Wednesday 1 September 2010

You wanna meet my sister?

Meet Allison Bell, my sister, the young and talented fashion designer who has a flair for words and who has recently started a blog called Fashion Design Studio 6: Deathliness, Decay & Decorum (And didn't tell me about it!!!!!! I gave her a good spanking, believe me!)

Now, this is her latest post. Tell me folks, does this sound like a fashion designer to you??? My jaw is agape!

Soul, psyche, life force... Whether or not these are merely human constructs, I can at least understand why people would think that they exist.
Sitting in QV the other morning, a sparrow flew right up to me, brave and timid and inquisitive all at once. While watching it, it struck me just how full of life it seemed. I could easily believe that there was something, some force lending to this creature such animation...
...Perhaps a little spark of life within, or marionette strings in constant motion, controlled by a puppeteer of the universe. If this is the case, then death would be the snuffing out of this spark, or the severing of these strings. Certainly, death is as sudden and absolute as either of these motions.
I see this 'animation' now all the time... when I watch my cats, or birds outside, or even children running down the street. Perhaps this liveliness and animation has something to do with self-consciousness, or the lack thereof. I rarely see this spark of life in adults. Perhaps we have become too accustomed to the world. The only time I really see it is when people laugh. It is known to some as the language of the soul, after all.
 
If you like what you just read darling bloggers and bloggerettes, go check out her BLOG and follow. She'll be absolutely chuffed! :o) (Her follow button is all the way down the bottom if you think you can't find it)
 
Have a great day!

25 comments:

  1. A lot of talent running through your family! My family knows I have a blog, but I haven't given them links, is that mean?

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  2. Wow, that was fantastic! Thanks for letting us meet your sister!

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  3. That's so great! And you have a sister?? So jealous. It seems like everyone has one. I want one. LOL.

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  4. hi miss jessica! yikes youve been cloned! ha ha. wow your sister is a really good writer just like you. if she got that much talent for writing i bet her design stuff is gonna be soooo cool.
    ...hugs from lenny

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  5. Woohoo for meeting your sister! Super cool, she is certainly shaping up to be one AWESOME designer!!! I love meeting new people! Thanks!

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  6. Aww! I can def. tell you two are related.

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  7. Jessica, you are one sweet sister. Y'all look quite alike.

    This was fun, to get to see your sister and hear her words.

    Helen

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  8. Very talented family, I enjoyed the post very much and found it most interesting to read.
    will certainly visit your sister's blog.

    Yvonne.

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  9. You and your sister have got talent coming out of your ears. :)

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  10. Aww, props for blogging about your sister. I always wanted a sister...got stuck with a brother instead. lol.

    Hoping over to check out Allison's blog now :)

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  11. I'll hop over and check her out, what a way with words. :)

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  12. Wow - talent aplenty in your family! I love fashion stuff almost as much as I love writing / reading. Thanks for the intro - now I'll be able to follow the Bell sisters.

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  13. Awww... thanks sis :) Now I just have to be diligent and post on a regular basis. Bugger, that means I have to think a lot, too. Oh noes...

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  14. I didn't know you had a sister. Was that in your memoir? She's very talented, as you are. Wow, what an awesome family.

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  15. Wow . . . writer . . . definitely not fashion designer. :)

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  16. You both are so very talented and creative!

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  17. She's an observant fashion designer!

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  18. awww how cool! thanks for letting us know!

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  19. The writing bug must be in the genes! :p

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  20. Jessica, talent runs in the family. You two are amazing. I'm clicking over. (And I've got to say that you are a sweet, loving sister.)

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  21. Thanks for the link. I love the web address of her blog too.

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  22. Oh neat! Nice to meet your sister!!!! I will check out and follow.

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  23. I hopped over to your sister's blog...She does have a lovely way with words!

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  24. Talent and beauty, you two have it all!

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