Comments for Fridaville http://fridaville.com Where my imagination rents a room Thu, 17 May 2012 04:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Blooming by Kristin Stafford http://fridaville.com/blooming/comment-page-1/#comment-7912 Kristin Stafford Thu, 17 May 2012 04:37:33 +0000 http://fridaville.com/?p=1070#comment-7912 Oh how I miss the brief, but so sweet, peony season! Oh how I miss the brief, but so sweet, peony season!

]]> Comment on Blooming by nikki http://fridaville.com/blooming/comment-page-1/#comment-7871 nikki Tue, 15 May 2012 13:58:20 +0000 http://fridaville.com/?p=1070#comment-7871 thank you! thank you!

]]> Comment on Blooming by Christina Rosalie http://fridaville.com/blooming/comment-page-1/#comment-7848 Christina Rosalie Tue, 15 May 2012 02:06:56 +0000 http://fridaville.com/?p=1070#comment-7848 Just this once is all we have anyway... I'm so glad you bought the peonies... Your now deserves them by the armful! Just this once is all we have anyway… I’m so glad you bought the peonies… Your now deserves them by the armful!

]]> Comment on Blooming by V-Grrrl @ Compost Studios http://fridaville.com/blooming/comment-page-1/#comment-7828 V-Grrrl @ Compost Studios Mon, 14 May 2012 10:29:52 +0000 http://fridaville.com/?p=1070#comment-7828 We have peonies blooming in our garden. When my mother died, my husband dug the peonies out of her yard and transplanted them in ours... We have peonies blooming in our garden. When my mother died, my husband dug the peonies out of her yard and transplanted them in ours…

]]> Comment on Blooming by nikki http://fridaville.com/blooming/comment-page-1/#comment-7772 nikki Fri, 11 May 2012 20:53:30 +0000 http://fridaville.com/?p=1070#comment-7772 I am-- Won't throw them out til the petals start to fall! I am– Won’t throw them out til the petals start to fall!

]]> Comment on Blooming by Gina http://fridaville.com/blooming/comment-page-1/#comment-7770 Gina Fri, 11 May 2012 20:15:21 +0000 http://fridaville.com/?p=1070#comment-7770 Good for you! These are tough times, and we all deserve those small indulgences that make our heart sing. Why is it so hard to feel good about giving ourselves what we need- a nap, some flowers, a piece of really good chocolate, a great CD nobody else in the house wants to hear....? Enjoy those showy peonies! Good for you! These are tough times, and we all deserve those small indulgences that make our heart sing. Why is it so hard to feel good about giving ourselves what we need- a nap, some flowers, a piece of really good chocolate, a great CD nobody else in the house wants to hear….? Enjoy those showy peonies!

]]> Comment on Instant Photo Gratification by nikki http://fridaville.com/instant-photo-gratification/comment-page-1/#comment-7585 nikki Sat, 05 May 2012 18:15:33 +0000 http://fridaville.com/?p=1065#comment-7585 I know exactly what you mean! I know exactly what you mean!

]]> Comment on Instant Photo Gratification by Donna M http://fridaville.com/instant-photo-gratification/comment-page-1/#comment-7565 Donna M Fri, 04 May 2012 21:10:46 +0000 http://fridaville.com/?p=1065#comment-7565 I went to Venice last year, and I must admit that one of my first impressions was how much it looked like Disney. It wasn't until I interacted with the people that the realness, the specialness of the place, hit me. So like the enhanced photographs, I think enhanced, fabricated experiences tend to shape our expectations and our ability to fully appreciate. It's weird. I went to Venice last year, and I must admit that one of my first impressions was how much it looked like Disney. It wasn’t until I interacted with the people that the realness, the specialness of the place, hit me. So like the enhanced photographs, I think enhanced, fabricated experiences tend to shape our expectations and our ability to fully appreciate. It’s weird.

]]> Comment on Lucky Finds by V-Grrrl @ Compost Studios http://fridaville.com/lucky-finds/comment-page-1/#comment-7560 V-Grrrl @ Compost Studios Fri, 04 May 2012 16:45:55 +0000 http://fridaville.com/?p=1058#comment-7560 Thinking about that quote and my comment above spurred me to write a blog post on it. Here it is: http://www.v-grrrl.com/the-art-of-life/2012/5/3/living-a-life-well-cropped-and-edited.html Thinking about that quote and my comment above spurred me to write a blog post on it. Here it is:

http://www.v-grrrl.com/the-art-of-life/2012/5/3/living-a-life-well-cropped-and-edited.html

]]> Comment on Instant Photo Gratification by V-Grrrl @ Compost Studios http://fridaville.com/instant-photo-gratification/comment-page-1/#comment-7559 V-Grrrl @ Compost Studios Fri, 04 May 2012 16:43:23 +0000 http://fridaville.com/?p=1065#comment-7559 I agree with Di and I agree with you too. I don't use Instagram and don't have photo editing software beyond the basic stuff that lets me crop and adjust brightness, contrast, tone. I admire the cinematic quality of Instagrams and the way people manipulate the photos to make them seem dreamlike, like a memory. The feeling a photo evokes is important and the filters and apps can make that easier to capture. BUT because of Instagram and similar programs, almost no one does "real" photos anymore. Reality is the pale imitation of our "virtual life." The gap between the life we really live and the life we post online seems to be getting ever wider. I'm not sure that's a good thing. We are all becoming like celebrities who appear "smaller" and "more ordinary" when you meet them in real life. Do we want that disconnect in our own lives? I agree with Di and I agree with you too. I don’t use Instagram and don’t have photo editing software beyond the basic stuff that lets me crop and adjust brightness, contrast, tone. I admire the cinematic quality of Instagrams and the way people manipulate the photos to make them seem dreamlike, like a memory. The feeling a photo evokes is important and the filters and apps can make that easier to capture. BUT because of Instagram and similar programs, almost no one does “real” photos anymore. Reality is the pale imitation of our “virtual life.” The gap between the life we really live and the life we post online seems to be getting ever wider. I’m not sure that’s a good thing. We are all becoming like celebrities who appear “smaller” and “more ordinary” when you meet them in real life. Do we want that disconnect in our own lives?

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