Monday, June 20, 2011

Trapeze Artist. Blue Light and You. With All Good Prudence.

I went for a hour long walk today. I saw fish, squirrels, a variety of birds, a small goat, a baby cow, and neighborhood dogs. It was nice to walk and think. Its always funny the motivation and clear vision you receive on walks, but than it is your task after to make the dream reality. I have such high hopes of being able to tell you about the fish moving in and out of the long grown algae vines. The highest branches of the surrounding trees that the squirrels climbed out on as though trapeze artist. But, I do not have the verbal description to even paint the shades of colors that make each viewing all the more wonderful and magical.

I watched a cinematography documentary. I found it at the library, another testament to the public library and their epic system of “free and free”. In a interview with one of the cinematographers in the documentary he said he shot his entire movie based upon the light in Paris. I have never been to Paris, but he described a blue soft light that fills the exterior atmosphere married to the glowing yellow of the man made artificial lights leaking out of stores, bars, and houses. Among other sources of inspiration was lists of famous painters who carved out mystery long before the camera could do so.

I am being trapped by Jules Verne. He is such a wonderful author, but I feel like I am reading his thoughts at the speed of poured molasses. I love every thought that he has, but I also want to comprehend every thought that he has. I feel as though I need to better understand the principles of basic mineral so I too can kill a animal in the wild and make nitroglycerin from its bodies fat. I just know I am gonna be selected to be on some sort of Apocalypse survival show and I will be given a dead animal as my first challenge in order to save my team who is trapped inside a concrete vault. The last thing I want to do is to be kicked off the show because I didn't read chapter 13 of "Mysterious Island" with all good prudence.

1 comment:

  1. apocolypse survival show. ha. In response to your first paragraph; a book that may help/inspire you with those poet descriptions is Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. It really is worthy of your readership.

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