My Chuck Taylors

I have chuck taylors on designed by Albert Reyes.

There’s a quote hidden on the inside of it that says

“If you cant be good, be careful.”

Touché.

Just thought I’d share.

Alice in Wonderland

“If I were looking for a white rabbit, I’d ask the Mad Hatter.”
“The Mad Hatter? Oh, no no no…” 
“Or, you could ask the March Hare, in that direction.”
“Oh, thank you. I think I’ll see him…”
 ”Of course, he’s mad, too.“
“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”

My current obsession at the moment:

Alice in Wonderland.

Random, yes. But the story has intrigued me ever since I was a child… I’ve always loved the strange things that happen through the books, and the magnificent creativity behind it.

Alice in Wonderland is not just any ordinary child fiction. It is filled with underlying philosophy and secrets.One of the main reasons I loved it so much was the absurdity… I loved her curiosity. There is such beauty in the unknown. I find strangeness quite compelling.

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn’t be, and what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?”

Many a days (and at times, our dreams) are spent imagining in our own worlds. Nonsensical ideas, impossible feats. The possibility of existing in a realm without time would, and should, usually scare someone, but Alice embraces it with wonder. Over time, after being in such a realm, Alice learns, to accept the impossible. Maybe one day, after this life, we will have to accept our new reality, If there is one….

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where-” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
“-so long as I get SOMEWHERE,” Alice added as an explanation.
“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”

One of my favourite Characters is the Cheshire Cat. He is annoyingly witty, and, like all the other characters, mad. His quote, which is at the top of this entry, is one of my favourite quotes because of the fact that whether Alice accepts it or not, it will still be. She must face the reality which she has now been presented with. Everyone in Alice’s Wonderland, is mad. As a child that should not be a trait that would appeal to most young children, but to me, it made the story even more compelling.

Alice: I simply must get through!
Doorknob: Sorry, you’re much too big. Simply impassible.
Alice: You mean impossible?
Doorknob: No, impassible. Nothing’s impossible.

As I grew up, I learnt that the story was apparently based on drug hallucinations. Whether this is true or not, does not take away from the story itself. It was widely known that Lewis Carroll smoked marijuana, but whether or not he took hallucinatory drugs was debatable. But the fact is, WHO CARES??!!

The incredible mystery and beauty behind his novel will not change; his truly was a masterpiece, even if we never do find out what exactly he meant, and whether Alice was a real person…

Well I’m off to read Chain of Hearts by Maureen McCarthy… Maureen, if you’re around, enjoy the free publicity!

“Fan her head!” the Red Queen anxiously interrupted. “She’ll be feverish after so much thinking.”