Hope

"Hope is the thing with feathers/that perches in the soul/And sings the tune--without the words/And never stops at all." - Emily Dickinson

"Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark." - George Iles

Whenever I'm feeling particularly blue and down or upset and unhappy, I tend to turn towards beacons of hope - for me, that's beautiful music, or a movie, or a comforting book, or a piece of art. Or...a lot of things.

Here, then is, my collection of hopeful, inspired, beautiful things that make me feel better. A list of My Favorite Things, in 5's.

Movies:
1. Speedracer
2. Meet the Robinsons
3. Despicable Me
4. A Series of Unfortunate Events
5. Disney's Beauty & the Beast

Books:
1. A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
2. The Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling
3. The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo
4. The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
5. The Blue Castle or The Emily Trilogy - L.M. Montgomery

Art:
1. The Astronomer by Johannes Vermeer (and others by him)
2. Jeunes Filles au Piano by Pierre A. Renoir (and others by him)
3. The Accolade by Edmund Blair Leighton (and others by him)
4. Sophie Blackall's paintings on missedconnectionsny.blogspot.com
5. Peter Paul Rubens' painting of The Duke of Lerma (I love the horse!)

Music:
1. Clair D'Lune by Claude Debussy
2. Canon in D by Pachelbel
3. Lost! by Coldplay (on Viva La Vida)
4. Vanilla Twilight by Owl City
5. Savior by Lights

TV Shows:
1. Pushing Daisies
2. Chuck
3. Firefly
4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (some episodes...!)
5. Doctor Who

And then, there is the art therapy I do to have a beautiful project finished:

1. knitting
2. drawing
3. writing (poetry)
4. Creating a page in my Secrets Notebook
5. arranging flowers

and...activities:

1. walk
2. ice skate
3. ballet
4. practice harp/piano
5. cook