Also, for a long time, I've wanted to unite fairy-tale images and music, and decided that promoting EC would be the focus initially. The video I've embedded in this post is my first effort. The song. "There Is a Time," is performed by Uncle Earl. The haunting quality of this version of an old classic seems to fit well with fairy tales. Hope you enjoy. Just hit the arrow, and make sure you have your sound turned on.
Update: Uncle Earl is an awesome all-girl old-time music group. Info on how to find them is on the last page in video.
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This is such a fabulous blog! Thank god I followed the link Blogger suggested :) Mean to check this out thoroughly
Congratulations on Blogs of Note. Richly deserved. Your content is sublime -- made me yearn for other worlds. Just like the magic casements in the Keats poem.
I've included Diamonds and toads in my "other domains" blogroll. Hope you might do the same for Cosmic Rapture.
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11:25 AM
this is my favorite type of thing..faeries, witches, fairytales, frogs..
and your Uncle Ernie has a lovely voice...*giggle*
This old Ozarks farm chick just wanted to give you a big CONGRATULATIONS on blog of note.
Ya'll have just the best day!!!
Congratulations. I absolutely loved the video and the music behind it. It fit just perfectly!
At the beginning of the slide show, it asked do you still believe and dream of fairy tales. When I was a little girl of course I dreamed of being rescued by my handsome Prince Charming, living in a beautiful castle, and living happily ever after, just likes Cinderella.
Is there such thing as that now a days?! Technically, not to hurt anyone’s feelings, but no, there is no such thing as a “happily ever after”.
Many relationships come and go and no man is a "true prince" unless they popped out of the air from a fairy tales book. I dream of what I want in my life.
Every woman dreams that there prince charming is out there, but I believe they need to stop looking and start living and chances are prince charming will be there before you know it.
Ashley G.
Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post "No teme" in your blog with the link to you?
loved the video, Uncle Earl sounded great.
Good day, I just wanted to tell you that I love the stories you have here. A lovely enchanting site. And children love it too.
Have a wonderful day.
SherrieV.
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I do remember those days. The song by Uncle Earl and the slideshow bond well with each other in the sense that they bring out “those” memories. It can be compared to a well designed commercial that originates from the Hollywood masters that make you think about a time in your life where, just like “The Light Princess,” all you can do is find the joy in life. Additionally, those times make you feel like you can spit in the face of responsibility. Ahh…the good ole’ days.
The part that is most astonishing to me in the slideshow is the picture at the end of the witch-like creature standing in the stairwell. The picture is eerie, yet, in regards to childhood fantasies, still fun. Peering into the photo, it is almost as if the witch-like figure is telling me that those times still exist because as adults, we tend to push the habitual childlike feelings to the bottom of our priority list. The figure, however, reminds us that these childlike feelings are still there and that if we do not express them, we will become that eerie figure that gawks at those that do express them. This is the consequence of being a prudent adult in the eyes of our peers.
I am a young 22 years old but I never let the opportunity slip by to act like a child. In fact, the last time I visited my sister in California, we went to the redwood forest to take her dog Omar for a walk. As we were walking, I ran through the woods with Omar as if we were chasing something, running from something or, like a child, feeling the breeze pass by our skin. It is as if that memory plays through my mind in slow motion because I can visualize Omar’s eyes wide open, his ears flapping up and down and his mouth with a doggy smile.
This brings to me to a topic I have always discussed internally. Why do many adults choose to not embrace their childhood innocence? I chose the word “choose” diligently because we all have choice and at the same time, we never lose our childhood innocence. I am not saying all adults do this, however, many do. It is quite possible that our modern day society places so much responsibility on us that we feel as if we have no time to harp on such feelings.
In regards to my question, am I just too young to answer that question, or have I stumbled across the witch-like figure in adulthood that stares at us from below, quietly reminding us that we are the ones that have omitted a piece of our identity?
I wish that more modern day directors and even authors would make modern day adaptations of old fairy tales or even new tales that are more relevant to this time in history. The reason being that I think they are such a unique way of conveying a message to the masses, in a way that sticks. I remember reading about this phenomenon in Jack Zipes "Why Fairy Tales Stick" every time I read another tale it really does stay with me. I find myself thinking about these stories while I'm going through seemingly average everyday activities. I think if we took the kind of tales that have already been written and use that as a format for modern day fairy tales it would create a platform for sending relevant messages to the up and coming generation. So many of the young adults of my own generation are bombarded on such a mass scale by the media and influenced in such an intense way that we need counter influence to combat the infectious tide of garbage coming out of our televisions and MP3 players. Fairy tales give us a platform to use in that way. With people reading the kind of garbage thats being published nowadays, it seems like with enough money anyone can write a book. So to work as a counter cultural tool these modern day tales would need to be distinctive, well written, entertaining and memorable. A lot of the modern day tales really aren't as good as many of the older tales I've read, which frustrates me. Is there just a lack of quality writers that are drawn to this particular genre? Or are we forgetting the historical impact of the tales that have stood the test of time? I guess we can thank Professor Wolford for launching a publication that reminds us of the power of the fairy tale in a world that seems to have forgotten the unquestionable influence of the tales most of us grew up knowing in one version or another.
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They sound great! :)
Love the song!
I think this is fabulous blog posting here. I love how you cover so much depths and forms with your blog. I also am a fan of Uncle Earl. I like the part in the end of the song when it says something like, "we can sleep when the day is over." It made me laugh because I always say, "It's okay I can sleep when I die." I am going to comment on what Ashley said. She makes so much sense when she said that women need to stop looking and start living. I couldn’t have said it any better. So many women these days are so hung up on finding the perfect guy, to where I think they over think things. Relax, have fun, and enjoy life. Prince charming definitely could be there before they know it, but I would also like to add that prince charming could possible even already be there. A lot of times a perfect match for you has been someone that has been in your life for awhile, but we get overly caught up with everything else that we aren’t able to see it. Lastly, I’d like to end with saying, I don’t even know why most girls what to find a “prince charming.” Don’t they realize the prince charming in some of these fairy tales are wimpy men?
Colleen B.
I'm excited about the zine, but where did you find this music? I LOVE it and I really want the C.D!!!!
never mind I see you posted the music hah, sorry!!
Great video, KW.
I'm not sure what options you have available to you, but have you ever thought of maybe picking up a camera and perhaps writing and / or directing some modern day adaptations of some of your classic fairy tales? You could do one short film every six months or so or allow some of your readers to submit their own videos for a contest, or something.
I agree with the poster who said they wished directors would take a chance and re-invent some of those old classics for a modern audience. They don't even have to be literal adaptations, if only thematically. Think of how a gritty, realistic version (as best you can) of The Juniper Tree would play out on the big screen. Some seem ripe for film already, such as "The Tiger's Bride". I could easily see some French auteur turning that into a sort of visual masterpiece.
BTW, what was that piece of art at 2:26? Creepy as all get-out.
-Adam K.
This music video provides an enormous message about life in our youth. There is a time for everything. In our youth we want to conquer the world—we have a lot of expectations. Life is like a book in which every chapter is one step of our life. The song start “There is a time for love and laughter” I think that the message of this song is to live life to the full because now that we are (green) young and there will the time when “you can sleep when day is done”. I still young but I usually hear from elders says “when I was young I did this and that” they have their life and they may enjoyed it and now it our time to enjoy it (it does not mean to get crazy and do whatever we want). We need to accomplish our goal and the youth is the best time to invest our time in something productive.
---Ever A.----------
This was one of those videos which are eerie and lovely and disturbing. To start off, I love the sound of the guitar and it got my attention instantly. After viewing the video once, I had to rewind and actually watch the art again.
It reminded me of my childhood and all of those small stories which were told to me by my mother and the rest of the family. My main story tellers were my mom and her mother, my grandma. Somehow they were always the one who managed to spark my imagination to a point where I would actually keep on dreaming of what I’ve been told. Yes, I would dream of fairies and other enchanted creatures.
For some reason, I would always go back to dreaming wolves and this song keep on projecting a wolf running through the snowy forest. I understand that snow comes from outside influences but let’s just roll with it. Wolf is running after something, she’s chasing after something. I realize that she is not actually chasing something, she is looking for something. She lost her little cubs. It’s cold outside and they are all alone. She keeps on running and hoping to find them. They are small and if she doesn’t find them they could freeze to death.
Song stopped, it is over, and my thought ran away, what to do… I think I’ll start the song over and continue dreaming. Who said you can’t combine music and fairy tales?
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