to happen. Who desperately wants just a little taste of everything in life- immortality, freedom, love, and other such clichés. An incurable gyspy and thrillseeker, I'm never truly happy unless I feel like I'm teetering inbetween life and death- galloping a horse on a narrow trail that overhangs a cliff, rafting rapids that are at least classes 4-5, fighting multiple opponents in my karate class, and riding in fast cars usually do it for me.
If I'm not out seeking sharp sensations physically, I'm at home seeking them mentally and emotionally. I love poetry for its ability to inspire sudden emotion with such strange things as ink, lines, and fragmented words. Beautiful prose, interesting niches in history, abstract pictures, and music with strange and heavy beats or high, windy sounds move me as well.
Sometimes I feel as if I have dual personalities. One side is red-hot and fiery, the other moody and dark. One of me likes open form verse, the other traditional. One is angry and ready to sink teeth in and be stubborn, the other often feels like everything is too much and why don't we just lay back and re-immerse ourselves in a perfect dream world? One listens to Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Pat Benetar, the other to Velvet Underground, Gaelic Storm & Celtic Woman, Fleetwod Mac, and Nickel Creek. I find I either openly write about conflicting opposites, or I imbue my work with such things unconsciously.
I've gone so far as to name the two sides. My openly passionate, crimson side I have named Serkea, which means blood or fire in the blood, and it is that name I most often use. However, the lesser known one is Mornar- dark fire- and she tends to come out at the most unusual times.
There are a few things both of me agree on, and one of those is the bohemians. Their various incarnations as bohemians, beats, hippies, punks, and eco-warriors are fascinating to me, and this small part of my brain keeps nudging, telling me to consider outlining how they have come down throughout history and send out a book to some publishers. Writing anything is something we both agree on, although depending on which mood I'm in, the story will be tainted by that perspective. Fiction, especially fantasies and similar, historical fiction, nonfiction with a sharp edge, and poetry are all my favorite genres. Traveling is another fascination- I think I must have been in a gypsy in another reality, and I plan on reviving that archetype as soon as possible. Stories of outcasts who rise to the top, strong women, Amazons, rain dancing, the colors red and dark purple, concerts, the big cats, fairies, elves, dragons and other mythical creatures all grab our collective attention.
I wear outrageous jewelry too.
And one last thing... at the end of May 2006 this journal became partly open to the public and partly friends only. All my writing is locked; however, you can go several communities and find examples such as the poem Desert Night, the opening paragraphs of a story titled Daffodil and the completed novel (posted in its entirety here at A Place Where Dreams Can Breathe) Ars Poetica. Also, I recently began sending a sonnet, The Colors, out for publication, so I've unlocked that personal journal entry. Now, if you leave a comment at the appropriate entry at the top of my journal after friending me, I'll add you back. Don't be afraid to ask!
I Am Reading...
A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman
A Natural History of Love, Diane Ackerman
A Rebours (Against the Grain), Joris-Karl Huysman
Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living, 1900-1939, Virginia Nicholson
Analects, Confucius
Anne's Anthology: Following the Footnote Trail, Margie Gray
Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden, Diane Ackerman
Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds, Harold Bloom
Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Marie Rilke
Literature, X.J. Kennedy
Oscar Wilde, Richard Ellmann
Philosophy: An Introduction to the Art of Wondering, James L. Christian
The Best Poems of the English Language, collected by Harold Bloom
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats, edited by Richard J. Finneran
The Discovery of Poetry, Frances Mayes
The Fantasy World of Josephine Wall, Josephine Wall
The Penguin History of the World, J.M. Roberts
The Portable Romantic Poets: Blake to Poe, edited by W.H. Auden and Norman Holmes Pearson
Current issues of La Vie Claire, Romantic Homes, Travelgirl, Town and Country Travel, Outside Traveler, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel and Leisure, Wired, Writers' Journal, Poets & Writers, and The Common Review
And poetry wherever it can be found
I Am Listening To...
All the Right Reasons, Nickelback
Amarantine, Enya
Anthology: Through the Years, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Bach in the Bath, Bach
Back to Back: Blondie and Pat Benetar, Blondie & Pat Benetar
Bedroom Adagios, Various Artists
Best of the Doobies, Doobie Brothers
Classical Occasions: Romance, Various Artists
Crossroad, Bon Jovi
Eye to the Telescope, KT Tunstal
Fifty Classical Masterpieces, Various Artists
Fit to be Tied, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Gaelic Storm, Gaelic Storm
Greatest Hits 1974-1978, Steve Miller Band
Honking on Bobo, Aerosmith
Joe Perry, Joe Perry
Kelis was Here, Kelis
Luminous Spirit: The Chants of Hildegard von Bingen, Hildegard von Bingen
My Generation, The Who
New Joc City, Young Joc
New World Symphony and the Slavonic Dances, Antonin Dvorak
Nickel Creek, Nickel Creek
NYC Man, Lou Reed
O Yeah: Ultimate Aerosmith Hits, Aerosmith
Poetry Speaks, Various Artists
Rock n' Roll Jesus, Kid Rock
Shake Your Money Maker, Black Crowes
Highbridge Classics: Shakespeare's Sonnets, read by Simon Callow
This Side, Nickel Creek
The Dutchess, Fergie
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwod Mac
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow, Sheryl Crow
Tina: All the Best, Tina Turner
Trouble in Shangri-La, Stevie Nicks
Vault: Greatest Hits 1980-1995, Def Leppard
Voices in the Sky: The Very Best of the Moody Blues, The Moody Blues
Who Are You?, The Who
Tons of mixed CDs that range from classical, rap, classic rock, alternative sixties, modern metal...
One Last Thing...
Create your own visitor map!
A young woman who feels like she daydreams most of her life away, waiting for something to happen. Who desperately wants just a little taste of everything in life- immortality, freedom, love, and other such clichés. An incurable gyspy and thrillseeker, I'm never truly happy unless I feel like I'm teetering inbetween life and death- galloping a horse on a narrow trail that overhangs a cliff, rafting rapids that are at least classes 4-5, fighting multiple opponents in my karate class, and riding in fast cars usually do it for me.
If I'm not out seeking sharp sensations physically, I'm at home seeking them mentally and emotionally. I love poetry for its ability to inspire sudden emotion with such strange things as ink, lines, and fragmented words. Beautiful prose, interesting niches in history, abstract pictures, and music with strange and heavy beats or high, windy sounds move me as well.
Sometimes I feel as if I have dual personalities. One side is red-hot and fiery, the other moody and dark. One of me likes open form verse, the other traditional. One is angry and ready to sink teeth in and be stubborn, the other often feels like everything is too much and why don't we just lay back and re-immerse ourselves in a perfect dream world? One listens to Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Pat Benetar, the other to Velvet Underground, Gaelic Storm & Celtic Woman, Fleetwod Mac, and Nickel Creek. I find I either openly write about conflicting opposites, or I imbue my work with such things unconsciously.
I've gone so far as to name the two sides. My openly passionate, crimson side I have named Serkea, which means blood or fire in the blood, and it is that name I most often use. However, the lesser known one is Mornar- dark fire- and she tends to come out at the most unusual times.
There are a few things both of me agree on, and one of those is the bohemians. Their various incarnations as bohemians, beats, hippies, punks, and eco-warriors are fascinating to me, and this small part of my brain keeps nudging, telling me to consider outlining how they have come down throughout history and send out a book to some publishers. Writing anything is something we both agree on, although depending on which mood I'm in, the story will be tainted by that perspective. Fiction, especially fantasies and similar, historical fiction, nonfiction with a sharp edge, and poetry are all my favorite genres. Traveling is another fascination- I think I must have been in a gypsy in another reality, and I plan on reviving that archetype as soon as possible. Stories of outcasts who rise to the top, strong women, Amazons, rain dancing, the colors red and dark purple, concerts, the big cats, fairies, elves, dragons and other mythical creatures all grab our collective attention.
I wear outrageous jewelry too.
And one last thing... at the end of May 2006 this journal became partly open to the public and partly friends only. All my writing is locked; however, you can go several communities and find examples such as the poem Desert Night, the opening paragraphs of a story titled Daffodil and the completed novel (posted in its entirety here at A Place Where Dreams Can Breathe) Ars Poetica. Also, I recently began sending a sonnet, The Colors, out for publication, so I've unlocked that personal journal entry. Now, if you leave a comment at the appropriate entry at the top of my journal after friending me, I'll add you back. Don't be afraid to ask!
I Am Reading...
A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman
A Natural History of Love, Diane Ackerman
A Rebours (Against the Grain), Joris-Karl Huysman
Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living, 1900-1939, Virginia Nicholson
Analects, Confucius
Anne's Anthology: Following the Footnote Trail, Margie Gray
Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden, Diane Ackerman
Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds, Harold Bloom
Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Marie Rilke
Literature, X.J. Kennedy
Oscar Wilde, Richard Ellmann
Philosophy: An Introduction to the Art of Wondering, James L. Christian
The Best Poems of the English Language, collected by Harold Bloom
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats, edited by Richard J. Finneran
The Discovery of Poetry, Frances Mayes
The Fantasy World of Josephine Wall, Josephine Wall
The Penguin History of the World, J.M. Roberts
The Portable Romantic Poets: Blake to Poe, edited by W.H. Auden and Norman Holmes Pearson
Current issues of La Vie Claire, Romantic Homes, Travelgirl, Town and Country Travel, Outside Traveler, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel and Leisure, Wired, Writers' Journal, Poets & Writers, and The Common Review
And poetry wherever it can be found
I Am Listening To...
All the Right Reasons, Nickelback
Amarantine, Enya
Anthology: Through the Years, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Bach in the Bath, Bach
Back to Back: Blondie and Pat Benetar, Blondie & Pat Benetar
Bedroom Adagios, Various Artists
Best of the Doobies, Doobie Brothers
Classical Occasions: Romance, Various Artists
Crossroad, Bon Jovi
Eye to the Telescope, KT Tunstal
Fifty Classical Masterpieces, Various Artists
Fit to be Tied, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Gaelic Storm, Gaelic Storm
Greatest Hits 1974-1978, Steve Miller Band
Honking on Bobo, Aerosmith
Joe Perry, Joe Perry
Kelis was Here, Kelis
Luminous Spirit: The Chants of Hildegard von Bingen, Hildegard von Bingen
My Generation, The Who
New Joc City, Young Joc
New World Symphony and the Slavonic Dances, Antonin Dvorak
Nickel Creek, Nickel Creek
NYC Man, Lou Reed
O Yeah: Ultimate Aerosmith Hits, Aerosmith
Poetry Speaks, Various Artists
Rock n' Roll Jesus, Kid Rock
Shake Your Money Maker, Black Crowes
Highbridge Classics: Shakespeare's Sonnets, read by Simon Callow
This Side, Nickel Creek
The Dutchess, Fergie
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwod Mac
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow, Sheryl Crow
Tina: All the Best, Tina Turner
Trouble in Shangri-La, Stevie Nicks
Vault: Greatest Hits 1980-1995, Def Leppard
Voices in the Sky: The Very Best of the Moody Blues, The Moody Blues
Who Are You?, The Who
Tons of mixed CDs that range from classical, rap, classic rock, alternative sixties, modern metal...
One Last Thing...
Create your own visitor map!
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