Martin Luke Brown

I'm currently working on a body of work titled 'what is your idea of happiness?" It is an artistic representation of how everyones perception on what it means to be happy changes. I need lots of answers to this question, whatever I use remains anonymous. Would you be able to tell me what your idea of happiness is? In as many or as little words as you'd like! It would really help me out a lot as I need many differing and creative answers. If not that is fine too :)

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:22:06 +0100

ah sorry i’ve not properly checked my messages in so so long!

My idea of happiness is being truly grateful. Counting your blessings and having a firm grip on how lucky you are in the grand scheme of things. I think people in western society quite often forget that, and subsequently search for happiness in other materialistic things. But happiness is just being content with what you have i think! That’s not to say you shouldn’t strive for more, but that’s a different topic so i’ll leave it there aha. Hope that helps?! x

Words.

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:53:00 +0100

Words are incredible. They can instruct, inspire, advise, uplift, empower, persuade, create, and more. But they are just words. A man-made form of communication; mere fragments of the entire picture - what truly goes on behind our eyes.

“You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at the right times. But in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by. It’s actions, not words that matter.” - Nicholas Sparks

Who's the lucky lady?

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:54:20 +0100

I don’t wanna say :) Proud as i am of her i don’t want people stalking her down! x

kisssss meeee

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:53:34 +0100

hahaha who are ya?! x

Ah, bonding :)

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:47:23 +0100

HA.. communal wanks for the win x

1 10 26

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:44:41 +0100

1 - I have a girlfriend and she’s sick :) i’m happy.
2 - A girl called Beckie in year 9, she was my first proper kiss as well underneath the rugby posts in high school at nighttime - cute!
3 - You can’t describe what type of person attracts you really, all the people i’ve ever seen have been so different in almost every way. They’ve just gotta have something that grabs you and doesn’t let go i suppose.

11 and 16

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:42:30 +0100

Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
Don McLean - Vincent
Stevie Wonder - Village Ghetto Land
Bendouin Soundclash - When The Night Feels My Song
Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full of Lead
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
Busted - Meet You There
Thomas Newman (no idea what the track is but it sounds lovely)
Where Is The Love - Black Eyed Peas
This Love - By The Rivers
We Don’t Eat - James Vincent McMorrow

16 - Mainstream music is a strange topic because it is ultimately mainstream because a lot of people like it. There is this strange stigma attached to mainstream music especially amongst teenagers, that it is ‘uncool’, because it is so manufactured and manicured almost. As a result of that, the artists which are deemed ‘cool’, suffer as no-one really wants them to be successful to the point of becoming mainstream (including themselves sometimes) which is really sad. The top 40 is in a horrendous state in terms of artistry and true musical expression - it is all shiny shiny formulated crap, but until people stop buying into it, i can’t imagine much will change!

7

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:34:05 +0100

Aquarius, and yeah but they’re all worded so cleverly that they’re never wrong.. i don’t like being put in a box! i’ll be whatever i wanna be haha x

PLEASE!!!!

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:36:01 +0100

01: Your current relationship, if single discuss how single life is.
02: Where you’d like to be in 10 years.
03: Your views on drugs and alcohol.
04: Your views on religion.
05: A time you thought about ending your own life.
06: Write 30 interesting facts about yourself.
07: Your zodiac sign and if you think it fits your personality.
08: A moment you felt the most satisfied with your life.
09: How you hope your future will be like.
10: Discuss your first love and first kiss.
11: Put your ipod on shuffle and write 10 songs that pop up.
12: Bullet your whole day.
13: Somewhere you’d like to move or visit.
14: Your earliest memory.
15: Your favorite tumblrs.
16: Your views on mainstream music.
17: Your highs and lows of this past year.
18: Your beliefs.
19: Disrespecting your parents.
20: How important you think education is.
21: One of your favorite shows.
22: How have you changed in the past 2 years?
23: Give pictures of 5 guys/girls who are famous who you find attractive.
24: Your favorite movie and what it’s about.
25: Someone who fascinates you and why.
26: What kind of person attracts you.
27: A problem that you have had.
28: Something that you miss.
29: Goals for the next 30 days.
30: Your highs and lows of this month.

I’ve always been rough around the edges. And it’s not entirely down to me being lazy or...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:30:00 +0100

I’ve always been rough around the edges. And it’s not entirely down to me being lazy or lacking sharpness. I just don’t like pristine.

Our generation seems to idolise the plastic, the photoshopped and the fake. Vanity has gone through the roof and as a result has only left people more self-conscious than they already were.
Plastic surgery for instance - an incredible medical development that was initially invented to ensure victims of severe burns, acid attacks or any other horrific injuries could to an extent, repair their scars to what once was. Lovely stuff.
But sure enough, those lucky enough to have not been scoulded jump at the opportunity to use another tool in which to ‘perfect’ themselves. The rich and often famous inparticular - who in turn (because society allows them to) portray and define what so called ‘perfection’ is.

Why don’t we embrace our imperfections?

My sister once told me that all her favourite things in the world were tattered and beaten; her second hand record player for example, because as scratchy as it sounded, it was imperfect, honest, endeering. It’s true for most people i think - ancient crumbling buildings with their vast history, your favourite pair of trainers that are now more hole than actual shoe, et cetera et cetera…

I guess what I’m trying to say is, we should be proud of these physical inperfections; our own personal embellishments. We are human; we are unique - and we should rejoice in that fact.

I covered a Bastille song called ‘Laura Palmer’ :)

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:57:07 +0100

I covered a Bastille song called ‘Laura Palmer’ :)

It's just hit me how short life truly is.

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:18:38 +0100

It’s just hit me how short life truly is.

The list of journeys/emotions/experiences you can realise in order to ‘colour your canvas’ so to speak, is literally endless.
There is so much life to live and yet no matter how full we may appear to be living it, it will always be a fraction of life’s infinite entirety.

Live Below the Line - Martin Luke Brown

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:16:03 +0100

Live Below the Line - Martin Luke Brown:

Live on £1 a day for 5 days to change the way people in the UK think about extreme poverty - and make a huge difference.

I’ve been living on £1 a day this week for the Live Below The Line scheme.
I initially decided to take part in order to save money for myself (and raise money for charity in the process), but it’s been a real eye opener into what is deemed as extreme poverty. My £1 a day has been spent solely on food, not taking into consideration my accommodation electricity useage, phone bill etc (that’s what live below the line is, i’m not cheating aha).
It’s unimaginable what some people go through day to day.
I’d thoroughly recommend anyone else to give it a go, for the experience, discipline, and to raise money for charity in doing so. Win win!

If you have a minute please click the link and have a read. Whatever you can donate will go towards fighting extreme poverty!

Thank you.

Live Below the Line - Martin Luke Brown

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:33:00 +0100

Live Below the Line - Martin Luke Brown:

Live on £1 a day for 5 days to change the way people in the UK think about extreme poverty - and make a huge difference.

I’m living on £1 a day to raise awareness and money that helps to eradicate extreme poverty.
Donate if you can! If not, just have a read it’s such a good idea!

Thank you :)

There are some people who change the world from the bottom of the food chain. The ones who tackle...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:43:00 +0100

There are some people who change the world from the bottom of the food chain. The ones who tackle day to day endeavours not comprehending the potential impact of their supposedly insignificant kind actions; the domino effect that may just kick start a revolution. There is so much beauty at grass roots level. Beauty that is so often overlooked as it is carried out with no inherent seeking of praise or gratification. The insouciant selfless act. Humanity in it’s purest form.

These are the unsung heroes.

Creatures of Vision

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:52:00 +0000

We are creatures of vision.

Not just through what we see; but what we can imagine, what we can dream - what we dare to create.

The importance of the visual has been repeatedly drummed into me throughout this year. How we as humans, although blessed with 5 senses (although Stephen Fry and the QI people would argue many more), are so visually lead.
It’s been said that over 70% of all communication is through body language. From as simple a thing as a smile indicating satisfaction, down to the subtle subliminal indications of what direction you look in. (I recently learnt that an innate habit of humans is to look to the left when thinking of the past; dwelling on a memory etc - and to look to the right when anticipating something) Crazy.
Anyway. As amazing as that all is, I think it’s sad. Sight doesn’t have to just be what objects are present infront of you. Sight can be shutting your eyes and imagining something incredible that you’ve not yet seen. Sight can be being amazed by everything, rather than picking it all apart.
We are often blinded by the aesthetic expectations of the society we’re in; so a wash with media culture and shit TV.

I shut my eyes and night and wish for people realise how blessed they are, and what they’re truly capable of.

Here’s to the confusion,The wonder of it...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:16:00 +0000

Here’s to the confusion,
The wonder of it all;
Here’s to all the secrets
That will never ever show.
Here’s to all the darkness
That’s hidden from the light,
To all the love that i still feel
Without knowing why,
Or how.

I hope i never ever know.

Nostalgia

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:50:24 +0000

I read somewhere today that memories can be strong enough to invoke the same intensity of emotion a person felt when the experience originally happened.
A whole series of events have occurred within the last couple of days that have triggered feelings I haven’t felt in years. It doesn’t feel good though; it’s not re-captured youth - it’s stuff I deliberately threw out and yet has still found it’s way back to me. Recycled shit.

Every day is a second chance.

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:51:12 +0000

Every day is a second chance.

photoshop

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:35:25 +0000

photoshop