Bookmarks With Quotations
Aye, aye! We meet again! How's life? Well, mine is good, kinda. Today, eh, I mean, two days ago, I got yet another project. It says that I have to make a bookmark for each listening and reading material I have read/watch. After 2 hours of finding some inspiration for this project and another 3 hours of making the project (including snacking, slacking off, and having an existential crisis), I finally finished. Dang, that's a long time. Anyway, let's see what we got today, shall we?
Alright, the first one is a reading material, a story. It's called "The Silver Swans" by Gallico Paul. It consists 3522 words. No, the site does not show what level this reading material is, but oh well. Reading material is reading material. Well, the story is about Horatio Fundoby, an old man that meets a young lady named Thesis at a houseboat. Apparently, she is desperate of finding her true love, and the old man is there to help. Also, she sings a song titled, well, you've guessed it, "The Silver Swans", that resembles her curiosity about how she could recognize a true love. Interested? Well, you can check it out here.
And here is the bookmark I've made that is inspired by the story.
As you see, I made the bookmark with different fonts. Why? Well, each of the sentences with their own fonts are supposed to resemble the characters that said those words. It's about Thesis' conversation with Horatio, asking for a guide to him. The sentence with some kind of "artistic font" on the top is obviously spoken by Thesis, as I see her as a gentle, artistic woman, yet desperate for love. I think the font fits her personality. Same as Horatio. I picture him as a stiff, clear minded old man, since the story tells us that he is well-educated. So I think a "stiff" font fits him perfectly, like, it resembles his personality. And the swan on the center? Well, it's obviously resembles as the story's title, and the song that Thesis sang in the story. Also, his answer reminds me of the wedding vow, "in sickness and health, to love and to cherish." Not gonna lie, he is a very wise man. IMO, it fits perfectly with the story.
Alright, onto the next one. The listening material I'm going to talk about is one of the songs from Hamilton Musical, "Wait For It" by Leslie Odom Jr. Well, in this song, Aaron Burr sings about his desire to be with the wife of a British officer, Theodosia, and how much he loves her. His ultimate decision is he will "wait for it". And when an opportunity comes for him to be with Theodosia, he will take that chance. He also sung about how he has to protect his family's legacy, and how his parents and his grandfather grew to be great people. Well, you can check the original video here. And apparently, there are some artists that made animation for this song. One of them is from an artist called szin. You can check it out here. I provided 2 links for you, just in case. I think it's easier for us to understand if we watch it with some illustrations. Don't you agree?
And here is yet another bookmark I made, with my favorite quote from the song.
Not gonna lie, I love this song. It's one of my favorite songs from Hamilton Musical. Well, I'm pointing out at one of the lyrics in the song, "Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints. It takes, and it takes, and it takes. And we keep living anyway. We rise, and we fall, and we break, and we make our mistakes."
I found it to be such meaningful, deep quote. It makes sense for me. Death doesn't discriminate, it doesn't care whether you're a good or a bad person, rich or poor, royalty or commoner. You can't escape death. If it is time for you to die, you'll die no matter what. And it takes more and more lives throughout time. And then, when it comes for us to lose our beloved to death, we can't do anything, but to accept and live on. We keep living anyway, and just like human being, we make mistakes, we break, we fall, and we rise. That is life. And we're learning from it. It's such a deep meaning, really. And for the background, well, I always love to make an interpretation of death with starry sky. Like, the stars symbolize the spirits that left us, to go to the afterlife. Sounds dramatic, eh? Well, I love dramatic stuff, so, why not?
Alright, I guess that is all. Why do I feel my writings got wiser and wiser? LOL. Anyway, what do you think about the bookmarks I've made? Do you like it? I hope you like it. Well, anyway, it's time for me to take some proper rest. Don't worry, we'll meet again in the next assignment! Ciao!
~ Arin
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