Let there be colour! (outfit post) / Neka bude boja (odjevna kombinacija)

It was over 40 degrees Celsius (that's over 100 Fahrenheit) when these photographs were taken. Seriously! I'm obviously a desert type when I'm able to enjoy being out at midday in a city that is practically an oven. If you did not know Mostar city is surrounded by mountains and hills which pretty much turns it into an urban oven. Yes, this city is a champion of unbelievably high temperatures during the Summer. So, this hat was as much a necessity as a fashion statement. Wearing a hat when temperature is over 100 Fahrenheit is a sound idea, believe me. Speaking of Fahrenheits,  have you read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury? You should, you know, it really is a brilliant dystopian novel. I find it uncanny how much some writers were able to guess the future, down to minute details. Every time when I ponder about our modern society problems and questionable practices, I think of this novel and I realize I'm not crazy. Some things are just wrong and that's the way it is. You know what I mean? The fact this novel was censored is one of those superb ironies of life. Anyhow, we're still far from the temperatures under which book catch fire so this bookworm is quite content.

Bilo je preko 40 stupnjeva kada su ove fotografije uslikane. Očito sam nekakav pustinjski top kada mogu uživati biti u podne na otvorenom u gradu koji je zapravo pećnica (Mostar je okružen brdima i planinama pa postoje urbana sahara). Da, ovaj grad je šampion u nenormalno visokim temperaturama tijekom ljeta. Tako da je ova kapa bila nužnost koliko i modni dodatak. Nositi šešir kada je temperatura preko 40 stupnjeva je dobra ideja, vjerujte. Ovo razmišljanje o temperaturama podsjetilo me je da se sjetim romana Fahrenheit 451 koji je napisao Ray Bradbury. Jeste li ga čitali? Ukoliko niste, eto moje ljetne preporuke, pogotovo ako kao ja volite distopijske romane. Stvarno mi je nevjerojatno kako neki pisci mogu pogoditi budućnost do sitnih detalja. Svaki put kada razmišljam o nekom modernom problemu ili upitnoj praksi, sjetim se ovom romana i onda mi se čini da nisam luda. Neke stvari jednostavno nisu kakve bi trebale biti i to je to. Znate li na što mislim? Činjenica da je ovaj roman bio cenzoriran je jedna od onih veličanstvenih ironija života. Kakogod, daleko smo još od temperature pri kojoj se knjiga samozapaljuje (to bi bilo preko 200 stupnjeva) tako da je barem s tim ovaj knjiški crv zadovoljan. 

“Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” Fahrenheit 451

necklace/ogrlica: DIY, sunnies. DM, rest: no name

“Why is it," he said, one time, at the subway entrance, "I feel I've known you so many years?"
"Because I like you," she said, "and I don't want anything from you.”
“We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?”

ogrlica: DIY, sunčane DM+ DIY, ostalo: nije markirano

“There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.”

“With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual,' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be.”

“The books are to remind us what asses and fool we are. They're Caeser's praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, "Remember, Caeser, thou art mortal." Most of us can't rush around, talking to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book. Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.”

Fahrenheit 451

“And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn’t crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again, he would never carve another piece of wood or help us raise doves and pigeons in the backyard or play the violin the way he did, or tell us jokes the way he did. He was part of us and when he died, all the actions stopped dead and there was no one to do them the way he did. He was individual. He was an important man. I’ve never gotten over his death. Often I think what wonderful carvings never came to birth because he died. How many jokes are missing from the world, and how many homing pigeons untouched by his hands? He shaped the world. He did things to the world. The world was bankrupted of ten million fine actions the night he passed on.”

ogrlica: DIY, sunčane DM+ DIY, ostalo: nije markirano

“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there.

It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.”

necklace/ogrlica: DIY, sunnies. DM, rest: no name

Let there be colour! That seems to had been my motto for this outfit. Let there be patterns, colours, accessories and all sorts of things. Let's go all the way! It is Summer after all and I love Summer. I'm a human being and I feel the effects of heat just like everyone else but I'm so crazy about Summer it doesn't seem to matter that much. Thank you for your kind comments about my jewellery ( or jewelry if you prefer the American spelling) collection. This necklace I'm wearing today is from that new collection that I'm thinking to sell here. If it happens, you'll be the first to know about it. I wish you all a fantastic day! As I'm typing this, it has started to rain. How splendid! What is more lovely than a summer rain?

Neka bude boje! To je čini se bio moj moto kada sam se oblačila. Neka bude uzoraka, boja, modnih dodataka i svega nečega.  Idemo svašta nešto nabaciti jer je ljeto, a ja volim ljeto. Naravno da osjećam vrućinu kao i ostali i da me umora, ali toliko volim ljeto da sve to postaje kao neka slatka briga. Hvala vam svima na divnim komentarima o mome nakitu kojeg se razmišljam učiniti dostupnim na blogu, ako se to dogodi svakako ćete prvi vidjeti. Ova ogrlica koju nosim je dio te nove kolekcije. Želim vas divan dan! Dok ovo tipkam počela je pada kiša. Divota! Što je ljepše nego ljetna kišica?