You led with "I'm a Poet". YES GIRL own that

@leenanorms

2 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you for noticing my progress

"My nails look like my brain Chipped and missing" honestly is a great start to a poem

You literally wrote the Velvet Decade poem in 10 minutes and I loved it. Like it genuinely moved me, almost to tears. Such pure creativity is such a delight to watch and is so so inspiring. I've always stayed away from poetry but you, Leena, make me want to try!

Going to start describing colours as "pissed-off" instead of "dark."

omg these are amazing! The line "I am no longer polyester" is just fantastic and so descriptive of trying to see yourself as something more 'adult' and more 'elegant' than you actually are in your twenties. Also, the poem about the climate crisis was so aptly titled bc 'terra' quite literally means the world/earth. More of these videos!!

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people use the possibility of monetisation as a compliment for creative hobbies. You can compliment my mediocre watercolours, Brenda, without inviting capitalism into the mix 🙄😂

@RachAnnB

2 жыл бұрын

BRENDA. 😂

@testosteronic

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! I crochet, and I keep getting people asking "why don't you sell your crochet on etsy?!". Because I don't want to make crochet into a job, I crochet for me!! I made a pair of gloves because **I** needed a pair of gloves! It's a soothing way to spend my time, and that's all it needs to be!

@deannbean

2 жыл бұрын

yes! literally the first thing i heard when i said to a friend that i knitted was "oh! you could start taking orders!" no, i don't want to, it's stressful and i get enough stress at my job

@helenm1085

2 жыл бұрын

I sew and paint and make my own earrings and paint on t-shirts and am just always being told by people that "you could sell those!" Except I don't want to make one thing twice, and I want to keep everything I make 😂

I was so surprised at your self-criticism after each poem. I was just mesmerized and starry eyed after. Interesting to see your process, Leena ♥️

@kikaiko99

2 жыл бұрын

I loved them all as well!

@joannasomerville

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree 🥰

“Lost her faith in a wager” is brilliant and true.

Very glad I was able to support this, why would the algorithm hate this, this is GREAT

"Terra" means earth and dirt in Portuguese, so it works perfectly 🥰

@joannasomerville

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking! ✨

Oh my gosh Leena, these are so good! I especially like “to have and to hold from this day backward”

"I take you as you were / a figment of cracked laugher and offered blankets" .. i was drawing while listening to your video and this stopped me in my tracks, it's beautiful !!

I’ve had a low week and this sent me soaring for 25 minutes. Thank you! 💛

@leenanorms

2 жыл бұрын

As yey - hope next week is better for you:)

I definitely got some Shel Silverstein vibes off that last one! 😅 Thank you for showing your process (self-criticism and all) and for normalizing the act of making art, not necessarily with the intent of an end product but more about the growth of you as a writer/artist. I definitely needed some inspiration in this department. ❤

Leena, thank you. This came at the exact right time in my life. No need to criticize your first drafts so roughly. They are beautiful because they are raw and not polished and give such a beautiful insight into your mind. They reminded me of something that I thought lost so thanks for bringing it back to me ♥

As someone with a two year old in her “terrible twos”, the last poem really spoke to me😂 I love your process❤️

Hey Leena, I literally started to tear up a bit and had that itchy nose feeling when you are about to cry from being moved by something while I was watching. I was so overwhelmed by your lovely creativity which seems to flow as innocent and funny like the one of a child. ❤️

@hayleyb467

2 жыл бұрын

I full-on cried!

For the "Wedding Day" lipstick, I totally see the purple and that's my exact favorite shade of lipstick, too! It's lovely on us pale people. That said, lovely video! I almost paused and wrote along with you but I didn't quite have the time tonight. Maybe another time.

Even though these were drafts, your poetry is some of my favourite I’ve ever heard. Will definitely be picking up a copy of your collection! :)

I might be superficial, but I’m rushing here to comment on the lipstick problem. 😁 Have you already tried Lisa Eldridge’s Velvet Morning? It has a satin finish, not matte, but colourwise I think it could be quite similar to MAC Lady Danger.

@mollyp7559

2 жыл бұрын

Lisa’s velvets are the BEST! 💄❤️

Turning up is half the battle. I find creativity is easier when I have constraints of some kind, be they theme, form, technique, time limit, or tools. The constraint is the mechanism that allows the creative solution to emerge.

I loved the final poem in particular. Such a fascinating way of looking at the relationship between nature and humans!

Thank you for this. I’m a songwriter and I’ve been struggling a bit. I think I need an activity like this to get my creative ending going

Those were so good! As a fan of all things gruesome and dark in art, I loved the "Lady Danger" one especially 🖤 I often notice the names of lipstick or eyeshadow colors too, but I never considered that they could be used as inspiration. Such a great idea actually!

This got me writing a poem alongside you, thankyou

ohhh your wedding day poem made me cry… these poems are just gorgeous leena! i really like this creativity exercise

this is a BRILLIANt idea, would love to see similar things in the future Leena!!

wow, just want to say i loved this video. it reminded me about poetry society events i would go to in uni. creating the prompts and seeing the jumps people made in, for eg. word association kind of exercises, was half the fun!!! i think this kind of thing is so great and i loved what you said in the beginning abt everyone being allowed to write poetry. i agree it's super fun and doesn't need to be so serious, and i wish everyone would do it!

I absolutely loved your humanity as toddler poem. I think you were the hardest on it, but it was my favorite.

As a runner, I have to gently disagree that people don't ask when they can watch you in the Olympics... I've genuinely lost count of how many times people have asked me this, only half jokingly

@ayellowpapercrown6750

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Or just races in general. All of my lovely loved ones are eagerly waiting for me to enter my first marathon. Thanks for the support guys, but we’re not there yet, are we. And don’t worry, if it happens, I will DEFINITELY let you know.

@beckyharris2621

2 жыл бұрын

@@ayellowpapercrown6750 or when they ask how your marathon was! As if the word marathon just means race... I do not want to devalue the hard work of all those amazing folk who can run a marathon but I have not and do not intend to any time soon!

The last poem was definitely my favourite. I heard Hank Green make a similar analogy recently and thought it was a good one so I loved the way you brought the concept to life. Great vid!

That last poem made me want to cry. Sending lots of love, you are very talented! Xx

I'm not usually one to be too into poetry, but I really enjoyed all of yours!! 🥰

LEENA I NEED YOU TO PUBLISH THAT WEDDING DAY POEM! As someone who is not planning on getting married, and who recently found out that the one person I at one point thought I was going to marry years ago recently got married to someone else, that poem stuck HOME for me.

"good morning hos, bros, and twinkletoes" took me OUT! I had to pause the video I was laughing so hard 😂

Not even 6 mins in but that velvet decade colour is so beautiful!!

i loved this so much !! I've been thinking a lot about how the creative processes of famous artists are often romanticised in movie biopics (e.g. Rocket Man and Bohemian Rhapsody), and subsequently how these movies can promote unrealistic expectations of the creative process. Creating art is not always washed with a warm 70s grain or attached to an epic love story (as much as we'd all like it to be!). I loved seeing your everyday creative process Leena which was real and raw. You reminded me that the starting point of art can have a humble beginning with the potential to bloom into a fine finished work

I'm a huge fan of the sitcom "Mom" and I love Bonnie Plunkett's replacement term for walk of shame: "stride of pride."

Oh, and your merging of poetry and beauty is very inspiring, too! Personally speaking, 'Velvet Decade' really touched sth in me.

This was so cool

this is EXACTLY the video I needed right now leena! bloody love your channel. quite literally just watched your "doing the most" in lockdown video to cheer myself up- now this! 🥰 you are just the most lovely

@idancealways4ever440

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could like this like 70,000 times

Terra also means Earth in italian, so I think the idea you came up with is brilliant! Loved all the poems, especially Lady Danger 🩸

Wow, the last poem is hands down my favourite one! It is such a good vibe to talk about the crisis we are in, I love it ❤️

Love love loved the humanity is a toddler poem, truly got some funny/transferable visuals from that of thinking how a toddler behaves and then applying it to humanity, super!

These days I'm watching your videos and they are really helping me navigate through the last remnants of a bad "can't do anything" phase. I love seeing your bubblines and they way in which you throw yourself in your interests and in your crafts, it's funny to watch, and it has left me in a mood of wanting to research things, to read, to experiment like it wasn't happening for a long time. I knew what I had to do, but I couldn't find it in myself to do the work. Finding this channel and putting it as a treat for when I am doing what I have to do has been a lifesaver. Loved the wedding proposal inspired poem!

@leenanorms

Жыл бұрын

Xxx

I think this is my favourite video of yours. The poems you write are both unique and fun but also in your voice and I think that’s quite a hard thing to manage a lot of the time. So yeah, big fan!

The terrible twos was absolutely fantastic! I’ve never made much time for poetry, so I’m kind of surprised how much I loved this video - feel, for possibly the first time ever, compelled to pick up a collection of poetry to read

Leena, poetry, makeup. All my fave things!

Not silly Leena. Believe in art, the world needs it more than ever just now. And yes, all creativity is art !!!!!

made me cry happy tears♡ you most certainly are golden in the light. and in the dark, too.

I love this video. Let's all advocate for being shit at our hobbies because they are hobbies and something we do to find joy not to make money off. Also I felt so called out by your first poem which is why I think I loved it so much. Your poetry is great at its most basic starter format. I am excited to read your edited work even more now.

LOVE Lady Danger poem! EDIT: That last one, Terra, was fabulous!

as both an amateur seamstress and published poet I am mesmerised by the way you incorporated the fabric theme into the first poem. Will definitely be coming back to this vid for inspo!

Me : instantly goes and finds all my lipsticks because this idea is BRILLIANT

"The fussy mum at the PTA meeting." Now there's an evocative phrase, and I know just what you mean! 👍 I write prose, fiction and non-fiction, but I'm loving this vid and going to share it.

Thank goodness she's putting out real content, not some April Foolary nonsense like everyone else

👏 Brilliant! Such a creative idea and concepts for each lipstick. Gonna see what i can come up with my own lipsticks 😉

favorite leena video, instant classic

Such a good video idea! Really excited to watch

I loved the polyester line in the first poem. I like this idea to get yourself out of a rut, I think i might try something similar but with little songs.

This was such a fun, creative little project! Can't wait to see all your 'polished' stuff in the poetry collection!

This is so good! Thanks for the motivation :) I am at awe at the lovely poems that come to you in the time it takes me to enjoy some tea.

My godddd this video couldn't have come at a better time for meeeee

This was fascinating, since I knew next to nothing about the actual process of creating poetry. And it was the same as any other creative process: you find inspiration, do some research, and mix and match until it is finished. It makes so much sense now! Thank you for sharing your workflow.

Your style is amazing and you always brighten my day. Thank you! 🥰

Loved this glance into your process, just watching made me want to be creative!

Great video🎉 and love your makeup, especially the one at the beginning with the mustard jumper!

I loved your poems!!! You are great. Thanks for existing.

The last poem was my favourite! Amazing work, can’t wait for your book :)

What an amazing idea! Loved it!!

You inspire me! Thank you for your videos, I really enjoy them.

I absolutely loved this video and I love your poet’s voice. I can’t wait till your book comes out!!

I don't know if it is just the way the colors look on my computer screen but I thought that the Walk of No Shame lipstick looked the best on you out of all of them.

Loving the variety of ways you took the prompts and the way you sat in a different place for each writing session! This made me want to try and write again so badly!!

I’m 1 min in and I’m so delighted to hear the “disrespect your surroundings” clip from A Day to Remember :)

I love the idea of using random items you love for art inspiration! I might do thee same but because I don't use makeup, I will find other items I love and try to use their colour in my paintings/drawings. This will be a good colour theory and colour matching challenge! Also my faves from this video are velvet decade and lady danger! Thank you for providing another magnificently weird video this week❤️❤️💕 love you and all the stuff you do))))

@helenm1085

2 жыл бұрын

I could imagine doing a painting based on the colours that you're wearing... Or that a friend is wearing if you wanted to flatter someone haha

I had the loveliest time with your prompts and poems. Thanks for sharing, Leena!

The process, the poems, everything about this video ❤️

22:54 you may think that the "terrible 2's" theme was a stray from the original terra prompt BUT!! in italian, terra means earth (hence terracotta=cooked earth/soil), so actually having the poem being from the perspective of the earth is perfectly on theme!

Absolutely love this video! You're so talented, creative and funny 💖

I really enjoyed this video idea!

Amazing! You are so very creative. Loved your poems. Especially Terra❤️

I got chills at the end of the first and last ones. Thank you for sharing!

This was great! Thanks for sharing your creative flow. I really really liked concept of the Terra one!

Thank you for this one, I needed this - and you're a great poet!

Absolutely loved this concept! Really enjoyed you describing your process as well

Absolutely loved this video- you’re a talent!

Fun to watch! And I got some great lipstick recommendations too

Absolutely loved this! Cracking prompts.

Seriously loved this video Leena...I didn't want it to end. You may sprinkle glitter on shit any day Leena! All of your poems were inventive and interesting. Hope you do an audio book reading of your poems! ❤

this was INCREDIBLE. Leena, every time I watch your videos I fall more in love with your personality and passion for the things you enjoy. Can't wait to read your future poetry, you are a great inspiration for me

I just preordered your book! You constantly inspire me (someone who works in a technical field and often forgets to create and be creative) to make the art I make and enjoy part of my identity!

Hi Leena, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate and enjoy your videos. The bit about how you feel about your poetry collection coming out in July made me audibly and genuinely laugh out loud. Needed that. Can't wait to read it! Hope you're having a nice day! 💓

I just finished the video because I decided to do it in real time, and it was the first time I've been excited about a prompt in a while :) so I'm sorry the algorithm is the algorithm but I'm personally very glad that this video exists. thanks for making it leena!

This is so inspiring to me as a makeup lover and writer!!! Love love love.

So fun ! I really liked the Terra poem !

I feel inspired to try out something like this. Thanks for sharing, this was really fun and your poems are great ❤

Love how you express yourself and your ideas xxx

I love this concept- I’ve been really struggling with getting back into writing and you have inspired me!

Can you read to me every day! This video Makes me wish I could go to poetry jams every single night ❤️