To be noticed (tagged) by The Errant Aesthete is an unbelievable honour. It has become my daily read and is a source of infinite inspiration....
In such a short time (my blogging life is barely 3 months) The Errant Aesthete has become very close to my heart and despite its mysterious author.... she seems strangely familiar
To attempt writing this post after she produced such a wonderful piece, has proven to be an extremely hard act to follow....
How tagging works.....when you are tagged by a fellow blogger you must write ten things about yourself and then to continue the tradition you must tag seven blogs.
So here it goes....
I've always thought that my life and existence have danced between the ordinary and extraordinary.
At an early age my parents were called into school because my teacher considered my imagination to be a worrying matter.
When stories and facts were compared.... the apparent exaggerated imagination was simply a glimpse of my reality.....
1. By the age of thirteen I had been to thirteen schools and lived in thirteen countries.
2. My nomadic upbringing always made me feel like a 'unique' outsider. I never felt I belonged anywhere until I moved to Ireland 9 years ago
3. You are most likely to find me at the beach in Winter.
4. At a Royal Palace, the 'Host' kindly gave me (under the table) her portion of chocolate truffles and whispered a secret about another Queen.
5. 2008 was an 'annus horribilis'. I'm still physically and mentally on my way to recovery.
6. Of all the countries that I have lived in, Japan has had the strongest inlfuence in my life
7. In the late 80's I danced all night with Prince...I never new why I was his dance partner of choice... but I suspect it was because I made him look towering tall ...
8.When I grow up... I want to be a photographer.
9. I have never let fear hold me back....I would rather try and fail, than not try at all...
10. My biggest complex is, and always has been, communication...this blog was meant to be a 'silent' photographic journal....I'm slowly confronting my biggest fear.......writing in English...
So now you are tagged
3. www.moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/my_marrakesh/
4. www.mrstrefusis.blogspot.com
5. www.pistaclandestina.blogspot.com
6. www.prettyfarwest.blogspot.com
7. www.seenandsaid.blogspot.com
8. www.theadventuresofagirlandhermoney.blogspot.com
simply very beautiful
Posted by: orla | 12/20/2009 at 10:13 PM
gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous ...
Posted by: CallaLilly101 | 12/21/2009 at 02:42 PM
So lovely!
Thanks for tagging me too. I'll have to put some thought into this one.
Posted by: Jane Flanagan | 12/21/2009 at 06:01 PM
I am so amazed by the Prince story!!!!
I did a tag like this some time ago. Replete with witch doctors. Check it out: http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/my_marrakesh/2006/10/i_have_been_tag.html
Posted by: Maryam in Marrakech | 12/21/2009 at 07:28 PM
Thanks for the tag! Dancing with Prince is a hard act to follow, and I like it that your vivid imagination turned out to be fact. Also, I'm all for the words - the silence is atmospheric, but I do like minor commentary and you're an interesting verbal communicator.
Posted by: pretty far west | 12/21/2009 at 08:00 PM
Beautiful post SS, I have an image of you and Prince Dancing in my head...... was he wearing purple high heels? Have a lovely Christmas day.x
Posted by: helen james | 12/21/2009 at 10:59 PM
Thank you all....I look forward to sharing many more stories in the future..
I wish you a wonderful start to 2010...
Posted by: Silent Storyteller | 12/22/2009 at 04:51 PM
What a stunning post. I am absolutely delighted to have found your blog!
Posted by: scjoseph | 12/22/2009 at 04:53 PM
Dearest Silent Storyteller:
Bravo! Wonderfully done. Poignantly voiced. As beautiful as your appositely named Silent Storyteller (a wordplay we both share).
Wishing you an aesthetically blissful holiday.
Posted by: the errant aesthete | 12/24/2009 at 08:01 PM
It's my first time on your blog but I feel so close to you. I too had a wild imagination and a passion for books that worried my teachers - one teacher told my mum I was reading too much! I have had a nomadic existence so far (I realized that I spend Christmases in about 15 countries, listed in my latest blog post).
AND I adore Japan, where I spend a magical summer in 1997...
Posted by: Mary-Laure | 12/28/2009 at 06:15 PM
A great blog can give one person new feeling, let person get happiness, let person to broaden our horizons. I think so your blog that is.
Posted by: Air Jordans | 04/17/2010 at 04:36 AM