Optimus Alive '12/ I am fuckin' crazy. But I am free!

"When the people I used to know found out what I had been doing, how I had been living- they asked me why. But there's no use in talking to people who have a home, they have no idea what its like to seek safety in other people, for home to be wherever you lied you head. We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.

LIVE FAST. DIE YOUNG. BE WILD. AND HAVE FUN.

I believe in the person I want to become, I believe in the freedom of the open road. And my motto is the same as ever- *I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I'm at war with myself- I Ride. I Just Ride.*

Who are you? Are you in touch with all your darkest fantasies?
Have you created a life for yourself where you're free to experience them?
I Have.
I Am Fucking Crazy. But I Am Free."

( excerpts from "I Am Fucking Crazy, But I Am Free" monologue extracted from "Ride" music video by Lana Del Rey. All rights reserved to Lana Del Rey, Interscope and her producers.)

Lisboa...a place in the sun

Like a long lonely stream
I keep runnin' towards a dream
Movin' on, movin' on
Like a branch on a tree
I keep reachin' to be free
Movin' on, movin' on

'Cause there's a place in the sun
Where there's hope for ev'ryone
Where my poor restless heart's gotta run
There's a place in the sun
And before my life is done
Got to find me a place in the sun

Like an old dusty road
I get weary from the load
Movin' on, movin' on
Like this tired troubled earth
I've been rollin' since my birth
Movin' on, movin' on

There's a place in the sun
Where there's hope for ev'ryone
Where my poor restless heart's gotta run
There's a place in the sun
And before my life is done
Got to find me a place in the sun

(Stevie Wonder, A place in the sun)

 

Swimming across the sky

I wanna go with you...

"Where have you been?
Where are you going to?
I want to know what is new
I want to go with you.

What have you seen?
What do you know that is new?
Where are you going to?
Because I want to go with you..."

( Chris Rea, The Blue Cafe)

The Portuguese breeze :)

It's such a delight to return to Portugal... I stepped back in time, namely 5 years ago, and remembered that this is the country where  I've discovered the pleasure of being surrounded by happy people, sunny weather, unforgettable friendships....enjoying life, traveling, going to concerts, all of these make life worth living. I've recharged my hopes and I pray THIS portuguese breeze would stay with me many years from now. With my arms wide open, I share this "blue marine energy" and wish you all a great summer! :)

London: Black & white Camden

"All In White"

Break me on the thirty-seventh hour

Tout me, doubt me, show me all of your power

I will watch you rise on my back from the ground

Friend or foe?

I don't know

Do you like what you've found?

I will one day shine with you

I'll shine on a faithful few

Show we 'low quotations

Have you earned your stripes?

Fabricate salvation

Lord, I know your type

I've known you all my life

I was always wrong, you all in white

Brush my cause aside with little trouble

Oh my god, I think I'm hearing double

I will watch you rise on my back from afar

Friend or foe?

I don't know now you're up in the stars

But I will one day shine with you

I'll shine on a faithful few.

(The Vaccines, "All in white")

 

Vienna: The first of spring :)

"There's a cloud

A blue sky darkening

That veils the light of the sun

And foretells the rain

But there's a bird

There are birds

And some are singing

To greet every new day that may come

Like the first of spring

It is cold

It is cold

I've had the feeling

At the heart and in the core

The root of all things

But there's a bud, there's a bulb

It will be blooming

To greet every new day that may come

Like the first of spring..." 

"Tracy Chapman - Spring"

London: Somerset House