BREATHE... a journal

This blog is a preview for my memoirs. Sort of a journal. I like to post some of my ideas and inspirations here.

The journal has about 145 pages written so far and will also feature some of my artwork and pictures. Not a book. Not a comic book. CHAOTIC, like me.

As you can see, I am not writing in a typical format. The pages might look like poems but it's simply because I like things short and simple. Clean.

If you have ever experienced depression, you know that reading a book with pages filled with words is discouraging and you quickly lose interest...

BREATHE focuses on what I have learned and experienced so far, after the loss of my dad and the depression that followed.
I started writing to vent, but it has led me to knowing myself a bit better-- my limits, my dreams.

-Janie

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Breathe... a title.

Why 'Breathe'?

Well first, under stress
or if you have lived your whole life with asthma like I,
you have to focus on your breathing.

It is the source of life.
Whatever lives, breathes.

I have also recently taken an interest in yoga
and breathing is the base for a successful session.

To me, the word also inspires SIMPLICITY.
When I design something, less is more.
A good BALANCE between light and dark.
The opposite of suffocate: BREATHE.

When Drew Barrymore enters the ball at the end of the movie "Ever After", she is just petrified! What does she tell herself? Just breathe.

Ever heard the song "Breathe" by Telepopmusik?
The lyrics are so simple...
Another day, just believe.
Just breathe. just believe. 
Just breathe.
Lying in my bed,
Another day, staring at the ceiling.
What about "Breathe Me" by Sia.
Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And, the worst part is there's no-one else to blame

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
and needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Ouch I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found,
Yeah I think that I might break
Lost myself again and I feel unsafe

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
and needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
and needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

For the people who know me, those songs have become 'me'.
They are now part of the SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE.
Because as you may already know, music, movies and art have help me define myself.

To be continued...

Upcoming posts?
The soundtrack of my life. Songs that have inspired me and kept me going...
Cinetherapy. Movies that have touched me.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

I'm loving angels instead...

Some PEOPLE are meant

to be in your life forever.


Others are just

ANGELS passing through...


:)