NEW SPRING CONTEST http://www.polyvore.com/spring_2013/contest.show?id=403987
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Maybe you remember my little tradition and because of really shameful inconstancy the last year this set HAS TO go to some really special persons who where there for me the whole time, stayed loyal during my absence, never got tired spending some lovely and caring words and always have time for me helping me to get through this difficult time.
Of course I mean @niwi . My dear you are such a special person. I really can´t believe its 4 YEARS AGO that you were one of the the first persons who comment my very bad created first tries on Polyvore (for example http://www.polyvore.com/nature_season/set?id=4597172 :D ) All the time you were so nice to me, cared, listened. I am very thankful, dear!!! And of course I mean @lastchance Thank you for all your support, loyality and feedbacks all the time you never got tired. Thank you!! And of course I mean @terrelyn-thomas-no-tags You are such a wonderful friend. Your inspiring creativity and originality is fascinating, your words are always fitting and helpful. I appreciate your loyal support and friendship. Thank you! And of course I mean @xrissa One of my longest Polyfriend aswell. All your caring messages. And all your help! I don´t know what to say, my dear friend, I am sooo sooo grateful! THANK YOU! @fantasy-rose @rainie-minnie @midnight-mama @ladycelina @br0k3n @grace2244 @missnoelle I am really without words. I experienced such a kindness and beauty during the last years, thats really impressive and amazing and makes me speechless. Thank you everyone, everyone, really everyone! Not only the tagged ones, also everyone who comment my sets, sending feedbacks, supporting my groups. Thats all not for sure and I really appreciate that! I love you all. Have a beautiful spring saison or whatever saison you might have right now :D ;-) ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

“Once upon a time, powerful wizard, who wanted to destroy an entire kingdom, placed a magic potion in the well from which the inhabitants drank. Whoever drank that water would go mad.
 
The following morning, the whole population drank from the well and they all went mad, apart from the king and his family, who had a well set aside for them alone, which the magician had not managed to poison. The king was worried and tried to control the population by issuing a series of edicts governing security and public health. The policemen and the inspectors, however, had also drunk the poisoned water, and they thought the king’s decisions were absurd and resolved to take notice of them.
 
When the inhabitants of the kingdom heard these decrees, they became convinced that the king had gone mad and was now giving nonsensical orders. The marched on the castle and called for his abdication.
 
In despair the king prepared to step down from the throne, but the queen stopped him, saying: ‘Let us go and drink from the communal well. Then we will be the same as them.’
 
And that was what they did: The king and queen drank the water of madness and immediately began talking nonsense. Their subjects repented at once; now that the king was displaying such ‘wisdom’, why not allow him to rule the country?
 
The country continued to live in peace, although its inhabitants behaved very differently from those of its neighbors. And the king was able to govern until the end of his days.”
 
― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

Hello everybody. I am very curious about Keira´s new movie and our all well known drama "Anna Karenina".
Thank you for all your caring messages.I don´t really know what to say.I´m ok? I´m fine? I´m sad? I don´t know.Guess I´m alive. I´m tired of being sad or desperate or angry or depressive.I just wanna feel normal again, feeling nothing again.So I am trying not to think at all. I know,its not really health or good, but I need some rest. Time for me.Time for organisation and breathing. Time for dreaming. I am a student, but I´m not studying. I am a human, but I am not living. Im a friend, but Im not friendly... I am a person but I am not myself...
So I will take some time for that. Be patient, guys, I will come back as soon as possible. I don´t forget you. I am missing you and think about you all the time.
http://www.polyvore.com/dream_is_wish_your_heart/contest.show?id=377062
XOXO C.

If the feelings go away, people will stay.
And if people go, feelings will remain.
If seasons are changing, the year will stay.
If leaves are falling, trees will remain.
If reality keeps you from resting,
dreams will remain,
because
Dreams are the freedom.
 
MISS YOU ALL SO SO MUCH!!!
@xrissa @lastchance
@ladycelina @cathinka180
@simplypj @reluna
@fantasy-rose @southern-charm
@terrelyn-thomas-no-tags @angie1972behindinfaves
@missnoelle @br0k3n @angie73 @niwi @cathiemcnally @rainie-minnie
and Polyvore in general...hope you don´t forget me =( XOXO C.

On 17thAugust 1946 a life, so very exciting, filled with love, adventures, hapiness and joy, began. This life was my father´s life that ended much too soon for three girls and one boy and a very beloved wife he left in this world. Three days ago was his first birthday after his death and it was so so hard to breathe. But today it really helped to celebrate picking his favorite song , Me & Bobby McGee, into one of my sets that I especially created for my dad.
 
Happy Birthday, Daddy. This is for you. We miss you!!!
 
Janis Joplin- Me & Bobby McGee
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train
And I's feeling nearly as faded as my jeans.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,
It rode us all the way to New Orleans.
 
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna,
I was playing soft while Bobby sang the blues.
Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding Bobby's hand in mine,
We sang every song that driver knew.
 
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don't mean nothing honey if it ain't free, now now.
And feeling good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues,
You know feeling good was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.
 
From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun,
Hey, Bobby shared the secrets of my soul.
Through all kinds of weather, through everything that we done,
Hey Bobby baby kept me from the cold.
 
One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away,
He's looking for that home and I hope he finds it,
But I'd trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday
To be holding Bobby's body next to mine.
 
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing, that's all that Bobby left me, yeah,
But feeling good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues,
Hey, feeling good was good enough for me, hmm hmm,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.

By Sunday morning, 13 August 1961, the border with West Berlin was closed. The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that contained anti-vehicle trenches, "fakir beds" and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc claimed that the wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in building a socialist state in East Germany. In practice, the Wall served to prevent the massive emigration and defection that marked Germany and the communist Eastern Bloc during the post-World War II period.
On 15 June 1961, First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party and GDR State Council chairman Walter Ulbricht stated in an international press conference, "Niemand hat die Absicht, eine Mauer zu errichten!" (No one has the intention of erecting a wall!). It was the first time the colloquial term Mauer (wall) had been used in this context.

Hello everybody,
I found this picture with the girl in my drafts and immediatley I was inspired to a surreal scenery.Here I wanted to express the power of water (uncried tears?) and what it can make happen. And aswell I thought of the song by Snow Patrol, their lyrics are perfectly fitting to my mood right now.So its a very expressive set dealing with my emotions, I guess some polyvorian is really proud right now... thanks for your advices all the time and your right words in the right moment!!! So,everybody, my wise words to the set: Always stand to your emotions and cry if you are sad, scream if you are angry, sleep if you are tired and run if you are restless. Do whatever your feelings tell you to do, that´s the first step to a happy life =) XOXO C.
 

"Open Your Eyes" - Snow Patrol
 
All this feels strange and untrue
And I won't waste a minute without you
My bones ache, my skin feels cold
And I'm getting so tired and so old
The anger swells in my guts
And I won't feel these slices and cuts
I want so much to open your eyes
'Cause I need you to look into mine
 
Get up, get out, get away from these liars
'Cause they don't get your soul or your fire
Take my hand, knot your fingers through mine
And we'll walk from this dark room for the last time
 
Every minute from this minute now
We can do what we like anywhere
I want so much to open your eyes
'Cause I need you to look into mine
 
All this feels strange and untrue
And I won't waste a minute without you.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. --- Buddha

Hey everybody,
Its such a long time...
I was really abscent the whole last months I was offline,I was mentally abscent too, there was no Polyvore in my mind - nothing,I am very sorry.Now I am back at home, in Berlin, I am coming back to life, my family,my friends, myself again and back to reality aswell. Right now I am honestly not soo able to write down every detail I just want you all to know I am alive and I am okay so far.Thank you all for caring and mails and comments all the time.I really appreciate your friendship and loyality.
Love you all,
Clara

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.
Jessica Lange