MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY. Is tumblr missing the point of itself? NO ONE wants this. NO ONE. Look at the # of notes.
Anne Hathaway in Les Mis
I am thrilled to see a mostly positive reaction to the very small portion of Ms. Hathaway’s “I Dreamed a Dream” that we got to hear, but the minority of people complaining, are doing so very loudly. So, just a couple of points.
1) Not belting the song is a choice, not an inferiority. YouTube Anne singing live at the Oscars or the Kennedy Center Honors for Meryl Streep. She is more than capable of belting the song (as has been rehashed by every singer from LuPone to Boyle and back again). Not belting distills it to its emotional center of quiet resignation and despair. Besides, belting is so overused in today’s musical theatre world - it has lost all meaning.
2) What we hear is a truly live voice. No auto-tune, no compression, no reverb. All the bells and whistles that have tricked people into thinking that’s what a voice is supposed to sound like, when in fact those production tools betray MOST emotion and soul of the live human voice. Vibrato, imperfections, breath control - these beautiful HUMAN traits of the live voice are being taken away from the modern music listener. I for one, am THRILLED we will be treated to the real deal in this film.
I saw a beautiful Art Nouveau chandelier once with very similar illuminated glass flowers. It took my breath away, as do these.
From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were— I have not seen
As others saw— I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I lov’d— I lov’d alone.
As others were— I have not seen
As others saw— I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I lov’d— I lov’d alone.
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| — | Edgar Allan Poe, “Alone” (via calantheandthenightingale) |
An old foot bellows organ which wheezed and squeaked dusty puffs of prayer books and cold, Methodist chapels. Mice lived inside it and when they were away it could be persuaded to make a sound. Out of tune and rotting it was, but the red velvet washers on the stops were still bright and attractive and it drew Cathy into the rockpools of her music. It’s sad that we have not learned to use tape recorders like cameras.
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John Carder Bush (Kate’s brother)…I tried to reblog this from ahuntersheart but the formatting cut off the quote no matter what I did!! 
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Do not assume that you have to have some prescribed condition to do your best work. Do not wait. Do not wait for enough time or money to accomplish what you think you have in mind. Work with what you have RIGHT NOW. Work with the people around you RIGHT NOW ….. Do not wait for what you assume is the appropriate stress-free environment in which to generate expression. Do not wait for maturity or insight or wisdom. Do not wait till you are sure that you know what you are doing. Do not wait until you have enough technique. What you do now, what you make of your present circumstances will determine the quality and scope of your future endeavors. And at the same time be patient.
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| — | Anne Bogart (via carmelisse) |
Eyes shut bride #edwardian #victorian #art #drawing #illustration #portrait #pencilart (Taken with instagram)
