What do you find beautiful?

Pygmalion · 01-06-2010 11:04PM

Poetry, eh?

Algorhyme

        I think that I shall never see
        a graph more lovely than a tree.
        A tree whose crucial property
        is loop-free connectivity.
        A tree that must be sure to span
        so packet can reach every LAN.
        First, the root must be selected.
        By ID, it is elected.
        Least-cost paths from root are traced.
        In the tree, these paths are placed.
        A mesh is made by folks like me,
        then bridges find a spanning tree.

                         Radia Perlman

Jako8 · 01-06-2010 11:48PM

The lyrics that this man writes are absolutely amazing! His entire album Alice is also beautiful. Everything he does is genius

P.S. I don't think the lyrics in the above song are "amazing"

, it's just a nice song.

Jako8 · 01-06-2010 11:54PM

Here's more...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-sH5oHSQaU

I fell into the ocean
When you became my wife
I risked it all aganist the sea
To have a better life
Marie you're the wild blue sky
And men do foolish things
You turn kings into beggars
And beggars into kings

Pretend that you owe me nothing
And all the world is green
We can bring back the old days again
And all the world is green

The face forgives the mirror
The worm forgives the plow
The questions begs the answer
Can you forgive me somehow
Maybe when our story's over
We'll go where it's always spring
The band is playing our song again
And all the world is green

Pretend that you owe me nothing
And all the world is green
We can bring back the old days again
And all the world is green

The moon is yellow silver
Oh the things that summer brings
It's a love you'd kill for
And all the world is green

He is balancing a diamond
On a blade of grass
The dew will settle on our grave(s)
When all the world is green

Konata · 01-06-2010 11:54PM

D4RK ONION wrote: »

Not usually my kind of thing, but it's growing on me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwFS69nA-1w

:eek:

/swoons

jefreywithonef · 02-06-2010 01:46AM

Nick Cave & The Bads - Into My Arms. Even got a mention in my college poetry book.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4gRmvvDsU

I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms

Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms

And I don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms

Into my arms, O Lord..

But I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candles burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore

Jay P · 02-06-2010 06:59PM

Jako8 wrote: »

The lyrics that this man writes are absolutely amazing! His entire album Alice is also beautiful. Everything he does is genius

P.S. I don't think the lyrics in the above song are "amazing" , it's just a nice song.

I've said it many times, but Alice is definitely one of the greatest albums ever made. The title track is at home in this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEj-mrwwaxo

It's dreamy weather we're on
You waved your crooked wand
Along an icy pond with a frozen moon
A murder of silhouette crows I saw
And the tears on my face
And the skates on the pond
They spell Alice

I disappear in your name
But you must wait for me
Somewhere across the sea
There's a wreck of a ship
Your hair is like meadow grass on the tide
And the raindrops on my window
And the ice in my drink
Baby all I can think of is Alice

Arithmetic arithmetock
Turn the hands back on the clock
How does the ocean rock the boat?
How did the razor find my throat?
The only strings that hold me here
Are tangled up around the pier

And so a secret kiss
Brings madness with the bliss
And I will think of this
When I'm dead in my grave
Set me adrift and I'm lost over there
And I must be insane
To go skating on your name
And by tracing it twice
I fell through the ice
Of Alice

And so a secret kiss
Brings madness with the bliss
And I will think of this
When I'm dead in my grave
Set me adrift and I'm lost over there
And I must be insane
To go skating on your name
And by tracing it twice
I fell through the ice
Of Alice
There's only Alice

phlegms · 28-06-2010 11:15PM

This:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27SbVk1i-RI

cheesefiend · 29-06-2010 07:10PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YJQORY9YrY

SquirrelFace · 29-06-2010 07:23PM

For some reason I really like this poem;
the lesson of the moth

i was talking to a moth
the other evening
he was trying to break into
an electric light bulb
and fry himself on the wires why do you fellows
pull this stunt i asked him
because it is the conventional
thing for moths or why
if that had been an uncovered
candle instead of an electric
light bulb you would
now be a small unsightly cinder
have you no sense
plenty of it he answered
but at times we get tired
of using it
we get bored with the routine
and crave beauty
and excitement
fire is beautiful
and we know that if we get
too close it will kill us
but what does that matter
it is better to be happy
for a moment
and be burned up with beauty
than to live a long time
and be bored all the while
so we wad all our life up
into one little roll
and then we shoot the roll
that is what life is for
it is better to be a part of beauty
for one instant and then cease to
exist than to exist forever
and never be a part of beauty
our attitude toward life
is come easy go easy
we are like human beings
used to be before they became
too civilized to enjoy themselves
and before i could argue him
out of his philosophy
he went and immolated himself
on a patent cigar lighter
i do not agree with him
myself i would rather have
half the happiness and twice
the longevity
but at the same time i wish
there was something i wanted
as badly as he wanted to fry himself

Hahahahah not exactly Shakespeare but I like it.
IVE HAD MY FUN AND THATS ALL THAT MATTERS!
Oh and Fr Ted is a beautiful thing, a programme bestowed to us by deities!

Colm! · 29-06-2010 09:24PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZjE7iTSf9w

I've no idea why, but the song by itself was beautiful, but the remix is just... perfect. I love it. I can't actually describe it. It's amazing.
Here's a different version, with the amazing voice of Ellie Goulding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLKaD81wcD4

I once listened to that song (the first version I posted) on the laptop when looking out at the beautiful weather we got a while back: my garden in the brilliant sun just looked so beautiful. There's so much in nature: so simple yet so powerful.
A few nights afterwards, (night before the solstice actually), I went up Nowen Hill to catch a late sunset. Mist was been blown up the hill so there was a strange orange glow from the setting sun, and the unusual conditions just gave an amazing backdrop to the mountains surrounding it.
There's just so much beauty right outside the door sometimes.

Extrasupervery · 30-06-2010 02:43AM

cheesefiend wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YJQORY9YrY

So much

Extrasupervery · 30-06-2010 06:53PM

Own your own pain.
Why not? It's yours.

You've hawked it, pushed it, pimped it -
now,
Your body, breathing, life, guts, luster,
sweetness, softness,
Pays the price.

So own your own pain. Why not?

You've eaten it for breakfast,
Sung it to sleep at night,
Rinsed it out in the basin,
Watched it rise with the bread.

So-take it, turn it,
Let it slither,
Into blood-beat, breast-bone, cell-song,
skin.

Give it a name.
What you possess
Cannot possess you.

ivoryblue · 14-07-2010 06:00PM

I think Bell X1's Bad Skin Day is gorgeous
huh I fail at this what is beautiful.. um Misguided Ghosts - paramore

JayEnnis · 15-07-2010 06:58PM

This

Redlion · 15-07-2010 07:15PM

JayEnnis · 15-07-2010 07:18PM

Redlion wrote: »

Sad to know that he's passed away.

Bobalicious93 · 15-07-2010 07:29PM

Awesome..

Bet you won't guess where it is...

North Korea...

Ginja Ninja · 15-07-2010 07:38PM

Redlion wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

+billions,it's such an amazing song,by such an amazing guy.

The angels from paradise lost:

Lucifer falling from heaven:

crusading against evil:

You know, sometimes I wished I believed in this crap.My love for angel-y stuff wouldn't seem quite as weird[still is though:rolleyes:]

Asphyxia · 15-07-2010 09:46PM

1. Music.
Especially Dream Theatre I find their music so beautiful.

2. Photos.
I love photos I take my camera everywhere I go. The feelings and memories that come from pictures can be incredible.

3. Purple.
My favourite colour. Purple makes things better!

4. Starry nights.
There's nothing more beautiful than laying under the stars on a warm nght. Stars are my favourite shape.

5. Poetry
I love reading and writing it it can be so beautiful to me.

I have loads more just can't think!

Novella · 15-07-2010 10:27PM

Lightning. It's so pretty in the sky right now. Keeps lighting the place up all purple and things.

Fad · 29-07-2010 11:18PM

"We've woven hearts a thorn arbour
Left tear streaked reason upon the shore
And bereft of compass, star or more
Set out for this World's end
Few at the prow, most slave below
Painting coal a perfect gold
But for all it's worth, the engines slow
Dead in the brine again
Come cabin fever, sodomy on the bounty
Prey to phallus seas
That hiss and foam to douse disease
A storm roars on the way
Blacker than the Ace of Rapes
Dealt out by Death in darkwood glades
Our Ship of Fools, all boards handmade
Sinks, dashed by seismic waves..."

I know it'snot the prettiest verse ever, but I love the flow of it. S'a spoken word bit at the end of a Cradle Of Filth song.

OopsyDaisy · 30-07-2010 03:29PM

Adieu tristesse
Bonjour tristesse
Tu es inscrite dans les lignes du plafond
Tu es inscrite dans les yeux que j'aime
Tu n'es pas tout á fait la misére
Car les lévres les plus páuvres te dénoncent
Par un sourire
Bonjour tristesse
Amour des corps aimables
Puissance de l'amour
Dont l'amabilité surgit
Comme un monstre sans corps
Téte désappointée
Tristesse beau visage

French is such a beautiful language anyways :P

kev_s88 · 30-07-2010 03:30PM

a special friend of mine

Novella · 30-07-2010 03:32PM

kev_s88 wrote: »

a special friend of mine

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwh.

Superbus · 30-07-2010 03:40PM

I get that it's a pile of painted carbon fibre designed to go fast in circles, but I'm weird. Sorry.

Insect Overlord · 11-02-2011 03:12PM

In today's episode, Insect Overlord brings you yet another case of thread-necromancy!

I'm sure I posted this video on the forum before (probably in the Soundtrack to Your Angst thread) but I reckon it's worth posting here too. And I'm not just doing this because I know one of the guys involved in making the video!

It's a beautiful song with a really moving video and it's something I think deserves more attention than it's had thus far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxoJnX8nIpo

Colm! · 11-02-2011 04:57PM

More music\poetry love:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA8hzUDXvtk

That song was a collaboration with Yann Tiersen, who also makes other beautiful pieces of music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfwWKCRth_A

Robby91 · 11-02-2011 07:37PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyvOJlX4ZkE

I hope this hasn't already been posted...

If it has, I think it's deserving of a second mention :P

In the cold misty morning
gleaming rays awake the dawn
Here I stand - a stranger in this land
does your conscience betray you?
falling from grace -
feel the sun on my face
does desire still hold true?

Mystified by her beauty -
does the hunter pity his prey?
Under starless skies all
Love must die and fade away

Take my hand - divine or damned
Make a stand, seize the day
Yours or mine, damned of divine
Draw the line, come what may...

Looking down from ethereal skies
Silent crystalline tears I cry
For all must say their last goodbye -
to Paradise

My yearning is silenced by angelic skin of white
Love conquers all for heaven's fall
this faithful night.
Yours or mine - damned of divine
Draw the line - serpentine...

Love is a tragedy
all that I have, all that I'll ever need
is right here inside
Let the winds of freedom be my guide

Looking down from Ethereal Skies
Silent crystalline tears I cry
For all must say their last goodbye -
to Paradise

Looking down from Ethereal Skies
Silent crystalline tears I cry
For all must say their last goodbye -
to Paradise
Say goodbye, goodbye, hold on!

...so I've cheated and I've lied
been the victim of foolish pride
and I've begged and I've crawled
and I've battled and bled for it all
now I'll savor the downfall...
of Paradise

Looking down from Ethereal Skies
Silent crystalline tears I cry
For all will say their last goodbye
to Paradise

**Timbuk2** · 11-02-2011 08:09PM

Eww what in the name of Christ is that ^^ ? :eek:

Fago! · 11-02-2011 08:11PM

I find many things beautiful.

one thing that springs to mind is a nice guitar:

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What do you find beautiful?

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