I think it's a good idea for me to begin with why this blog has come in to fruition.
I have a tendency to drift off with my own thoughts and spend a lot of my time discussing different ideas with people. I have always loved writing and I have often found myself admiring other people's blogs. I had never really thought about writing one until someone suggested that I do it to write down my thoughts.
So here I am on a Friday night (what a rebel), playing some Mumford & Sons and setting up my own blog.
I would now like to explain the title 'Indigo Toast'.
When I was in year ten at school (I was roughly fifteen years old at that time) I was helping a girl decide a name for her future clothing line. I'm not entirely sure how we got to this point but 'Indigo Toast' was created. I can still remember how cool I thought the name was at the time. For me, 'Indigo Toast' combines the extraordinary and the regular. It's hard to explain, but I have always felt that the colour indigo is almost other worldly. Indigo is such a strong, deep colour that really engulfs you. My favourite example of indigo would be a shade the night sky can sometimes go. By contrast, toast is such a regularity for most people. It forms my breakfast most mornings. Yet, at the same time I think of toast as a homely, sociable thing. Some of my happiest memories are of sitting in groups during the evening at school eating toast and laughing with everyone or of having a lazy Sunday morning breakfast with my family. It appears these two words have deeper associations than I had thought of before. Anyway, I feel that 'Indigo Toast' summarises my manner and interests quite well. I have such a fascination with the extraordinary and yet, at the same time, I am drawn to the comfort and beauty I find in rather regular things as well.
I think the next logical step is to explain myself a bit more and then the purpose of this blog.
My name is Rachel. I am nineteen years old. I live in a part of England near London but am actually spending my time in St Andrews, Scotland for my university education. At the moment I am intending to gain a Psychology degree but I still have two years to explore further before I make a final decision about that. I am one of three sisters - the middle child - the best place to be in my opinion! The great loves of my life are music (listening - I'm a terrible musician), art (creating and observing), reading, theatre and travelling. I'm sure I will expand on all of these at another time.
So, the purpose of this blog. I intend to carry out the same sort of method that I do with my diary. My posts will most likely occur at random times, be unrelated but hopefully serve some sort of purpose. What I like about the internet is that I can include pictures and videos as well - so that will be done! This blog is really an outlet for me to write about thoughts I have, things I like and things that have happened to me. Lets just hope I do it well!
