milk and honey review rupi kaur

Milk and honey – rupi kaur

A moving and relatable piece of art.

This book takes you through the highs and lows of life and relationships, discussing: Love, loss, trauma, abuse, healing and femininity as quoted by the book.

Heart-warming and touching, Kaur enters your life through the poetry and touches all the parts of your soul you kept secret.

A Beautiful and artful piece of writing.

Recommended reading to anyone regardless of whether you have loved or not. 5/5

This book screams a message of self love, whilst spreading a powerful message of things that need to be said. Reminding us of just how human we are.

The illustrations are raw and unapologetically beautiful.

Milk and honey is a brave and courageous piece of art.

I shall share some of my favorite poems with you as follows:

I want to thank Kaur for writing such a beautifully honest piece and touching my heart and soul personally.

The Truth about Life Goals and how to be happy!

The truth about life goals and how to be happy

Hey there,

Sometimes It feels like your choices are to either be a child and live at home and have dreams or grow up and get on with just surviving, work a job you hate to fund your life, but what are we if we spend most of our times working a job we hate?

The older I get the more I realize, living doesn’t have to be one thing you do thing for the rest of your life.

It can be doing what makes you happy at this time period in your life, when that no longer makes you happy move on. Don’t continue to pursue something that no longer serves you. And I know what some of you are thinking, that it’s giving up or you need to climb the careers ladder, well you can and you could hate it…..or ….maybe … you could follow your dreams, and now don’t get me wrong I’m not saying have no job or money, the opposite actually, pursue what makes you happy in a healthy way, making money at the same time whether that is to fund your hobbies or as a stepping stone to something more or as a means to an end.

If you enjoy your current endeavour for: 2 years, 10 years or 60 years that’s fine. You may start something with intent for it to be a means to an end and end up loving it.

For example, when I was 16, I really and I mean REALLY wanted to do music, I wanted to perform and I loved it, so I did 3 courses in the meantime, its 6 years later and I’m about to graduate with BA Hons and I’ve had a great time and it’s been a blessing, I never set out to be famous however now that I’m not actively pursuing music I have heard comments like “have you given up on your music dream now” and I think …no… I’ve accomplished it. I will always love and need music and will continue to practise but my goals have shifted at this moment. Maybe they will return to music but for now I need to follow my heart and so do you!

I’ve learnt loads, more than music, I’ve learnt about psychology, feminism and much more, however now I have a new goal which is travel and photography. Do I still love music? Of course. Do I need to know what I’m going to do with the next 70-80 years of my life? No, of course not. Who does? Really none of us know what’s around the corner.

And Maybe in 3 years I’ll be done with travel and then ill want to do something else, I just don’t know, no one does, there is such a big concept of “you have to know what you are going to do for the rest of your life, now”  and pressure from a older generation to pick a career, when really if you try out 100 jobs before finding what you enjoy that’s fine, you only get one life, please don’t waste it trying to please other people.

If in 5 years I have another goal that is fine and I will let myself follow that, because that is the best way to be and stay happy. Maybe your 16-year-old self didn’t have the same vision as you do now. Think for a second about a 16-year-old and a 36-year-old, are they going to have the same thought process? No. Are they going to have gone through the same things? No. It’s ok to change your mind.

Goals change, and that’s ok. Your allowed to change as a person, you do and you will, live your dreams and they will change as you accomplish them.

Lastly, everyone else’s path is not your path, RE-READ THAT, everyone else’s path is not your path ,some people want money or happiness or family or things like cars and houses, most likely you want a combination of these. That’s ok, but dont follow someone elses plan, its like following someone elses blueprints to build a table, when you are building a chair. If you want your life to look exactly like someone else’s then maybe you would follow the same path they did, however your life is just that, YOUR’S. Don’t waste it trying to be someone else.

Try everything and keep an open mind and a heart full of dreams.

You got this 🙂

An Evening with Jim Kay

Jim Kay appeared at the University of Northampton, to do a talk on his work on the Harry Potter illustrated books and a book signing.

This evening promised to be a “rare experience, and an insight in to both the worlds of Harry Potter and illustration.” The event went above and beyond, Jim Kay was such a down to earth person whilst also being a talented artist. He paid astonishing attention to detail, he explained to the group that a picture of Dumbledore (top right) featured a Lunaria Annua tree which translated in to English means honesty. However, translated in Dutch it is translated as coins of Judas which he explained was a perfect representation of Dumbledore, both honest and humble whist keeping his own secrets. He also talked about reversing the colors on an image to make the ghost look transparent. The technique he used was to use red paint on white paper and then scanned it in and used a negative of his work to create a blue hue.

Whilst talking through his work he gave us insight into his inspirations for the Snape and his potions piece.

He told us he used to work with a doctor who had many glass jars behind him this is what inspired the glass jars on the shelf. However, as the evening went on he explained to us the glass jars where full of prostates…this just goes to show anything can be used as inspiration. Throughout the night he looked to his partner and talked about how she helped him in some elements by discovering an accidental miracle. Whilst working he spilt fabric dye on his work and created the movement of color that really brought the images to life. It’s clear an immense amount of research and attention to detail has gone in to this to create something so magical.

During the night, he showed us images of the original models he first made to base his drawings from, using cotton wool, paper, and fishing wire, he also used plasticine as a clay to make the characters for sketching. This is a truly magical and moving rendition of the Harry potter series, and I cannot wait for the rest of the books to see what other treats he has in store.

London Day 2!

29.12.18 —-London Day 2

Hey again,

Today has been a jam packed day, I got a delicious breakfast a bakewell with almonds, blueberry yogurt, watermelon water and a chocolate croissant. 
I went back to my hotel and then set off to Oxford street, first visiting Primark to look at the harry potter part, It’s so cool in there they have letters hanging from the ceiling and cases up the walls with cages for owls on top of them, I got a Hufflepuff t-shirt, Hufflepuff scrunchies and hermione socks, so obviously you can tell I’m a Hufflepuff!

I found this american sweet shop that had some things I had never tried before like grape Laffy Taffy,  watermelon  Airheads and a strawberry gum.

I went to accessorize and got new summer glasses and I know its winter but that’s the best time for buying summer things. XD I just kept walking and exploring, not really using my map although I did have some places I wanted to see. I found a Matalan and got cute T-shirt, then I found some cute blue velvet vest and short pj set in Ann Summers. I wanted to get some sort of souvenir from London so I found a gift shop and got a little london bus with the sights inside it magnet.  I found a whittard’s tea shop and I got a Blueberry sleep tea that smells like blueberry muffins.  I went to lush and ended up being in there for 2 hours the employee who helped me gave me a free sample of angels on bare skin, and a face mask for free. I bought a shampoo bar, and a tin for it, a shower bomb, a bee exfoliator and moisturiser and a toner steam tablet. Also she gave me a heat sensitive spa booklet.

I went to Chipotle for the first time too, I got a burrito with white rice, black beans, chicken, salasa, corn, veggies and lettuce, with a coke.

After I visited The Disney Store which was really fun and I heard they had a Cinderella carriage you could take pictures in.

Finally I got a chocolate waffle with milk chocolate, marshmallows and sprinkles and a bottle of water. Then I went back to my hotel.

London Day 1

Hey Folks!
28.12.18 —-London Day 1

Today I traveled to London (by myself- First trip alone). I went to my hotel and dropped off my bag, I had some spare time before I could check in so  I went to Costa and got an iced caramel orange latte. I went to the cinema to see the new Mary Poppins movie, it was fun and a bit emotional, It was also a bit magical, it had Meryl Streep and I loved the singing and dancing in it. That is so something I would love to do, sing and dance.

After the cinema I went shopping in the sales, I went to Flying Tiger I got a cute new notebook which I will be using to write my new poems in. a candle wreath and a bottle of fizzy peach and apple.

I went to paperchase and got a new journal (as my one is nearly full), I then went to the Body shop  and got almond shower gel and a vanilla and marshmallow shower gel, the latter is sooo nice possibly my new favourite. I went to Boots and got a face mask, finishing by going to Subway to get dinner and went back to the hotel for a pamper in with a nice dinner and drink.