Postcards from Strangeland

This is a non–profit and independent project, not affiliated to companies or specific groups. It’s all about strangers getting together with one thing in common: show their love to Keane!

Copyright © 2013 by Postcards from Strangeland. All rights reserved.

Original idea: Aline Shinzato

Cover art, graphic design and illustrations: Aline Shinzato

Book production and editing: Denise Yumi

Typesetting: Walter Luiz

Postcard and photos provided by the participants

Organisers‘ contact information:

AlineE–mail: [email protected]: @line_shinzato

DeniseE–mail: [email protected]

WalterE–mail: [email protected]: @waluco

Website about the project: http://postcardsfromstrangeland.wordpress.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/strangerscardsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/postcardsfromstrangeland

To Keane

“Each heart is a paper kite, blown around by the breeze”

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Contents

Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................... xi

Preface ................................................................................................................................................ xiii

Postcards ........................................................................................................................................... 3

Onomastic index ............................................................................................................................ 76

Index by participating countries .............................................................................................. 78

About the organisers .................................................................................................................... 87

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Acknowledgements

We’d like to say muito obrigado/many thanks to each and every person who took

part of this collaborative project and helped spread the word about it over the` inter-

net. The collective effort of all the special Strangers shown here was crucial to bring

this book to life! Muito obrigado! We’re so proud to be part of this amazing commu-

nity of people whose lives have also been touched in so many levels by the beautiful

sounds created by Tim Rice–Oxley, Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes and Jesse Quin.

A special obrigado to the band Keane for the mind–blowing & inspiring collec-

tion of songs, the magnificent live concerts, for being such incredible human beings,

so kind and considerate to the fans, for all the encouraging words… and especially

for shining a bright light into the lives of the people who are lucky enough to con-

nect to your music and are able to experience pure moments of happiness and joy.

We really hope you guys enjoy going through this book, having a glimpse of the

lands where some of these lucky Strangers live and what we have to say to you. Mui-

to obrigado for *everything*!

Aline, Denise & Walter

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Preface

We live many lives, our minds wander around different realities. All of a sud-

den, conceptions and conventions turn into questionings, we are adrift in a tide of

uncertainty.

Along the way, we try to find things we love, things that are worth living for.

Some of us hold onto music. Music bears the power to bring into being what is ab-

sent, to evoke distant places and times.

The beautiful music of Keane evokes a world that resonates with our souls: the

Strangeland. It is a land filled with echoing emotions, hopes and fears. It is a beacon

of inspiration for us all. A place where we find ourselves, somewhere that reminds us

of how our existence can be a meaningful and fascinating journey, and how life is

filled with valuable lessons and experiences that should never be taken for granted.

In the Strangeland, different people from different lands find themselves strongly

connected to each other. We are all strangers, but strangers in our own land.

Aline Shinzato

March 2013

Postcards from Strangeland – 1

Abbie Neve Kingswood – 13 years old – Student – Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK

2 – Postcards from Strangeland

Agnese Norkusa – 21 years old – Student/Future music therapist – Riga, Latvia


Ali Caronongan – 23 years old – Features writer – Manila, Philippines


Aline Shinzato da Silva – 20 years old – Student (Visual Arts)/Illustrator – Sao Paulo, Brazil


Allie Ingle – 16 years old – Guitar, singing & songwriting enthusiast – Corpus Christi, Texas, USA


Angela Riddell – 39 years old – Mum & Homemaker – Crewe, UK


Angelica Mae Felipe – 16 years old – Student – Manila, Philippines


Atik – Indonesia


Brenda Aguilar Juárez – 15 years old – Future doctor or musician – Texas, USA (born in Mexico)

Daniela Aguilar – 12 years old – Future actress – Texas, USA (born in Mexico)


Camila Moura Alves – 21 years old – Student (Visual Arts) – Sao Paulo, Brazil


Camila Parra Alvarado – 24 years old – Student (Fine Arts) – Turku, Finland (born in Chile)


Carmen Estella – 45 years old – Teacher (Geography and History) – Bilbao, Spain


Catalina Sandoval – 16 years old – Student – Santiago, Chile


Catarina Ferreira – 22 years old – Journalist – Lisbon, Portugal


Chayo Benítez – 24 years old – Psychologist – Mexico City, Mexico


Chia–Yu Chi – 28 years old – Taoyuan City, Taiwan


Christina Latz – Schleswig–Holstein, Germany


Christine Heinisch – 40 years old – Graphic Designer – Zurich, Switzerland


Cláudia Pinto – 30 years old – Teacher (History) – Lisbon, Portugal


Denise Yumi Chinem & Walter Luiz Coutinho – in their 30s – book editors – Sao Paulo, Brazil


Daniela Resende – 17 years old – Student (Bioengineering) – Porto, Portugal


David Toh – 35 years old – Teacher – Singapore


Wim Vermeyen – 46 years old – Assistant logistics – Antwerpen, Belgium

Debby Van Hees – 44 years old – Office Manager – Antwerpen, Belgium

Timo Vermeyen – 46 years old – Master student (Biochemics) – Antwerpen, Belgium


Diego Farias Rodrigues Magalhães – 23 years old – Electronic technician/Student (Environmental Biology) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Donaji Hidalgo – 27 years old – Acoustician – Mexico City, Mexico


Elizabeth Mariya (Beth – TFPS) – 43 years old – Administrative Assistant at Traffic Engineering Company – Sao Paulo, Brazil


Elizabeth Salas Dominguez – 31 years old – Engineer/Nursing Assistant/Singer/ Actress – Mexico City, Mexico


Emelie – Stockholm, Sweden


Emily Almeida – 54 years old – Mum & Homemaker – Mongaguá, Sao Paulo, Brazil


Enya Vermeyen – Antwerp, Belgium


Feya – Indonesia


Gabriela Barboza – 22 years old – Student – De Rivera, Uruguay


Galih – Indonesia


Helena Limpo – Lisbon, Portugal


Ilaria Tafuri – 20 years old – Student (Japanese and Chinese languages) – Salerno, Italy


Jane Everett – GP (Doctor) – Shropshire Hills, England, UK


Jeb – Bangkok, Thailand


Jodie Webster – 35 years old – Customer service – West Chester, PA, USA


Juliana Ellen – 19 years old – Musician/Songwriter/Student (Law) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Júnior Frade – Sao Paulo, Brazil


Katharina Aschenbrenner – 22 years old – Student (American Studies/Cultural Anthropology) – Hanover, Germany


Katharine Penney – UK


Katlen Priscylla – 20 years old – Student – Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil


Kaz – Wales, UK


Kirin Ettwin – 21 years old – Income tax officer – Singapore


Lara – 16 years old – Student – Slovenia


Lara Alícia Dardani – 21 years old – Portuguese teacher for foreigners student (Spanish) – Ushuaia, Argentina (born in Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil)


Laurel Elizabeth – 16 years old – Chiang Mai, Thailand


Linda Jobling – 49 years old – Clerical assistant/Part–time journalist – Newcastle upon Tyne, UK


Lindsay Warren – 36 years old – Marketing professional/Animal welfare advocate/Mum – Royal Oak, Michigan, USA


Louisa Holst – Cape Town, South Africa


Lúcia Fonseca – 24 years old – Food engineer – Elvas, Portugal


Maria – 18 years old – Finland


Maria Luisa Ramirez – 35 years old – Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico


Maria Nyman – 19 years old – Student (Piano) – Esbo, Finland


Nadine Burchi – 35 years old – Community manager – Reunion Island, France


Paola Montealegre – 22 years old – Nurse – Arica, Chile


Paula Minhava – 34 years old – Teacher – Porto, Portugal


Pedro Henrique Von Beszedits – 22 years old – Student (Communication/ advertising) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Pilar Cabello Cabalin – Dentist – Talcahuano, Chile


Razi – Indonesia


Rita Rocha – 52 years old – Commercial manager – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Rose M. Silva – 33 years old – Teacher – Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil


Simona Petrucci – Toscana, Italy


Simone Imanishi & Arthur – 37 years old/1 year and 7 months old – Mum – Caçapava, Sao Paulo, Brazil


Sonia Sivewright – Ghent, Belgium


Sonya Durneva – 15 years old – Student/Chinese language student – Moscow, Rus-sia


Steffi – Indonesia


Su Kayo – 41 years old – Psychologist – Sao Paulo, Brazil


Svetelana – Student (Linguistics)/Future teacher or translator – Moscow, Russia


Sydney Júnior – 52 years old – Advertiser/Crown Caps Collector – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Tanya – 20 years old – Student – St. Petersburg, Russia


Tracy HaHa – 28 years old – Web designer – Hong Kong

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ArgentinaLara Alícia Dardani, 47

BelgiumDebby Van Hees, Wim & Timo Vermeyen, 23Enya Vermeyen, 30Sonia Sivewright, 66

BrazilAline Shinzato da Silva, 4Camila Moura Alves, 10Denise Yumi & Walter Luiz, 20Diego Farias Rodrigues Magalhães, 24Elizabeth Mariya, 26Emily Almeida, 29Juliana Ellen, 39Júnior Frade, 40Katlen Priscylla, 43 Pedro Henrique Von Beszedits, 59Rita Rocha, 62Rose M. Silva, 63Simone Imanishi & Arthur, 65Suely Kayo, 69Sydney Junior, 71

ChileCatalina Sandoval, 13Paola Montealegre, 57Pilar Cabello Cabalin, 60

FinlandCamila Parra Alvarado, 11Maria, 53Maria Nyman, 55

FranceNadine Burchi, 56

GermanyChristina Latz, 17Katharina Aschenbrenner, 41

Hong KongTracy HaHa, 72

IndonesiaAtik, 8Feya, 31Galih, 33Razi, 61Steffi, 68

ItalyIlaria Tafuri, 35Simona Petrucci, 64

LatviaAgnese Norkusa, 2

Index by participating countries

Index by participating countries – 77

MexicoChayo Benítez, 15Donaji Hidalgo, 25Elizabeth Salas Domínguez, 27Maria Luisa Ramirez, 54

PhilippinesAli Caronogan, 3Angelica Mae Felipe, 7

PortugalCatarina Ferreira, 22Cláudia Pinto, 19Daniela Resende, 21Helena Limpo, 34Lúcia Fonseca, 52Paula Minhava, 58

RussiaSonya Durneva, 67Svetlana, 70Tanya, 72

SingaporeDavid Toh, 22Kirin Ettwin, 45

Slovenia Lara, 46

South AfricaLouisa Holst, 51

SpainCarmen Estella, 12

SwedenEmelie, 28

SwitzerlandChristine Heinisch, 18

TaiwanChia–Yu Chi, 16

ThailandJeb, 37Laurel Elizabeth, 48

United KingdomAbbie Neve Kingswood, 1Angela Riddell, 6Jane Everett, 36Katharine Penney, 42Kaz, 44Linda Jobling, 49

USAAllie Ingle, 5Brenda & Daniela Aguilar Juárez, 9Jodie Webster, 38Lindsay Warren, 50

UruguayGabriela Barboza, 32

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Abbie Neve Kingswood, 1

Agnese Norkusa, 2

Ali Caronongan, 3

Aline Shinzato da Silva, 4

Allie Ingle, 5

Angela Riddell, 6

Angelica Mae Felipe, 7

Atik, 8

Onomastic index

Note: The photos included here were provided by each participant. A few of the participants, however, didn’t man-age to send us a photo before the project was finalized, that’s why some entries are missing an image. The differ-ence in relation to the size is due to the resolution.

Onomastic index – 79

Brenda & Daniela Aguilar Juárez, 9

Camila Moura Alves, 10

Camila Parra Alvarado,11

Carmen Estella, 12

Catalina Sandoval, 13

Catarina Ferreira, 22

Chayo Benítez, 15

Chia–Yu Chi, 16

Christina Latz, 17

Christine Heinisch, 18

80 – Onomastic index

Cláudia Pinto, 19

Denise Yumi & Walter Luiz, 20

Daniela Resende, 21

David Toh, 22

Debby Van Hees, Wim & Timo Vermeyen, 23

Diego Farias Rodrigues Magalhães, 24

Donaji Hidalgo, 25

Elizabeth Mariya, 26


Elizabeth Salas Dominguez, 27

Emelie, 28

Emily Almeida, 29

Enya Vermeyen, 30

Feya, 31

Gabriela Barboza, 32

Galih, 33

Helena Limpo, 34

Ilaria Tafuri, 35

Jane Everett, 36

Jeb, 37

Jodie Webster, 38


Juliana Ellen, 39

Júnior Frade, 40

Katharina Aschenbrenner, 41

Katharine Penney, 42

Katlen Priscylla, 43

Kaz, 44

Kirin Ettwin, 45

Lara, 46

Lara Alícia Dardani, 47

Laurel Elizabeth, 48


Linda Jobling, 49

Lindsay Warren, 50

Louisa Holst, 51

Lúcia Fonseca, 51

Maria, 53

Maria Luisa, 54

Maria Nyman, 55

Nadine Burchi, 56

Paola Montealegre, 57

Paula Minhava, 58


Pedro Von Beszedits, 59

Pilar Cabello, 60

Razi, 61

Rita Rocha, 62

Rose M. Silva, 63

Simona Petrucci, 64

Simone Imanishi & Arthur, 65

Sonia Sivewright, 66

Sonya Durneva, 67

Steffi, 68

Suely Kayo, 69

Svetlana, 70

Sydney Júnior, 71


Tanya, 72 Tracy HaHa, 73

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About the organisers

Aline Shinzato: I am a Brazilian stranger who lives in Sao

Paulo. I’ve been a huge Keane fan since 2009, when I first had

the chance to see them live. I’m an art enthusiast, and I’m cur-

rently taking an undergraduate course in Visual Arts. However,

my biggest passion is music, which is the major source of in-

spiration for everything I do.

Since Keane became part of my world, I have lived beauti-

ful and memorable moments along with dear friends from The

Frog Prince Squad. I am thankful to Keane and their wonderful

sound for all the good things they have brought into my life.

Denise Yumi & Walter Luiz: We have fallen in love with

Keane’s music in 2004, after listening to Everybody’s Chang-

ing and Somewhere Only We Know playing on the radio. Since

then our love for this band has only grown and pretty much

everything that involves Keane in our lives equals to memo-

rable moments, happiness and inspiration. We’ve made many

friends who share the same passion for this wonderful band

along the way, especially after joining The Frog Prince Squad

in 2009, which is an amazing bunch of people!

The “world of Keane” has inspired us to do things we’ve

never done before, from recording songs in a studio to writing

a script for a short movie with our friend Aline. Keane’s music

has been the soundtrack of our best years yet and we dare to

say that it’s become part of us, of who we are today.

Other things we love in life are books, movies, travelling,

cats, coffee and playing music for fun. We both work in the

book publishing industry and live in Sao Paulo with our cats.

Postcards from Strangeland

Documents

special obrigado

special strangers

lucky strangers

collaborative project

independent project

aline shinzatobook production

aline shinzatocover

magnificent live concerts