I Blame Coco.

I have began to notice a pattern in my posts at the moment, as they all seem to revolve around music, but music is something that keeps me going when I’m feeling down, drained or just plain unwilling, and helps to revive my enthusiasm!

Today, I’d like to share with you someone that I consider to be a maven just because she’s done exactly what she wants to do, rather than following in anybody’s footsteps or living up to other people’s expectations.

Eliot Paulina Sumner, also known as Coco Sumner, is the 20 year-old multi-talented daughter of musician Sting. Her band, I Blame Coco, will release their first album “The Constant” next month (which she has been working on since she was 15!), but Coco has recently worked with names such as Plan B, Fyfe Dangerfield, Mr Hudson, La Roux, The Guillemots, Sub Focus, Miike Snow and Pete Doherty.

“Forget my dad, you need to hear my band.” – Coco Sumner

Ok, so you may be thinking…what’s so special? She used her Dad to climb her way into the music industry? WRONG. She did it all herself. She lived a life away from the limelight, writing her own songs, living on her friends’ sofa’s and earning her own money. She also bagged herself a spot in the Burberry Spring/Summer 2008 campaign alongside Agyness Deyn, and a small role in the film Stardust (2007).

So there you have it, be yourself and work for what you want, don’t be influenced by other people’s expectations.

You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live…

Love,

Georgina

incredible.

We really need to appreciate what we’ve got, because we never know when it’s going to disappear. This man, Karl Dimachki, my maven for today, is someone we must all look to for inspiration.

After battling tongue cancer, losing half his tongue and being told that he would never sing again, Karl proved everyone wrong by standing on the stage of the Australian X Factor in front of thousands and singing his heart out. He sang to tell us all that nothing can stop you from achieving your dream, no matter what it is.

At the end of this video, I hope you realise that you can do anything you have set your mind to, and that no matter how hard life knocks you down, you need to get back up and keep going.

I truly wish I had half the courage Karl does, and I genuinely believe that this man deserves a medal for the message he communicated.

Although he didn’t make it to the next round of the X Factor, he now stands as a living symbol of inspiration and more importantly a hero for those too fearful to try their luck at achieving their dream.

In the words of Karl, “if you have a dream, go on and do it.”

You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live…

Love,

Georgina

Teenage dream

Today I’d like to share with you a figure that I consider to be a lot more than just a maven.

John Hughes, film director/writer/producer, has produced some of my favourite films to date, and contributed to the creation of the “Brat Pack”, a group of influential young actors and actresses who frequently appeared in teen films of the 1980’s.

The Brat Pack and Hughes

Some of the films he wrote, produced and directed are: National Lampoon’s Vacation Trilogy, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Some Kind of Wonderful, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Home Alone movies, Beethoven movies, Miracle on 34th Street, Flubber, Maid in Manhattan.

In my opinion, Hughes is the only filmmaker that was able to portray middle-class teenage life the way it actually is, empowering young actors and actresses that played characters of their own age, which you don’t often see  in modern films. Hughes died on the 6th of August 2009, exactly a week before my sixteenth birthday, but also the day after I ordered his film ‘Sixteen Candles’ on DVD….a bit freaky….

If you haven’t seen any of his films, I suggest you do, because he produced some of the most inspiring, innovative and influential teenage films to ever hit our screens.

You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live…

Love,

Georgina

New blogger on the block!

Dear world,

I am one of the newest (and youngest!) additions to the Soulfudge family! I’m so excited about being given this opportunity, to let you read what inspires me as an individual, and to be the source of your motivation! I want to let my personality shine through my posts, so there’s no need to tell you any more about me! I have got tons of ideas lined up to brighten your day, all you need to do is read.

This blog has inspired me to follow my dream, and now I am living it, so let Soulfudge encourage you to do the same.

To mark the beginning of a new experience and a milestone in my life, here are some pictures that tickle my fancy.

You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live…

Love,

Georgina