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English magicians were once the wonder of the known world, with fairy servants at their beck and call; they could command winds, mountains, and woods. But by the early 1800s they have long since lost the ability to perform magic. They can only write long, dull papers about it, while fairy servants are nothing but a fading memory. But at Hurtfew Abbey in Yorkshire, the rich, reclusive Mr Norrell has assembled a wonderful library of lost and forgotten books from England's magical past and regained some of the powers of ...
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English magicians were once the wonder of the known world, with fairy servants at their beck and call; they could command winds, mountains, and woods. But by the early 1800s they have long since lost the ability to perform magic. They can only write long, dull papers about it, while fairy servants are nothing but a fading memory. But at Hurtfew Abbey in Yorkshire, the rich, reclusive Mr Norrell has assembled a wonderful library of lost and forgotten books from England's magical past and regained some of the powers of England's magicians. He goes to London and raises a beautiful young woman from the dead. Soon he is lending his help to the government in the war against Napoleon Bonaparte, creating ghostly fleets of rain-ships to confuse and alarm the French. All goes well until a rival magician appears. Jonathan Strange is handsome, charming, and talkative-the very opposite of Mr Norrell. Strange thinks nothing of enduring the rigors of campaigning with Wellington's army and doing magic on battlefields. Astonished to find another practicing magician, Mr Norrell accepts Strange as a pupil. But it soon becomes clear that their ideas of what English magic ought to be are very different. For Mr Norrell, their power is something to be cautiously controlled, while Jonathan Strange will always be attracted to the wildest, most perilous forms of magic. He becomes fascinated by the ancient, shadowy figure of the Raven King, a child taken by fairies who became king of both England and Faerie, and the most legendary magician of all. Eventually Strange's heedless pursuit of long-forgotten magic threatens to destroy not only his partnership with Norrell, but everything that he holdsdear. Sophisticated, witty, and ingeniously convincing, Susanna Clarke's magisterial novel weaves magic into a flawlessly detailed vision of historical England. She has created a world so thoroughly enchanting that eight hundred pages leave readers longing for more.
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I couldn't believe how I could have missed such a wonderful book. Not since I read JRR Tolkien as a teenager has there been such an entertaining book, and a magical literary journey. While it's not action packed or fast paced, it makes the pleasure last, like sipping fine wine instead of downing it fast!
I highly recommend it, and wish the author would write more of this sort of story.
Apr 3, 2009
This book starts a bit slow and there are too many characters introduced in the beginning to keep up with. But as you get into it, you are somehow transported back in time to the early 1900's and can witness the Napoleonic wars and hobnob with Lord Byron. The world of lost magical possibilities is opened a bit and it almost reads as an actual history. I found this a very enjoyable book.
May 10, 2007
Perhaps the most amazing thing about Susanna Clarke's debut novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is not the tales of magic, the land of Fairie, the way the English supposedly cast spells over Napoleon Bonaparte to win the war...but the fact that Clarke got a 800-plus page novel published as her very first. That's remarkable...but then, so is the book.I've never been one to read "fantasy" novels, and despite liking this a great deal, I doubt that this will change. But Clarke's novel is a wonder: it begins with the premise that many hundreds of years ago, magic was accepted and widely practised throughout England, a land that intersects the magical kingdom of Fairie. Indeed, it was so accepted that one king - the Raven King, aka John Uskglass - ruled both kingdoms, as well as a third that most presumed to be Hell.Flash forward to the early 1800s, and magic is more of a philosophy, something to be debated and studied, but not practised. Gilbert Norrell, a recluse who has bought up most of the magic books in the world, is different. He can practise magic, and because he sneers at others who merely talk about it, he comes up with a way to ensure that he is the only magician in England. All this changes when Jonathan Strange arrives; a gifted prodigy, the two begin a mentor-student relationship that forms the majority of the novel.The story itself is quite interesting, and though it's longer than it need be, that's rarely an issue. The tone of the book is written in an Olde English style, a la Jane Austen, which does take a bit of getting used to, but again, no real complaints. Where I had issues occasionally was with the footnotes. As a huge fan of David Foster Wallace, I'm not one to complain about lengthy footnotes, but at least his are often relevant to the plot. Here, more often than not, they were amusing anecdotes, but merely that. With a book of this length, either have them lend value to the plot, or tighten it up.All of that being said, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell was a thoroughly enjoyable book, and one that I'd definitely recommend.
Apr 2, 2007
Jonathan Strange and Mr.Norrell follows the lives of two English magicians during the era of the Napoleonic Wars. Mr. Norrell is a solitary, cautious magician and Jonathan Strange is young, sociable, and enjoys taking risks. For a time they work together to bring magic back to England, but soon it seems a quarrel is inevitable.Despite its great length, I found this book to be one of the most enjoyable books that I have read in quite some time. I loved the characters' various eccentricities and quirks, and I thoroughly enjoyed the author's dry somewhat ironic sense of humor. I do think that the often essay-length footnotes were a bit much. These tangential stories were interesting in themselves, but for me it often took away from the story rather than adding to it. In all, I think this is a fantastic work, and I hope to read more by this author.
Feb 15, 2007
I got through two thirds of this book and I finally got tired of waiting for something interesting to happen. The premise of magic in a Jane Austen-type of setting is what lured me in, but the pacing in this book is so poor that I couldn't stick with it. Clarke is not a bad writer, but she ain't no Jane Austen.
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Thank you so much for all your help, advice & more importunely patience while I tried & chose both my & bridesmaids beautiful dresses! We all had an absolutely fantastic day & dresses attracted many comments, we just wish we could do it all again! ive already recommended you to future brides Laura. (Comment added by husband) I would like to add a big thank you for the help gave Laura, she looked absolutely stunning in the dress. Dress was amazing! Andy
Thank you so much for all your help & advice for my wedding, Alistair loved the dress & everyone couldn't get over how un-usual it was, also the shoes were amazing, I will come and get them dyed soon! One of the guests from the hotel (not ours) asked Allison & Susanne where their dresses were from! Love Rachel.
Thank you for everything you did in helping me decide on the dress of my dreams & everything that went with it, we had a fairytale day! Love Zoe & Steve (mum says hi too!) x
Had the best day ever attached are photos of the lovely dress & the shoes were so comfortable! You were right! Tamsin x
Thank you so much for helping me to find my perfect dress and for your absolutely fantastic customer service, care & attention whenever I came into the shop or phoned. We had a fantastic wedding day, the sun came out!
Just to say thank you so much for all your hard work over the months before our wedding, we had the perfect day & I felt wonderful, my bridesmaids all looked stunning. Again thank you so much lizzie x
A big thankyou for my beautiful dress & your helful, professional & friendly service. I was so pleased with my dress on the day-it was just right! Claire x
Thank you so much for all your help with choosing my perfect dress I had the most amazing day lots of love Melanie x
Thank you for sorting out my dress it was beautiful. I appreciate all the time you put in helping me choose it. Julie x
Thank you so much for al your help with my wedding dress you were a little star! I'm so glad my dresses cam from you. I just wish I could do it all again. Big hugs & thanks Sarah x
Thank you again so much for all your help in choosing my wedding dress! I had the most wonderful happy day, everyone complimented on the dress, it was perfect! Im very happily married & sharing my life with Armond.
Thanks very much for everything I have been recommending you to other girls I know who are getting married. Kind regards Lydia
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It was a dream day! From start to finish! The weather was unbelievable – it was bright blue sky, the best day of the whole winter so far! And everything went like clockwork, all our little touches worked wonders. We have such amazing memories. The dress, wow! I can't tell you how many compliments I got – so many of the guests said it was the most beautiful dresses they have ever seen. THANK YOU! I quite honesty say felt a MILLION DOLLARS! Amelia x
Thank you so much for all your help and patience over the last 6 months, the dress was wonderful and perfect. Debbie
Just wanted to thank you for all your help and support in the run up to my wedding, I'am so grateful. Kelly you were immediately able to sort me and my bridesmaids out in a short period of time. You were incredibly supportive and it was such a relief when you called me in Durham the week of the wedding to say that dress was ready. Thanks for all your help Lisa Marie
Thank you ever so much for the fantastic service you provided me with when searching for my dress, shoes, and hair decorations. Even if I do say so myself I felt and looked pretty beautiful in my dress on the day, I still get it out now and again to admire it! So thank you, I will not hesitate to recommend you to others. Catharine x
Thank you so much for all your help with the dress, it was a real hit! You were all so helpful. Sarah x (note added by husband) Great job on the dress Sarah looked absolutely stunning! Chris
A big thank you to you all for helping me find my perfect wedding dress. You made the whole experience easy & fun. We had an absolutely fantastic day, couldn't have asked for better weather, the dress felt gorgeous to wear. It even made my husband gobsmacked, which was the result I was after! Once again thank you for everything you did for me, al the best Louise
Thank you very much for all your help leading up to my wedding, without you the bridesmaids dresses would not have happened, they were absolutely perfect, we had a lovely day Cathryn
Thank you for all your help and advice, you made me feel like a princess. My new husband thought the dress was stunning and it fitted like a glove. My sister loved dress too, and the boys looked very smart in your hire wear. Thank you with all my heart Christine x
I just wanted to say a big thank you for all your help & support for our wedding. When I broke my foot in the run-up to our big day, you were so patient with me & I felt my worries of the day disappear when I spoke to you. Thank you very much Sarah x
Just a little card to thank you for helping me find the perfect wedding dress for my wedding. I felt so beautiful in it. Thank you for your help and time in making me feel happy & confident on my wedding day. Lots of love Angelene
Thank you all so much for helping me look like a princess for my big day, I got into it just lke you said! It was quite a scary thing for me trying on dresses but you all made me feel so comfortable and were so lovely. I have recommended you and told them what a great team you are. Lots of love Gemma
Thank you for so much for all your help leading up to my wedding. What I thought was going to be a stressful experience choosing my dress turned out to be great fun and that's thanks to you. You all went out of your way to help and I can't thank you enough. Everyone commented on how beautiful my dress was. Love Amy
Thank you for all your help. It was lovely to meet you all, you are all extremely friendly & helped us to relax, you all know exactly what to do. It was a fantastic day and I really felt like a true princess. Pauls eyes were huge when he saw me a the door, it was such a magical moment. Love Jane & Paul
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Many thanks for all your help with my dress, shoes, tiara ...........the list goes on!
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From Debbie (Burse soon to be Jozwiak!)
received card with a big box of chocs on the eve of Debbie's wedding!
I wanted to say thank you for all the help and support you provided during a very stressful weeks of wedding planning!
You all went out of your way to help me get my dream dress and then to calm my nerves! v Our Day was perfect! it was very beautiful, intimate and emotional - lots of tears!
Everyone loved my dress, even total strangers commented - Joe & I loved it most though! It was utterly amazing!
Lots of love
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I wanted to say a HUGE THANKS for all the help and support with choosing, fitting and getting the bits and bobs together for my big day. You have been wonderful and helped me a lot
With love Mickey & Stewart
I've been meaning to write for AGES to say thanks for all your help with organising my wedding dress. I promised back in November to send you a picture - which I've attached. Please could you send on to Emma Perrin too as I know she wanted to see how her bolero jacket turned out! Thanks again Anna Cottingham x ___________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you so much for all your patience and kindness!! (you deserve a medal!) You made my day that bit more special and would recommend you to everyone Thank you again lots of love Sarah xxxx (Chandler) ___________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you very much for the lovely christmas card, hope you had a lovely christmas and new year. we did, we were on our honeymoon in Egypt and it was amasing and we had such fun! I'm sending our submission for the bridal magazines 'real life brides' I was so excited when i saw the note with the questions on it, as I have loved reading these stories in the magazines I bought. I hope it is alright we have only got photos from our friends so far as our proper ones aren't ready yet. Thank you once again for helping me to choose a lovely dress and how kind and friendly you wre to us all, we had a really lovely day and everyone liked my dress. Hope to see you again one day, maybe Jenni will get married and need a dress! Loves of Love from Becky xxx ___________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you so much for making the months and weeks leading up to the wedding so special. You made me feel so welcome and helped me find my dream dress. Everything went perfectly and i felt like a princess on my wedding day, everyone loved my dress and told me how sparkly my veil was! Thanks once again, I will pop in and see you once my proffessional photo's are ready. Love Jo Brett! (was Hill) xxx ___________________________________________________________________________________
Just a little note to say thank you for helping to make my daughters wedding day special Both you and your staff were really helpful and considerate from the day she first chose her gown to the big day itself. Its so lovely to find someone willing to go that extra mile! Yours Sincerely Carol Dron (Mrs) __________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for everything. You really helped us have a magical day. Great work hiding the dress! Everyone loved it, so you got some good adevertising! Thanks again love Neil & Geraldine Cook ___________________________________________________________________________________
Just a short note to thank you for your help in choosing the perfect dress for my wedding. you and all the girls were wonderful at putting me at ease and helping me in the right direction. Thank you! Lisa Vye (Hall ___________________________________________________________________________________
Well, I know it's been ages and I'm so sorry I haven't been in touch with you earlier. How are you? I hope you are fine and the business is going well, and life is treating you good Our day was fabulous everything was perfect and I felt like a princess and everyone loved the dress and the veil they said it looked beautiful and when I put it on it all came together brilliantly and I would love to do it all again. The day went so quickly it was like a flash but it was one of the best days of my life. I'm so glad I met you I new in my mind what I wanted but you came along and put it all together for me, I couldn't have done it without you like I've told you a million times!!!!! I've sent you a few pics so you can see a bit of our day hope you don't mind. and you never now our paths may cross again one day Take care, love Kerry x ___________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for everything you have done to make our wedding day special. Thank you for helping me to choose a lovely dress and for how kind you have been to my mum and me With Love from Becky xx ___________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for everything, you really helped us have a magical day. Great work hiding the dress! Everyone loved it, so you got some good advertising! Thanks again Neil & Geraldine Cook! ___________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you so much for making the most special day of my life, absolutly amazing. We had the most perfect day, everything went extreamely smoothly Sharon it was so great to see you there, you were still altering my dress making sure I looked perfect right up to when I got into the car to go to the hotel. WHAT A SERVICE! Love Me Do Brides is a very special place. you do not find that kind of care and dedication in many places I love you all and I will still pop in all the time, I'm missing you already! love you girlies Katie Dorse (your favourite bride) xxx ___________________________________________________________________________________
A car to say thankyou for "easing me gently" into being a bride! I was very nervous about the whole thinkg, but the kindness you all showed and the help you gave made the experience enjoyable I felt like a princess-the dress was beautiful thank you so much with love Jan White x ___________________________________________________________________________________
Just wanted to write to say a big thank you for all your help, assistance and advice when buying my wedding dress & bridesmaids dresses. We had a lovely day, it wouldn't have been better! the day was perfect! Best of luck to you in your new shop from Emma Maynihan _________________________________________________________________________________
Just to say a big thank you for putting up with me and my bridesmaids and mother-in-law, and helping us to choose the perfect dresses for my big day! We had a wonderful day which we'll never forget! love & best wishes< Jackie & Ian< ___________________________________________________________________________________
Just wanted to say, thanks so much for all your help with my dress and other bits for my wedding We had a brilliant day and everyone at the wedding just kept saying how stunning I looked and whether I had had the dress specially made to my design! The shoes were beautiful and also very comfy - I wore them all day including dancing in them for at least 2 hours! Thanks again for all your help - you were superb Jo Yuille ___________________________________________________________________________________
Tim and I had the most magical wedding day. I wanted to thank you all for helping me choose my dress and helping me feel like a princess for a day I don't think i've ever smiled so much before! despite the rain the day was perfect. it felt great to have all my closest friends and family around me all looking so happy Everything went to plan - even down to Tim crying during his speech! I felt so special in my gorgeous dress and i even managed to keep my wedding shoes on til the very end! Thank you for all your help and advise Love Lins xxx ___________________________________________________________________________________
Just a note to say a big thank you for making choosing my wedding dress such a fun and stress-free time. we had a fantastic day, i'll you a photo soon! love Michelle Warren (Nee Higgs!) ___________________________________________________________________________________
I can't thank you enough for all the help in choosing, buying (and rescuing!) my beautiful dress and all your time you gave me to prance around the shop in it for hours!! I don't know what i would have done without you and your kindness, you made me feel like a princess on the day! love Olivia (dublin) ___________________________________________________________________________________
My Wedding Day will definitely be one I'm sure you won't forget in a hurry! I think we all aged about 10 years that afternoon I can't thank you, Karen and Emma enough for saving the day, you all did such an amazing job (especially keeping me calm!)Apart from the initial drama, Mike and I had the best day of our lives - we wouldn't have had that if you hadn't been there and been so fantastic! Thankyou love Hayley ___________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for everything The whole experience from start to finish has been fantastic Love Claire xxx ___________________________________________________________________________________
The dress looked fantastic and I did manage to fit into it!I wanted to thank you for making the dress side of things a wonderful experience - you were so friendly and I will be recommending you to everyone!All our love Phillippa xxxx ___________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for the best wedding dress ever! Thank you for all your help and hard work with my dress delivery and alterations. You have a fabulous shop and lovely team, I will recommend you to everyone! I'm going to e-mail you some pictures Thanks again Love Jo Brewer xx ___________________________________________________________________________________
I would just like to say a big thank you for all your help with choosing my dress and making the whole experience an enjoyable one. We had a lovely wedding with all our friends and family and everything went well thank you again for all your help Best wishes Sally Smith ___________________________________________________________________________________
Well, what can I say. My dress was such a huge success. Everyone went wild for it and loved it. Thank you so much. I must admit I enjoyed every minute of wearing it. Here is a snapshot but I will send you better pictures when I get them. I will drop in the wrap, that was really kind of you to lend me it. Oh and thanks so much for your thoughtful card Bye for now and thanks to you all ___________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you very much for all you did for my wedding. Elaine And Anna looked absolutely beatiful on the the day & everyone commented on how lovely the dresses were. i shall bring in some pictures into the shop to show you. Suzanne also did a fantastic job on our hair, so thank you for recommending her.I really appreciated all your kindness and understanding in helping Elaine to find a dress she liked & cope with the trying on. you made her feel so much more comfortable best wishes and many thanks again ___________________________________________________________________________________
Just wanted to drop you a line to say many thanks for helping me to choose such a fabulous wedding gown. your friendly approach and atmosphere makes the experience all the more special and memorable , i had many comments on the day on what a beautiful dress i had chosen and i felt like a princess, shame i can only wear it the once!Once the pictures are back i will be sure to show you. i was so lucky to have such glorious weather! onces again many many thanks love and best wishes ___________________________________________________________________________________
Thanks for coming to the wedding and for my dress! Thank you so much for all your help with my dress. You guys were great!
Love Jen xx
Thankyou so much for all your help with the dress and bits. My sister was so right to recommend you and your shop. The thought of trying on dresses would give me nightmares, but once i started you made me feel so relaxed and were so helpful. you didn't stress me and reassured me that the dress would come in time! I now can't wait for the wedding. i will have to show you some photo's when we get back ___________________________________________________________________________________
Just a small note to say a very big thankyou for making choosing a dress a relaxed and enjoyable experiance. you both make the client feel extremely welcome and certainly taken the stress out of it for me. thankyou very much Best wishes Angela Wells ___________________________________________________________________________________
First of all thank you both very much for helping me find my dress yesterday - I can't believe I found it so quickly! I was very impressed that right from the start you knew exactly what styles I would like and also which dresses would suit me best. And you made it such a lovely experience by being so friendly and helpful I have a few friends who are all getting married soon and live nearby, so I will of course tell them to come to you.....Thanks again for your help and no doubt I will see/speak to you both soon Alys ___________________________________________________________________________________
How can I ever thank you? Thank you just does not seem enough for spoiling me the way you all did on saturday, The beautiful flowers and the champagne. it was the most brilliant fun and you were all so nice! The choice was enormous with yourselves! It was really the most enjoyable day and for once i did feel girly, girly! Iam really looking forward to trying it on for my mum!Thank you once again Love Claire Dickson ___________________________________________________________________________________
Just to let you know we had the most fantastic day the dress was a big hit with everyone and I looked bloody gorgeous and felt brilliant. Everyone had such a good time and we went off to Scotland on honeymoon that my daughter had arranged for us so that was a bonus. I just wanted to say a big thank you to you and your staff for all the encouragement you gave me I popped in the other day with some photos but I will try again soon. Many thanks again and all the best Carole x ___________________________________________________________________________________
I would like to thank you both for the superb help you gave me and my sister when we came to see you yesterday. We both found you approachable, friendly and helpful without being overbearing and forcing your opinions on us. Many thanks again for the help so far. Debbie ___________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you so much for the photos, they are great! The dress is just as I remembered and I can hardly wait to try it on! Please thank the Chelsey who looked after me so well last week. She was really helpful, friendly, knowledgeable, professional and also understood exactly what I wanted and bought forward some great suggestions. Thank you again Nicola ________________________________________________________________________
Thank you so much for all you did to make Saturday such a special day. Ali looked radiant in her beautiful dress and we were all so proud of her You did so much to boost her confidence & we had such fun with you preparing for the occasion. You made us feel as if we were the only family in the world having a wedding, such was your care and attention to detail Thank you again & good wishes Cloe D ___________________________________________________________________________________
I am so sorry I have not been in touch since my Wedding, but I seem to have been constantly "on the go" since getting back from Honeymoon! The Wedding was absolutely wonderful...we couldn't have asked for a better day...everything went without a hitch, and my dress was amazing.... Everyone loved it and said I looked like a true Princess! As soon as I can I will pop in with some photos...haven't got the professional ones yet, but will pop in with some snaps Hope you are all keeping well, and thanks again for all of your help and advice...I couldn't have done it without your patience....Love to all, see you all soon Love Mrs Suzanne Hayler-Brown !!xxx ___________________________________________________________________________________
I thought I would just write you a short note to say thank you for everything you have done for us. It was a pleasure coming in to choose Rachel's wedding dress, it was so relaxed (I think the wine helped!) There was no pressure, when Rachel gave me the great news that's when you came up trumps. Getting the wedding dress early and giving me your mobile number in case we had problems getting a photographer or florist and told me to I could ring anytime and I did! Well you were right Rachel had picked the perfect dress, she looked absolutely stunning, and as soon as we get the photographs back I will pop in to show you. Thank you so much for everything. See you soon With sincere thanks and love ___________________________________________________________________________________
Just to say Thank you I don't know what I would have done without you Lots of love Jan, Sarah & Bethany x
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With the rise in number of skytower, not much families have chance to enjoy the feeling ofa home garden. However, you can make your own stunning small garden with the right arrangement and a few tricks you can make your natural corner look larger, more interesting, and even exciting! It is always possible to transform a tiny garden corner to a great place. The tricks here is the design shape and choosing right materials to utilise the available space you have in the best possile way.
- The main factors to creat your dream small garden
This is no way that an undesigned garden can look bigger than a designed one. From the shape of grass to the material of landscape, they can make your garden look even smaller then it is if there are no connection and suiable organization. If the basic shapes are not be set in the right way, your garden will NEVER look as good as you want it to. For example, a long small garden need a path in the middle to go through so you can choose the symmetric arangement art to be the basement of organized plan. It will make the garden look bigger than it is and create a balance in both sides. In general, the garden need to be shaped, designed and organized to be square or circle to make a visual of bigger square.
- Is there any fomular to reconstruction small gardens?
The biggest and obvious problems here is every gardens are different in shape and conditions, so in order to redesign the garden, it has to be different methods, however there are some rules that you can use and they can apply for every shapes of garden.
The first and most important rule: The balance. Your gardnen will be look smaller than it is if its layout are full of plans and garden suff in one side, but the nex have nothing but lawn, it is easy to catch the eyes of visitors to the empty space and make the feeling that your garden is the space with lawn, and it clearly look small.
Secondly, colour combination. You need to know that hot tone of colours (red, yellow, orange) make the feeling that things are closer than it is in your eye when you looking at, cool colours (blue, green, purple) tent to make things seem to be further form the objects. The trick here is using palnts with warm colours towards the front of the garden, the plants with cooler colours toward the back. The effects of cooler colour will make your garden like be extent further, therefoce make small garden look bigger.
Thirdly, making refections. Refection can be made by the mirrors or by the surface of some metals. It can make your garden immerdiately look double in size and creating the appearance of more space. To save the space and using the mirrors in the most effective way, you can place a big wall mirror into the background. On the sides of the garden, the stuff and pots can made from metal to creat the reflection on the sides. So the whole garden, including their edges will be looked further and bigger. Water can be used as a small reflective pool also creat the vision of depth because of the light and the surroundings pictures on the water surface.
Fourthly, using lighting. Most of time, the garden is cover by nature light, effections of lights based on the shades of plants and stuffs on the ground and on the wall sides, so it need a smart arrangement and organization. You have to control the balance of too little and too much light in the garden: too little light, you will see trouble when moving, too much light, you can see everythings but will make your garden look smaller. The trick is the shadows from the back make the feeling of something behind and in the same time, make your garden look bigger. Therefoce, the common lights using in the garden are up lights (to light the trees from below, usually the ground lights) down lights to light a seating area. The lights are arrange in using purposes, put where it needs and leaves the other in shadow.
Nextly, the plant size. Smal garden does not mean you have to use only small plants. In fact, tiny plants can make your garden look bigger and you can have more plants, but the corporation of plant size will creates not only the interesting but also a cozy space. Choosing plants in small garden will base on the plants height and space it takes, you also need to understand the need of plants to arrange it suitable. For example, you use the plants which need more light and have high height, mix with small grass and flower which do nit need too much light below. It is a very effective way to have more plants in the garden and help it looks fantastic.
In addition, a path for moving and take care of plants in the garden is necessary, it is not only easy to go around and see the whole garden but also can make the garden look clearer and bigger. The curvy path to hiding the end of the path is one of the best way to create the look of an unend path, then the garden will seem big in human eyes.
Last but not least, empty space is necessary to extent the view. Because of small garden, you will want to get as much as possible thing to it to fit any corner. However, having fewer stuff and more visible space will make the garden look more inviting and less cluttered. A good way to clear up space in the garden is using pots. Placing them in group and on the sides of the path will make the view better and create clear space above them.
To reconstruct your garden, you can use two or three tricks above to apply on your garden, do not using all because it will easy to make a mess of garden art and the result won't come out the way you want it to.


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BLOG | Bill Booziotis, FAIA: 1935–2016
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Peek inside our 2016 Design Awards jury deliberations.
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Healthcare International
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Intersecting Interests
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Save the Date: ProCon 2016
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For Humanity
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Field of Dreams
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2016 AIA Fellows Announced
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Domestic Wolf
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The Hand That Feeds: Blogs vs Government
For about a week the Hip Hop entertainment and online community has been abuzz about the recent shut down of 3 Hip Hop sites. A lot of theories have been thrown around regarding what this means for blogs and internet sites in the future, the business of music, and the government involvement in what we can see and hear. This may be hard to accept, but I think it's true.
Blogs are disposable. That means, this is not a big deal.
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Top 10 Rappers of the 21st Century
BET is not in my favor this week.
Before I get into this, I wanna let you know there are SPOILERS, so if you haven't seen it, watch it first so you can get whatever little suspense the show can give you.
Also, before anyone asks "Well if you didn't like it so much, why did you watch it?" My response is:
Shut up. I do what I want to do, whether it agonizes me or not.
Now, on to the program.
Top 10 Rappers of the 21st Century
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The Creative Mind
Finally, there's proof. Something I always felt I saw happening. Something many people have commented on in various ways, perceiving, but not quite able to articulate. Probably part of the reason why a lot of films are starting to feel redundant, why the music is so repetitive, why you probably can't name four contemporary pioneers of visual art right now…
Creative intelligence is dropping.
I got this article from Newsweek that states that creative intelligence has been steadily dropping year by year since 1990.
Intelligence can be marked in various ways. Some have emotional intelligence, meaning they can perceive emotions well or how to manipulate the emotions of others around them. Some have a spatial intelligence, which would make them a great architect or artist. Some have academic intelligence. Some are creatively intelligent, meaning they are good at taking one thing and creating something new or improving it. It could mean a whole range of things. For all these kinds of intelligence there is usually some kind of test that is associated. We most know of IQ tests or SATs. Well then there's the Torrance test. The article goes into some detail on the test and so forth, but here are the most striking parts of what the article says about the decline of creativity over the years…
…there is one crucial difference between IQ and CQ scores. With intelligence, there is a phenomenon called the Flynn effect—each generation, scores go up about 10 points. Enriched environments are making kids smarter. With creativity, a reverse trend has just been identified and is being reported for the first time here: American creativity scores are falling.
Kyung Hee Kim at the College of William & Mary discovered this in May, after analyzing almost 300,000 Torrance scores of children and adults. Kim found creativity scores had been steadily rising, just like IQ scores, until 1990. Since then, creativity scores have consistently inched downward. "It's very clear, and the decrease is very significant," Kim says. It is the scores of younger children in America—from kindergarten through sixth grade—for whom the decline is "most serious."
It's too early to determine conclusively why U.S. creativity scores are declining. One likely culprit is the number of hours kids now spend in front of the TV and playing videogames rather than engaging in creative activities. Another is the lack of creativity development in our schools. In effect, it's left to the luck of the draw who becomes creative: there's no concerted effort to nurture the creativity of all children.
The age-old belief that the arts have a special claim to creativity is unfounded. When scholars gave creativity tasks to both engineering majors and music majors, their scores laid down on an identical spectrum, with the same high averages and standard deviations. Inside their brains, the same thing was happening—ideas were being generated and evaluated on the fly…
A large part of the reason why I created this site is because I wanted to use the arts as a way of communicating the idea of "creative intelligence". It's my belief that in order to be a great artist/entertainer, you have to have some kind of creative intelligence in order to move what you're doing forward. Of course, there are plenty of musicians who can play instruments, but do not have the creativity to improvise a piece. Many people who are artists can copy a picture, but probably can't create something out of their own head without a direct reference in front of them. But that's what, to me, means they are not ARTISTS in the sense of it being their path of life. The life of a person who produces a product based on their creativity.
Leonardo to Picasso. Stravinsky to Stevie. Hitchcock to Spielberg. Some of these folks have an ability to take a medium to the next level. That's the kind of thinking I am talking about. Someone that can take one piece of an idea (like the Torrance test does in it's drawing section) and being able to expand on it to create something different. It's a quality of leadership. It's problem solving.
So when we hear music, see movies, or other things that make you say "I've seen that before" and we feel that it's copying something else, it's probably because the person behind it was not entirely creatively intelligent. But the folks who have a deep following and fan base, that have set the trends, that have changed the game, were creatively intelligent. Kanye West. Heath Ledger. You name it. They take the art to the next level that inspire us. They are leaders.
It's not enough for a person to get a mic, pro tools, and a computer program to make beats, and then call yourself a music artist. Sure you can do it, or imitate others. But come up with something on your own, that's honest, and catches fire like Prince? That takes another level of thinking.
I've seen a lot of people suddenly take up cameras and call themselves photographers. People who jump in front of that camera and call themselves models. Folks who buy the cheapest Flip Mino and want to make music videos. But compare the work of an amateur to that of the creative intelligent person with the natural knack and learned skill? You can't compete.
So before someone jumps up and calls themselves an artist, I ask, are they creative? And as the article says you don't necessarily have to be in the arts. A business person can be creative. Anyone can use a creative mind in any field, it's just that we usually recognize efforts of creativity in musicians and storytellers.
And who are the culprits when it comes to the fall of creative intelligence? Well we can definitely point toward the American school system. We measure achievement by how well you can do on academic tests. Your grade is reflection of your ability to learn. But plenty of people in leadership positions didn't do well in school. Along with that, how many of us learn how to create the solutions to problems? We learn the process and get the answer. But how often are we asked to create the process itself?
And furthermore, we have a society that doesn't really reward creative thinking…at least, not until the thought has been proven to work. Imagine someone coming up with the idea for an iPhone in 1978? A computer, a camera, AND a phone all in one? Yeah right. How is that going to happen? We doubt imaginations that don't seem immediately practical. A seed of doubt can kill an idea. So we place a lot of doubt on "out the box" thinkers. So then they also doubt their own intelligence. But the ones that truly believe in their idea, and prove others wrong? We praise them later, especially once they make millions of dollars.
I can go into a whole rant on the industries (i.e. film, music, television, radio, etc) that take "creative" works and market them. Contrary to popular belief, people aren't dumb. It may take a while for others to catch on, but when they notice a remade film disguised as being "new", a song that follows the exact same format as another one, people begin to catch on. And when they notice their pockets being drained by nothing but the same product, that's when the pirating happens. And yes, the industry wants things "proven" to work, so they tell artists to copy the creative minds. It's a very interesting cycle that happens in every business, but we treat it with a different regard when it comes to art. We think of art as needing to have some kind of unique mind behind it. I don't care if my socks are the exact same, but the art I enjoy? Some of it needs to be original and unique to me.
It's no wonder that a lot of younger people now are listening to older music. They feel the creativity and honesty in it. People are going back to older things trying to figure out where to go next. Leadership is dropping. A lot of people sense it happening.
I saw this video a while ago and couldn't wait for the right post to put it up. I think you all should check out the WHOLE LECTURE HERE.
Is TV the new Radio?
Sometime earlier this year, I was at a bar with some friends. I met a guy who's an A&R for Justin Timberlake's label. We exchanged emails. A few days later he sent me an invitation to a performance by one of the label's artists, a singer by the name of Matt Morris. I figured he was a brand new artist, just got signed. Someone fresh on the roster making his rotations, and setting himself on the map.
About a week later, I was talking to the homegirl @Bellametaphor. She asked me, "Have you heard of this guy Matt Morris? He's a singer on Justin Timberlake's label…" and she sent a YouTube link to his videos. I asked her how she heard of him? She replied "Oh, I saw him on Ellen today."
Then last week I see that both Ellen and Letterman have started their own record labels!
I started wondering: is TV the new radio?
We can trace this all through American Idol, America's Got Talent, America's Best Dance Crew. All that. I've looked at commercials on YouTube and see people ask "What song is that playing in the background? Where can I find it?" It's as if people are lookin at television for quality music.
A while ago when I did my R&B Stock posts, I talked about Janelle Monae, asking "Why hasn't she made any television appearances?" Well soon after that, within a week she was on just about every late night television program performing, including this knockout performance on Letterman. Maybe this is how she got to be #17 on the Billboard charts with little other promo and just her fan base. 21,000 copies sold in a week. Not bad at all for an indie artist. I can't tell if the numbers would have been higher if she had been performing on shows before the album dropped, but it could surely have sparked more discussions around the water coolers and school grounds for anticipation
"Yo did you see that girl Janelle Monae last night? When is her album coming out!? I want it!"
But still, why would anyone like Letterman, a man who's been a staple of late night television for about 28 years, want to have a record label? How is it that people like Jimmy Fallon are so regarded because of the music acts they choose to have on? Are they better filters than radio?
There was a point where being on the radio meant that you were either the next hot thing that the label's discovered, or that the American public was going to decide on what the next hot thing was going to be. Of course labels got their tie in, pay for play and all that. So now, we have a situation where just about every station plays what's "hot", which is really whatever the label gives them. And whether the listener likes it or not, it will be in heavy rotation throughout the day, everyday. This pretty much seems to be a national issue. All my friends across the US have complained about hearing the same songs over and over. And for every song that gets heavy rotation on radio, you see heavy music video rotation, and then the clubs play it ad-nauseam. Within a month you can get sick of a song and you want something new again.
Well of course the public somewhat supports the cycle, partly because they don't really know what their other options are, or don't have the time or patience to go searching. So what's the next best filter? Television. You have American Idol where people can vote on the next star (which usually ends up being a dud after the show), and you have your late night television programs. They almost have to be sure to get good performing acts because if the person is bad, then you end up switching the channel. Now I'm sure there's politics involved in being on television, but for an indie artist like Janelle Monae to break through and capture such a wide audience at once!? That's HUGE! Imagine if some of the other great indie groups could work their way in like that? But of course, Janelle does have the brand of Bad Boy backing her, so there's no doubt that politics and credibility have to be established. But who else is going to filter that?
Just a few weeks ago I was at the post office and saw Ellen's face on a poster for stamps that donate to PeTA. Then when I get home she's on a huge billboard for VitaminWater. She has a hit daytime show that may only rival Oprah. Letterman really doesn't do anything else besides his show, but he makes over $30 million a year. How could either of them be successful in an industry that is losing sales every year!?
Well it's pretty simple…they're the few people that the American public trusts. And even if the music industry isn't doing well right now, their television shows are doing great. They will hardly have to invest much to get a return. And their hold of trust ensures that they will be more successful at selling music than a faceless record company.
Ellen is the new host on American Idol. How much easier is it for her to filter in acts!? And her first artist, Greyson Chance. A 6th grader from Edmon, Oklahoma. He can play piano. He can sing. He has stage presence. He could pretty much trump Justin Bieber. He already has nearly 25million views on YouTube. That's pretty much certified platinum the week of release. He's gonna hit the studio, appear on Ellen with new songs (hopefully they'll be good), he'll tour, do more shows, and sell out the gate. He's good. I can't be mad at that investment!
As for Letterman, he's signed a Pop-Punk band called Runner Runner. Basically it's a boy band. I see them doin well with teens, and probably overseas. But with Letterman's backing, I'm sure they will sell well also. They sound pretty polished up. Not my type, but I can easily see them on a lot of soundtracks, like the Twilight films. If they have a few hits under their belt, they could be the next version of Maroon 5 of sorts…ohh well what do you know! Here they are doin "She Will be Loved" by Maroon 5!
But let's not fool ourselves too much here. These labels aren't completely the sole ventures of Ellen and Letterman, they are partnerships with big labels. Ellen with Warner Bros, and Letterman with Capitol Records. I wonder who approached whom first? The hosts to start a new venture that they felt was an untapped resource, or the labels who knew they needed faces people trusted?
In any case, radio is on the brink of disaster. The Internet and technology really has nothing to do with it. It's because they have failed at doin their job at securing the public's trust and giving variety. It's easy to see that they only care about advertising and getting money. Payola has been clearly exposed repeatedly to the point where the public now knows that being on the radio really doesn't mean anything anymore. As it is, television has become very redundant with reality shows. I only hope it doesn't become the same cycle as radio, where every show runs the same music act to secure viewers. I wouldn't put it past them though.