#wearefalling

[painjoypain]

Study To Show Thyself Approved

[phenixpyre]

Don’t put me on a pedestal… even princesses lose their balance, Goddesses slip in mud and Queens choose the wrong chalice. Don’t put me on a pedestal. I refuse to be responsible for unrealistic expectations and scintillating sensations. Don’t put me on a pedestal. Angels are dark and devils are full of light; beings are fallible… even those with the Sight. Don’t put me on a pedestal; search my soul instead… so we can stand on the battlefield, back to back, hand in hand. Don’t put me on a pedestal; I don’t belong there… I have blood in teeth, clenched tight, and life tangled in my hair. Don’t put me on a pedestal, you won’t know who I am. I am ancient and full of flaws that speak in tongues of other times, distant lands,seized in jagged claws. Don’t put me on a pedestal. I’m tired of falling off of preconceived notions, lacking in truth and the lightning strike of emotion. Don’t put me on a pedestal. Pedestals aren’t meant to hold warriors and otherworldly things, I will never belong there, in sight of souls content to sit and stare. Don’t put me on a pedestal. © 2022 Stephany Moeller #pedestals #unrealisticexpectations #wearefallible #abandonment #love #stillmissingyou #hiddenstories #midcoastmaineartist #crimsononshatteredglass #StephanyMoeller #chronicillness #memories #invisibleillnesswarrior #lossandgrief #mainewriter #stephanymoeller #art #poetry #strength #photography #poetsofinstagram #photographersofinstagram #typewritersofinstagram #SmithCorona #typewriter #antiquetypewriter #writersofinstagram #artistsofinstagram #keepgoing (at Owls Head, Maine) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChDz5rwOGce/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[skifferrok]

By the Spirits - I am Fire: Untamed traditionalism

Video Single

Ever since listening to “Watch the Stars (Autumn Equinox Celebration)” for the first time I’ve felt that there’s something special about Michał Krawczuk’s folk project. While it’s easy to find similarities with the sounds of projects like Death in June, the music of By the Spirits subtly sets itself apart. With visual aid from Łukasz Krawczyk in the first video single “I am Fire” for the LP We are Falling (to be released the 21th June this year), By the Spirits reaffirms this once again.

The video makes use of hand-held camerawork paired with a grainy black and white filter. Except for the beginning where a couple of trees seem to be edited into the shot with a sculptured stone Jesus in focus, the video simply cuts from one shot to the next. Thanks to tasteful execution, all these elements come together surprisingly well in captivating imagery of nature and spirituality. Musically the same fact is just as true and I would be surprised if the process involved much more than a well-placed microphone capturing the raw emotion, because when Krawczuk sings about fire, purification and being ‘lost between their worlds’ over frantic guitarwork and pounding percussion he has nothing to hide. 

Every aspect of “I am Fire” seems sincere and honest, visually it’s a testament to simple tools and their potential to craft powerful artistic expressions, while the music succeeds at simultaneously being untamed and traditional. All this comes together in a video single where By the Spirits draw on emotion and duality to effectively portray the beauty in the bleak. It feels like a glimpse into another world and when it ends one is left longing for more; thankfully more is yet to come with We are Falling. I look forward to it whole-heartedly.

/Mattias Niklasson

[judyr-wandering]

More from a windy day's walks. #wearefalling #iphone6 (at Anders On The Lake, Red Deer, Alberta)

[painjoypain]

What Would You Do