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Idea Log 30112011

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel

When you're weary, feeling small,
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;
I'm on your side. when times get rough
And friends just cant be found,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

When you're down and out,
When you're on the street,
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you.
Ill take your part.
When darkness comes
And pains is all around,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

Sail on silver girl,
Sail on by.
Your time has come to shine.
All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine.
If you need a friend
Im sailing right behind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.

 

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's album of the same name. The single was released on January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live album Live 1969. The song was first heard in public on November 30, 1969, when it was included in the soundtrack of a one-hour TV special by the duo aired by CBS; the music appeared in the background of a clip withJohn F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Rest in peace John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr ~ you truly are an inspiration]

The most heartwarming moment (starting 3:24 to finish)>>  Thousands of mourners who lined the tracks and stations along the route, paying their respects to Robert Kennedy as the train, carrying his body after his assassination on June 5, 1968, passed']

Idea Log 23072011

Insane day!!! Got back to the hostel at 6am! Woke up at 8am to go all the way to Gimpo Airport to pick up concert tickets for SoNyeoShiDae *Girls Generation* my sister's favourite band!

Got back.. my friends from Korea came to see me for the first time. Went out to lunch in Hongdae > right after that then went for coffee so that I could catch up on some talk with my friends while my sister went to meet her other friend who was coming for the concert with us. Took an hr train ride to Olympic Park for the 7pm concert! (and it took us 45mins to get there!) Got home around mid night and have to wake up by 8 to drop my sister off who leaves for Ulsan tomorrow!

We were so close and one of the best concerts I've been to in terms of how my level of enjoyment!

Idea Log 20062011

"Crawling In The Dark" by HOOBASTANK
I will dedicate
And sacrifice my everything for just a second's worth
Of how my story's ending
And I wish I could know if the directions that I take
And all the choices that I make won't end up all for nothing
Show me what it's for
Make me understand it
I've been crawling in the dark looking for the answer
Is there something more than what i've been handed?
I've been crawling in the dark looking for the answer
Help me carry on
Assure me it's ok to use my heart and not my eyes
To navigate the darkness
Will the ending be ever coming suddenly?
Will I ever get to see the ending to my story?
Show me what it's for
Make me understand it
I've been crawling in the dark looking for the answer
Is there something more than what i've been handed?
I've been crawling in the dark looking for the answer
So when and how will I know?
How much further do I have to go?
How much longer until I finally know?
Because I'm looking and I just can't see what's in front of me
In front of me
Show me what it's for
Make me understand it
I've been crawling in the dark looking for the answer
Is there something more than what i've been handed?
I've been crawling in the dark looking for the answer

Hoobastank used to be my favourite band back in about 2001 but then 'The Reason' came out and its popularity totally ruined the experience for me. Anyways, I used to listen to this song when I was finishing my last year in high school; before heading off to university. I thought 10years would have given me enough time to figure out my life but here I am a decade later wondering the very same thoughts... "I will dedicate/ And sacrifice my everything for just a second's worth/Of how my story's ending/And I wish I could know if the directions that I take/And all the choices that I make won't end up all for nothing". 'Tis Life! Is it? 어 쩌라고?!

Idea Log 12062011

100% MUST SEE!!!!!!! One of the best curated shows I've seen in Toronto! Very well done. Neat and just the correct amount! I loved it! I only wish they had more '80s films! How come no Qayamat Se Qayamatak??

A stunning array of Bollywood cinema showcards and other forms of film advertising have been assembled for the first time in Canada. Almost 125 pieces are on display, featuring star celebrities in popular movies from India's colourful film history.

Member Preview | Bollywood Cinema Showcards: Indian Film Art from the 1950s to the 1980s
Friday, June 10, 2011
10 am to 8:30 pm

No registration is required. Enter ROM via main Bloor Street entrance. Each adult member must present a valid membership card and ID for free admission to the ROM. No guest privileges.

Bollywood Cinema Showcards: Indian Film Art from the 1950s to the 1980s is organized by the Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the ROM in collaboration with The Hartwick Collection. Bollywood Cinema Showcards: Indian Film Art from the 1950s to the 1980s and Embellished Reality: Indian Painted Photographs have been made possible through funding provided by the Government of Ontario.

Supporting Sponsor:		Promotional Partner:		Exhibit Patron:		Media Partners:			Government Partner:
				Moira & Alfredo Romano

 http://www.rom.on.ca/ecommunications/members/bollywood_blast.html

 

Idea Log 17052011

 
Just purchased my very own yearly membership for the Royal Ontario Museum!!! As I might have mentioned before, I have handed in my resignation and hence, this is my plan B> to spend most of my unemployed moments here!

Idea Log 19042011

☆■□■□■□■□■□■☆
To : Cute Kyu Hyun
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　      ╭。。。。。。╮
　 ║  ★。☆ 。★。 ║
　 ║   。☆。★ . ☆    ║
　 ║   Lucky Bottle    ║
　 ║ 。☆。 ★ 。☆ ║
　 ║ ★。 ☆。★ ☆ ║
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　Kyu Hyun Fighting !!

       EuteukFighting !!

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Super JunioR fighting

I'm Super Junior's Ryeowook~
May began~
April was sent off with its good news and bad news..

And came May, through which we'll fly again^^

As broadcast started sooner than I thought I feel very good~

Even though they aren't regular music programs activities ..

Our coolest Teukiehyungnim!!~**
Heenim who protects me as he goes 'Ryeowookie Ryeowookie'~^^
Our always cheerful Han Gengie hyung~~***
Our Yesungie hyung who sings well and works a lot!!~
Kangkings who is good-looking and who buys us food!~~****
Donghee hyung with whom I eat midnight snacks when he goes 'What shall we eat?'^^
Prince Sungmin who is rightfully really masculine!ㅋ
Eunhyukie hyung who teaches me a lot and has a yielding charisma~ㅋ
East sea who doesn't need words
Siwonie hyung who is eccentric but has a hyung aura^^
Kibumie who has a lot of ambition and is naughty~^^
Kyuhyunah..you have the best voice!!

And the one who loves the 12 of them, Me

The 13 of us will stick together, let's do well!!

 

Yesha Gurung Subba

Aleady one year... Apr 19, 2008!
From Teukkie::
We're... King Wang Zzang!*
ELF is also... King Wang Zzang!*

...To those who taught me what love is, what worry is, what it means to be moved, what tears are, thank you, and thank you.
Lastly, although it seems like a phrase that's been overused, I really want to say it,
I love you.

April 19, 2008 at 2:57am

* A little background:

Super Junior (Korean: 슈퍼주니어), often referred to as SJ or SuJu (수주), is a popular boy band from South Korea formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2005. The group debuted with 13 members: Leeteuk (Leader), Heechul, Han Geng, Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kibum and Kyuhyun; they are one of the largest boy bands in the world. Their fanclub is E.L.F. (Everlasting Fans) and their official fan club color is Pearl Sapphire Blue, so a collection of fans with sapphire blue light-sticks during their concerts is called the "Sapphire Blue Sea".

April 19 accident : On April 19, 2007, Kyuhyun, who was sitting behind the driver's seat when the accident occurred, was severely injured with a fractured hip, pneumothorax from broken ribs, and deep scratches and bruises. Kyuhyun was slipping in and out of consciousness for the next few days after the accident occurred. Besides Kyuhyun, Leeteuk, Eunhyuk, Shindong, two of their managers were also involved in the accident. The accident occurred when they were commuting back to their apartment after Kiss the Radio (SuKiRa) in Kangta's van and not their own. Leeteuk had severe scratches on his back and face, and had to receive a total of 170 stitches. Kyuhyun was discharged from hospital later on July 5, 2007, but didn't fully recover until February 2008. The other two, Eunhyuk and Shindong, suffered only minor injuries.

 

Idea Log 13032011

 どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう

"Why did I end up falling for You" - ToHoSHINki! /Dbsk

どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう
Why did I end up falling for you?*

Translated by system_chaos

どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう
どんなに時が流れても君はずっとここにいると思ってたのに
でも君が選んだのは違う道

Doushite kimi wo suki ni natte shimattan darou
Donna ni toki ga nagarete mo kimi wa zutto
Koko ni iru to omotteta noni
Demo kimi ga eranda no wa chigau michi

Why did I end up falling for you?
No matter how much time has passed
I still thought you were right here
But you've already chosen a different path

どうして君に何も伝えられなかったんだろう
毎日毎晩募ってく思い
あふれ出す言葉
わかってたのに
もう届かない

Doushite kimi ni nani mo tsutaerarenakattan darou
Mainichi maiban tsunotteku omoi
Afuredasu kotoba
Wakatteta noni
Mou todokanai

Why couldn't I call out to you at all?
Every day and night growing emotions
And words overflow
But I realized that
They'd never reach you again

はじめて出会ったその日から
君を知っていた気がしたんだ
あまりに自然に溶け込んでしまった二人

Hajimete deatta sono hi kara
Kimi wo shitteita ki ga shittanda
Amari ni shizen ni tokekonde shimatta futari

Since that day I first met you
I felt like I already knew you
You and I melded into each other so smoothly

どこに行く乗りも一緒で君がいることが当然で
僕らは二人で大人になってきた
でも君が選んだのは違う道

Doko ni iku nori mo issho de kimi ga iru koto ga touzen de
Bokura wa futari de otonaninatte kita
Demo kimi ga eranda no wa chigau michi

It was natural for me to be where you were
The two of us grew up together
But you've already chosen a different path

どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう
どんなに時が流れても君はずっと
ここにいると思ってたのに
もう帰れない

Doushite kimi wo suki ni natte shimattan darou
Donna ni toki ga nagarete mo kimi wa zutto
Koko ni iru to omotteta noni
Mou kaerenai

Why did I end up falling for you?
No matter how much time has passed
I still thought you were right here
Now we can't turn back

特別な意味を持つ今日を
幸せ顔で立つ今日を
きれいな姿で神様に願ってる君を

Tokubetsuna imi wo motsu kyou wo
Shiawase kao de tatsu kyou wo
Kireina sugata de kami sama ni negatteru kimi wo

The special meaning held by this day
Today you stood with a happy expression
You looked beautiful while praying to God

僕じゃない人の隣で
祝福されてる姿を
僕はどうやって見送ればいいのだろう

Boku janai hito no tonari de
Shukufukusareteru sugata wo
Boku wa douyatte miokureba ii no darou

But I wasn't the one next to you
And the image of you receiving blessings
Of that how could I let go?

どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう
あの頃の僕らのこと
もう戻れない（考えた考えた）

Doushite kimi ga suki ni natte shimattan darou
Ano koro no bokura no koto
Mou modorenai (kangaeta kangaeta)

Why did I end up falling for you?
How we were before
We can't return to it anymore (I've thought it through, thought it through)

どうして君の手をつかみ奪えなかったんだろう
どんなに時が流れても君はずっと
僕の横にいるはずだった（そのままに）

Doushite kimi no te wo tsukami ubaenakattan darou
Donna ni toki ga nagarete mo kimi wa zutto
Boku no yoko ni iru hazu datta (sono mama ni)

Why didn't I hold on to your hand?
No matter how much time has passed
You should've always been by my side (never changing)

それでも君が僕のそば離れていても
永遠に君が幸せでいること
ただ願ってる
たとえそれがどんなに寂しくても（寂しくても）

Soredemo kimi ga boku no soba hanareteite mo
Eien ni kimi ga shiawase de iru koto
Tada negatteru
Tatoe sore ga donna ni sabishikute mo (sabishikute mo)

But still, even if I'm nowhere near you anymore
I'm praying that you
May be happy for eternity
No matter how much that would make me lonely (no matter how lonely)

Credits: syabondama of egloos for Japanese and Korean lyrics of "どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう" + system_chaos/(Krissy) for translating

 

Idea Log 24022011

JUST WATCHED Gnomeo + Juliet!!!! adorable~!

 

 

P.S: I love James McAvoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Idea Log 05022011

Karl Jenkins & Adiemus-Palladio 1st Movement from Diamond Music> I'm in love with it! So totally dragging my sister to the TSO this spring!

My first discovery for today~ thanks to Toronto's New Classical 96.3FM, my faithful SONY phone and my solo 04:00 am bus rides to work...

 

My second discovery for today ~ Photographer: Sylvain Sonnet ~~ just discovered! One of his pictures had been used for an article in the Globe and Mail (Travel-FRANCE/ 04.Feb.2011) and I tried to look for it through the title of the article for such a long time but I just can't track the article but in fine print I saw the name 'SYLVAIN SONNET' and hence, I was able to find even more amazing pictures including the one I wanted that is the one below!

 

Banks of the Seine river view over the city from Notre Dame Cathedral

© Sylvain Sonnet/Hemis/Corbis

To witness the intensity and sublimity of Sylvain Sonnet's works go to:  http://corbis.co.in/searchresults.php?s=&rm=&rf=&mr=&loc=&col=&listRF=&orient=&view=&people=&pht=Sylvain+Sonnet&max=&p=1

For an even better experience put Karl Jenkin's Diamond Music <the youtube video at the head of this blog entry> on repeat and go through the images-- the experience is breathtaking! For me anyways.

 

Idea Log 23122010

 

Tangled movie stills

[WATCHED IT AND LOVED IT!!] 

 

 

 "When Will My Life Begin?" Lyrics

7 am the usual morning lineup

Start on the chores and sweep 'til the floor's all clean

Polish and wax do laundry and mop and shine up

Sweep again and by then it's like 7:15

 

And so i'll read a book

Or maybe two or three

I'll add a few new paintings

To my gallery

 

I'll play guitar and knit

And cook and basically

Just wonder when will my life begin?

 

Then after lunch it's puzzles and darts and baking

Paper mache a bit of ballet and chess

Pottery and ventriloquy candle making

Then i'll stretch maybe sketch take a climb sew a dress

 And i'll reread the books

If i have time to spare

I'll paint the walls some more

I'm sure there's room somewhere

 

And then i'll brush and brush

And brush and brush my hair

Stuck in the same place i've always been

 

And i'll keep wanderin' and wanderin'

And wanderin' and wonderin'

When will my life begin?

 

And tomorrow night the lights will appear

Just like they do on my birthday each year

What is it like out there where they glow?

Now that i'm older mother might just let me go

 

 

Idea Log 16122010

<Something to believe in> lyrics by Aqualung

You talk too much.
Maybe that's your way
Of breaking up the silence
That fills you up.
But it doesn't sound the same
When no one's really listening

We stumble into our lives:
Reach for a hand to hold.
And any wonder
We need to find
A certain something, certain.

Turn out the light
And what are you left with?
Open up my hands
And find out they're empty.
Press my face to the ground
I've gotta find a reason.
Just scratching around
For something to believe in:
Something to believe in.

You have too much.
You're spending all your time
Collecting and discovering
It's not enough.
And no matter how you try,
You never find the one you want.

We stumble into our lives:
Without a hand to hold.
And any wonder
We need to find
A certain something, certain.

Turn out the light
And what are you left with?
Open up my hands
And find out they're empty.
Press my face to the ground
I've gotta find a reason.
Still scratching around
For something to believe in:
Something to believe in.

Idea Log 13122010

동방신기 ~ 사랑해요!

W [별] [별] [별][별] 별]  W

In 2008, 동방신기 [Dong Bang Shin Ki (Korea & Intl)/Tohoskinki (Japan)/TVXQ (China)] made it in the Guinness World Records for having the world's largest official fan club. Cassiopeia, the band's official fan club, is claimed of having more than 800,000 official members just in South Korea. Their Japanese fan club is called BigEast. 

Song: "W"

夜空(yo sora) に浮(u)かんだ 星(hoshi)が 文字(moji)を描(ega)き出(da)すのは
The letters that the stars created in the night sky

偶然(guuzen)じゃないと 今(ima)もまだ信(shin)じてるよ
I still believe that it is not just by chance

同(ona)じ闇(yami)の中(naka)で 同(ona)じ距離(kyori)のままで
In the same darkness, in the same distance

W＜ダブル＞を描(ega)き続(tsudu)けている
We are painting the <W><cassiopeia> in the same way

君に見(mi)つかるように もっと輝(kagaya)くから
We will shine more and more so that you can find us

keep in mind that I love you.

きっ とI wish..

いつか逢(a)えるから 瞳(mewo)を閉(to)じる度(tabi)君を想(omo)う you’re everything
Our paths will cross again, I am thinking about you every time I close my eyes, you’re everything

君が居(i)ることが 今(ima)もまだあたりまえなんだよ
It is still natural that you are by our side

た だ今(ima)は君が幸(shiawa)せであると願(nega)い
We can only wish that you are happy

僕(boku)らの階段(kaidan)をひとつひとつ登(nobo)っていくよ
We will climb our stairs one by one

僕 (boku)らはまだ僕らの未来(mirai)を想像(souzou)しながら　君を待(ma)ってるよ
We are still waiting for you, imagining our future

きっと I wish…

いつか逢(a)えるから 瞳(me)を閉(to)じる度(tabi)君を想(omo)う you’re everything
Our paths will cross again, I am thinking about you every time I close our my eyes, you’re everything

君が居(i)るこ とが 今(ima)もまだあたりまえなんだよ
Kimiga irukotoga imamo mada atarimae nandayo
It is still natural that you are by our side

いつか逢(a)えるまで　君の居場所(ibasho)は守(mamo)ってるよ
We will keep your place here, until the day we can meet again

君ともう一度(do)　笑(wa)えると信(shin)じてるから
We believe that we can laugh together with you once again

You’re my love Please hold on

時(toki)が流(naga)れ ても　どんな痛(ita)みが待(ma)っていても
Even when the days pass by, and that there may be pains

君はいつまでも　僕(boku)たちの 「プライド」なんだよ
You are always our “PRIDE”

夜空(yo sora)に浮かんだ　星(hoshi)に君が呟いたのは
The words that you murmured to the stars shining in the nightsky

さよならじゃないと　今もまだ信(shin)じてるよ
We still believe that it is not “Good bye”

同(ona) じ空(sora)の下(shita)で　同(ona)じ夢(yume)を描(ega)き
Under the same sky, dreaming the same dream

W＜ダブル＞を探(saga)し続(tsudu)けている
We are still searching for the <Cassiopeia>

同(ona)じ形(katachi)のまま　ずっと輝(kagaya)くから
We will always shine in the same shape

keep in mind that I love you.

逢(a)いたくて　逢(a)いたくて X 4
I want to see you, see you, see you

きっと

い つか逢(a)えるから 瞳(mewo)を閉(to)じる度(tabi)君を想(omo)う　you’re everything
Our paths will cross again, I am thinking about you every time I close my eyes, you’re everything

君 が居(i)ることが 今もまだあたりまえなんだよ
It is still natural that you are by our side

いつか逢(a)えるまで　君の居(i)場所(basho)は守(mamo)ってるよ
We will keep your place here, until the day we can meet again

君ともう一度(do) 笑(wa)えると信(shin)じているから
We believe that we can laugh together with you once again

Source: esayel @ YouTube
Translation: smiley @ OneTVXQ.com
Credits: OneTVXQ.com { One World. One Red Ocean. One TVXQ! }

 
This is my first bigeast dedication!

Idea Log 29112010

Many nights we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understood

Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains long
Before we knew we could

There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe

In this time of fear
When prayers so often prove(s) in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away

Yet now I'm standing here
My heart's so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say

They don't (always happen) when you ask
(Oh)
And it's easy to give in to your fears
(Oh...Ohhhh)
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see your way straight throught the rain
(A small but )still resilient voice
Says (hope is very near)
(Ohhh)

<Shortened content: I only wanted the lyrics: My sister and me had a little sing-a-long to '90s pop music!>

Idea Log 10102010

내 여자친구를 부탁해 ~ the song I'm currently addicted to ~

 

 

Idea Log 18092010

"Your two warm hands gets cold when I'm cold
Your heart that used to be strong becomes sensitive when I'm hurt
Take my hands silently, hold me silently, I'm only wishing for such little comforts"

 

 

Super Junior--- Hwaiting!! <3 <3 <3 No Other <3 <3 <3 My Love

Idea Log 03092010

Yiruma Oppa ~ thank you for creating such beautiful music. For some reason the pieces always seem better when you are playing them live ^___^ 오빠.. 고마워요.. 사랑해! 정말~~~사랑!

When I listen to most of his music I can't even put in words what is on my mind... all I know is that I feel happy......... only to reach a point when i randomly start crying then laughing again because it feels so silly to cry. Like most people have commented they can picture green grass, mild wind,and the sun..

I only wish I could live the rest of my life in this state- in this state of being so captivated - so lost - so carefree - so boundless- so natural - so empowered- so optimistic- so giddy - so warm -  so content- so happy- so satisfied- so nervous - and so not alone. Is this what love is meant to feel like?

 

A Big Thank You to my little sis for being the biggest Yiruma fan. How could I have lived life never knowing his music

Idea Log 21082010

I'm in Love with the SUBLIME:

In aesthetics, the sublime (from the Latin sublīmis "sloping up to the lintel, uplifted, high, lofty, elevated, exalted") is the quality of greatness or vast magnitude, whether physical, moral, intellectual, metaphysical, aesthetic, spiritual or artistic. The term especially refers to a greatness with which nothing else can be compared and which is beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement or imitation.

The first known study of the sublime is ascribed to Longinus: Peri Hupsous/Hypsous or On the Sublime. This is thought to have been written in the 1st century AD though its origin and authorship are uncertain. For Longinus, the sublime is an adjective that describes great, elevated, or lofty thought or language, particularly in the context of rhetoric. As such, the sublime inspires awe and veneration, with greater persuasive powers.

Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke's concept of the sublime was developed in A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1756).^[2] Burke was the first philosopher to argue that the sublime and the beautiful are mutually exclusive. The dichotomy is not as simple as Dennis' opposition, but antithetical to the same degree as light and darkness. Beauty may be accentuated by light, but either intense light or darkness (the absence of light) is sublime to the degree that it can obliterate the sight of an object. The imagination is moved to awe and instilled with a degree of horror by what is "dark, uncertain, and confused."^[5] While the relationship of the sublime and the beautiful is one of mutual exclusiveness, either one can produce pleasure. The sublime may inspire horror, but one receives pleasure in knowing that the perception is a fiction.^[6]

Burke's concept of the sublime was an antithetical contrast to the classical notion of the aesthetic quality of beauty as the pleasurable experience described by Plato in several of his dialogues (Philebus, Ion, Hippias Major, and Symposium) and suggested ugliness as an aesthetic quality in its capacity to instill feelings of intense emotion, ultimately creating a pleasurable experience.^[7] Prior to Burke, the classical notion of the ugly, most notably related in the writings of Augustine of Hippo, had conceived it as lacking form and therefore as non-existent. Beauty was, for St. Augustine, the consequence of the benevolence and goodness of God's creation, and as a category had no opposite. The ugly, lacking any attributive value, was a formlessness in its absence of beauty.^[8] For Aristotle the function of art forms was to create pleasure, and had first pondered the problem of an object of art representing the ugly as producing "pain." Aristotle's detailed analysis of this problem involves his study of tragic literature and its paradoxical nature to be shocking as well as having poetic value.^[9]

Burke's treatise is also notable for focusing on the physiological effects for the sublime, in particular the dual emotional quality of fear and attraction noted by other writers. Burke described the sensation attributed to the sublime as a 'negative pain' which he called delight, and which is distinct from positive pleasure. Delight is taken to result from the removal of pain (caused by confronting the sublime object) and is supposedly more intense than positive pleasure.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo touched on aspects of the sublime in both nature and man in many of his poems (Poems of Victor Hugo). In his preface to Cromwell, he defined the sublime as a combination of the grotesque and beautiful as opposed to the classical ideal of perfection. He also dealt with how authors and artists could create the sublime through art. Both the Hunchback and Notre Dame Cathedral can be considered embodiments of the sublime as can many elements of Les Misérables.

<The experience of the sublime involves a self-forgetfulness where personal fear is replaced by a sense of well-being and security when confronted with an object exhibiting superior might, and is similar to the experience of the tragic. The "tragic consciousness" is the capacity to gain an exalted state of consciousness from the realization of the unavoidable suffering destined for all men and that there are oppositions in life that can never be resolved, most notably that of the "forgiving generosity of deity" subsumed to "inexorable fate".>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_(philosophy)

Tomorrow Will Surely Come

明日は来るから by TOHOSHINKI/ Dong Bang Shin Ki
provided by: harumi_chikamatsu (also credit: aheeyah.com)

ほら　舞い降りた雪がこの手に溶けては
まるで何もなかったように消えてく
ねえ　大切なことは壊れやすいから
僕たちにはつかめない　静かに漂うだけ

はるかな　はるかな　宇宙の片すみ
こうしてふたりが出会えた偶然
奇跡と呼びたいこの気持ちを　君だけに伝えたいよ

ただ　伝えたいことがうまく言えなくて
迷いながら　さがしながら　生きてた
いま　ひとつの光を見つけた気がして
追いかければ逃げてゆく　未来は落ち着かない

何度も何度も立ち止まりながら
笑顔と涙を積みかさねてゆく
ふたりが歩いたこの道のり　それだけが確かな真実

雨降るときには君の傘になろう
風吹くときには君の壁になろう
どんなに闇の深い夜でもかならず明日は来るから

春に咲く花や　夏の砂浜
秋の黄昏や　冬の陽だまり
いくつもいくつもの季節がめぐり
重ねあう祈りは　時空さえ超えてゆく

はるかな(宇宙の片すみにいて）
はるかな(想いをはせる）
奇跡と呼びたいこの気持ちを　ただ君だけに伝えたいよ

何度も何度も立ち止まりながら
笑顔と涙を積みかさねてゆく
ふたりが歩いたこの道のり　消え去ることはないから

雨降るときには君の傘になろう
風吹くときには君の壁になろう
どんなに闇の深い夜でも　かならず明日は来るから
君だけに　伝えたいよ　かならず明日は来るから

Tomorrow will surely come
translation by: Yoonie (also credit: aheeyah.com)

When the falling snow lands on my hand

It disappears without a trace

Because precious belongings are fragile

We cannot keep them forever, and it confuses us

Faraway, in a deep corner of the earth

Destiny brought us together

I want to express this miraculous feeling with you

I'm unable to deliver a message to you

I've been living nervously, searching

Just searching for a light

As I begin to chase after it, I turn back, afraid of the outcome

I’ve stopped numerous times

Tears gather on my smiling face

This road that we shared

Is the only truth that remains

When the rains falls I will become your umbrella

When the wind blows I will become your wall

Even though the darkness overtakes the night

Tomorrow will come no matter what

The flowers that bloom in spring and the sandy shores of the summer

The fall sunrises and winter sunshine

As much as it is necessary, as much as needed, -

Courage lies where desires are present

Faraway, in a deep corner of the earth

I think of many memories

And want to call them my own

I want to deliver a message to you

I’ve stopped numerous times

Tears gather on my smiling face

This road that we shared

Will not disappear

When the rains falls I will become your umbrella

When the wind blows I will become your wall

Even though the darkness overtakes the night

Tomorrow will come no matter what

I want to deliver a message to you

Tomorrow will come no matter what