Surf Culture

Surfing Culture

What do you know about surfing? Well, first of all we knew that surfing is a sport, an extreme sport actually.  Okay, do you think that’s enough? No, not at all. Let’s see the history first, I will tell only the brief history, I don’t want to make you bored about history, I know you got enough about history at school.

According to what I’ve read (hopefully it’s right), surfing first found in Polynesian cultural community, around 1500 BC until 400 AC. Records on written documents shown that these Polynesian people immigrated to Hawaii on the 4^th century by sea . Because of their skill and ability to stand on big waves, they managed to arrive at Hawaii and preserved this tradition. Usually their head of the tribe does this sport to show their powers and authorities, and the commoners do it for popularity. The boards they use were very heavy so that not everyone can do it. But with the invention on finding the lighter materials for the board on around year 1940, surfing became favorite sport on various countries like Hawaii, America and Australia.

Around 1950s and 1960s surf culture spread quickly and somehow evolving very fast. What is surf culture? Surf culture is something unexplainable yet somehow understood. It’s includes the people, language, fashion and life surrounding the sport of surfing. The surf culture itself affected fashion, music literature, films, jargon and more. Surfing soon gained popularity among teenagers and Surfer Magazine was published. The Aspects of 1960s surf culture in Southern California where it was popularized including the woodie, bikinis and other beach wear such as board shorts or baggies and surf music.

We’re going to narrow it to the fashion. The surf fashion itself can’t be separated from the lifestyle. Because they affect each other. The lifestyle of surfers invented their own fashions. Identically with the beach, the fashion surely reflected the connection with the surrounding.

Women surfers wear bikinis and the men wear shorts, they prior the comforts, they wear them on everyday life, yet some people take it as a lazy style. Some teenagers who don’t understand wear them just because it looked cool, they wear them as an expression of freedom.

Soon, after surfing getting more popular, lots of those clothes rife with logos and brands and images that may represent the surfers, their fans or people who just adored the product started to wear them too. The surfers fashion itself becomes globally and trending.  Yes, admit it, we always adore those style. We love how the comforts they give when we wore them, we love how they give us confidence, we love them.

But there’s this one thing I should remind you all, back to the surfing itself, it’s not about the clothes we wear, nor the style. You know if you possess the style when you commit yourself to the life. You get drawn to the beach not only for perfect surf. You understand that it is the experience that keeps you alive, that shows your existence. Surfers who come are bound by the hunt for great waves, the desire for the ultimate ride and life around the ocean.

lotsaaa thanks for Ficka for the pics ^^ and mr. photographer Al ... ehehehehhe

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Ecletic and Edgy : Agyness Deyn

Agyness Deyn is a hot, young British model who is well on her way to becoming a supermodel. Her short, cropped blond hair which is typically worn in a bed head style is her signature look. Her unusual name was one she adopted to further her modeling career. Her birth name was Laura Hollins. She has moved to New York City for her work and is engaged to a rocker. She is a strikingly beautiful model who has a very unusual sense of fashion.

Dressing like Agyness Deyn means creating an eclectic look. You will need to invest in a variety of things old and new to help create a look that is funky but works at the same time. Her style is very unusual and the press goes back and forth between referring to her as a fashionista and just plain weird. She has a tendency to mix styles, colors, textures and seasons to create a look that is uniquely her own. If you are looking to dress like Agyness Deyn, be prepared for funny looks, comments and have a snappy remark or two ready.

Agyness tends to bounce back and forth between a rather bland mix of colors like black, gray and white and outlandish outfits in shades of purple, red or multi-colored outfits. She also favors bold designs and prints. She is big into layering her clothes and tends to add some item of clothing that has texture to create added interest. When layering, there is often a printed T-shirt somewhere in the mix. She is big into tights, leggings and skinny jeans. She also has a wide variety of different coats for casual wear and even fur ones for special events.

In terms of accessories, Agyness loves them all. Even knee socks make it into her wardrobe. Tights are a staple and are necessary in a variety of colors, though black is most important. Long necklaces are a feature in her accessories.

                                                                                           

                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                          

She is not attached to a big bag like many celebrities, but favors clutches and medium-sized shoulder bags. She will also be seen with big bags in a variety of colors though.

Shoes are always an interesting feature of her outfits, sometimes adding unusual color while other times adding an unusual design. She also likes Dr. Martens and other military style boots. Agyness also has a thing for hats, from fedoras to knit caps, and hoods. She often has her cropped hair covered. Scarves are another fashion accessory she uses often, especially in the winter.

To put the finishing touches on dressing like Agyness Deyn, you can copy her hair and makeup looks. A cropped, bleached blond look is not one that everyone can necessarily pull off though, so give it some consideration before making that change. Her makeup tends to be pale with dark eyes and eyebrows, though is not overdone.

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The Power of Music

Music has the power to cause emotions to well up within us. These feelings are gripping - often irresistible - and seem to emerge from nowhere. These feelings colour our moods, affect our perceptions and generate a behavioural pattern. The indisputable fact about music is its power to evoke emotions. Is there anyone, for whom, music is completely emotional - neutral? Music has the ability to inevitably tap the still, mysterious deep well of our emotions.

However, music can produce various emotional responses in different individuals and even different responses in the same person at different times. Music may produce expressions of various emotions - peaceful, relaxing, exciting, festive, boring, unsettling, unstimulating, invigorating ... and so on.

Music is an extremely versatile medium of communication. It is capable of exploring all the features that are used in verbal communication. Moreover, it does so in an explicit and structured way, which makes it an interesting and useful window into human communication, in general.

The repetition of a line as in a lullaby, the regular beating of a drum - they produce a feeling of physical ease and lull the child to sleep. The rhythmic sound of the train, of waves breaking on the shore, the song of a cricket at night - why, even the electric fan is able to produce a soothing physical quiet. But good music does not stop there. It touches our emotions. True music really far deeper and touches our very soul and leaves its imprint on us. It may not be possible to explain or describe this reaction in ordinary language. It can only be felt. It is one of those mystic experiences, which baffle analytical explanation.

Music is known to endow the listener with aesthetic or intellectual pleasure. It can be simple, complex, subtle, overt - and these features may reside in one of the different aspects of the music e.g. rhythm, melody. Some of the greatness of music however, lies in its holistic nature that all the elements form a unique wholeness which may not be understood by studying the parts separately. However complex, music is readily appreciated by the mind without the need for formal knowledge.

The lay listener may not be able to hear which instruments are playing, or which pitches are used. Yet, he or she may have no problem appreciating the music as a whole. An experienced listener, on the other hand, may be able to transcribe every note, but might still be at a loss to understand why the music is so pleasing to listen to even for the time!

As a performer, I believe that music can recreate emotions and get the listeners involved with my emotions. Any particular music has an inherent emotion. And, there is the emotion that one feels while rendering. Besides, the listener is in an emotional state while listening to that music - which is also important because it could be possible that this will now be linked to the emotional state of the listener. So he or she can use the song to recreate this emotion. Very often we hear people say "This is my song" and feel that special emotion again.

Rhythm and melody are two facets of music that lend themselves to enjoyment in their individual capacities. The experience of beat and rhythm has a simple relation with joy, well-being and even excitement. Babies spontaneously start to rock and move when they hear music with a pronounced beat in a medium or fast tempo. By changing rhythm, we can change the aesthetic appeal of a piece of music. Even a change of tempo can cause variations in the aesthetic appeal.

Similarly, melody, which is the soul of music, can create different types of feelings in listeners. Some melodies bring soulfulness, some sadness, some bring jubilance or tranquility.

Music is created from the heart and moulded by emotion. As musicians, we are inherently creative - so people say - and we have the ability to derive intense pleasure from a particular piece of music, which we listen to or produce. Here, I am referring to an aesthetic experience, which everybody must have felt. Tears of joy, a tug at the heart, goose pimples... True art always comes as an irresistible inner urge. We hear a song of Thyagaraja and are enthralled just as we gaze at a majestic temple or an ancient sculpture with wonder. All such works of art are the result of an inner urge. That is why it is something inherently beautiful.

... And there can be no enjoyment more impersonal and sublimating than what it offers. It prepares the very soul for something higher.

Bombay Jayashri Ramnath

The writer is a Carnatic musician based in Chennai

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