it should be simple...

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folie a deux

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'I run away from reality. I always did...' he said to me.
I ran away from him last summer. I traded one illusion for another. Just a different sort of fairytale. When the magic faded I ran away again... Wanting to finally figure things out and 'get real'.
Why do we feel more alive when we're chasing a dream?

'Maybe it is crazy. But if we're in it together and we're happy, what else do we need?' he said to me.
I surrendered and we went to get ice-cream. The best ice-cream place in town. The menu was so long it could have given you a good read for days. So we smiled and just asked the waitress to recommend us something. She observed for two seconds our love-soaked gazes and she showed us page 36 in the menu, a feast of tropical flavours, an exquisitely baroque icy dessert called 'Folie a deux' !



Folie à deux (English pronunciation: /fɒˈli ə ˈduː/, from the French for "a madness shared by two") is a rare psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief are transmitted from one individual to another, two people "morbidly predisposed" to delusional psychosis mutually trigger symptoms in each other.

But maybe falling in love is in a way a delusion shared by two.
Just like many other illusions we need to keep us going. We all like to escape reality, even for a little time, in books or films or peculiar hobbies. For some is just for fun, for others it's a necessity. I suppose the key is to balance fantasy and reality in a way that none overtakes the other.

Heavenly creatures is a film set in the 50's about two girls with an intense fantasy life, following a true story.





The film is very good at building the characters and truly makes you understand their justification for their acts. It is about escaping reality in a fantasy world in which they start believing so much that they would do anything to protect it.

pics source

red and green

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I can never seem to get enough of this colour combination... it's so fresh and lively!

pic sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

lessons in love - words of wisdom from vintage comics

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these guys really knew a woman's place :P

anyway... i really love the style of these vintage comics - all the pretty girls with their perfect lips...
if you enjoy these as much as I do, you'll have a blast reading this blog - Comically Vintage
you'll find a team of sarcastic guys who take images from comic books out of their context adding some really funny words. they call themselves paleocomicologists :)
I've selected these about love but there are all sort of stuff there. Have fun!

red

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the only sources I remember : 1, 2, 3, 8

10 current obsessions

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my fossil pendant

City of Chester - info


handmade soap


hot ice skaters


almonds


glass jewellry


foxes


lamb kebab


french manicure


frida soundtrack

1, 3, 6 - my pics, 2, 8, 9, 10

back from Neverland

Filip… mi-am dorit mereu sa te intalnesc. Sa ne iubim sa ne despartim si apoi sa imi amintesc de tine (denoi) si sa zambesc linistit. In dimineata cand m-am trezit langa tine la 7 ore dupa ce te-am cunoscut te priveam si ma gandeam cum ar fi sa am pe cineva ca tine in viata mea. Daca era oare posibil sa ajunga ceva obisnuit sa ma trezesc langa tine asa. Camera aia veche de pe langa Atheneu in care ma mutasem cu o luna in urma, cu mobila demna de cel mai baroc anticariat, tablourile de pe pereti , oglinda ovala imensa si buclele tale pe perna mea ma faceau sa ma intreb daca nu cumva un ciob din viata altcuiva a alunecat din greseala la mine.

Peste trei luni ieseam impreuna de la metrou si mergeam sa imi arati apartamentul pe care tu il inchiriasei pentru noi. Ma intorceam in tara dupa 2 saptamani chinuitoare de nopti lungi de declaratii via webcam. In prima noastra noapte acolo priveam stelele din pat prin geamul fara perdele si ma intrebam oare cum o sa fie viata cu tine, ce o sa mai descoperim si aveam senzatia ca eram doi copii care se joaca de-a mama si de-a tata.

si ne-am jucat si ne-am plimbat si ne-am certat si-am innotat ... ne-am mutat si-am ras si-am plans si-am baut sucuri naturale...

si-a fost frumos.

am aflat cum

si la un moment dat singura intrebare care mai plutea era - oare cum ar fi viata fara tine dupa viata cu tine?

Pentru mine ai fost un fel de Peter Pan.

don't you worry there my honey...we might not have any money...

...but we have a lot of joyful, colorful dots!