Good Morning, my Baby,
I'm just getting home. A different schedule today because Pearl's Thursday hair appointment was cancelled cause her stylist is out of town, so we took Kobedoggie to Balboa Park instead. Now I am off until 4:30. I am sorry to see your post about further snowstorms, and though the picture is beautiful, I agree with the sentiment of the photographer : "Enough already". Spring will be here in a week and I hope nature takes the hint. I wish you a nice, warm Springtime and send you good thoughts and energy in that regard.
Your Spring Break will be coming up, and may it coincide with perfect weather.
I'm gonna hang around for a bit and do some tidying up. I'll check in before I head back to Pearl's.
I Love You and I'm thinking about you. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
4:35pm : Hey, Sweet Baby. I'm writing from Pearl's, cause I was running a few minutes late at home. Tonight is movie night, we are gonna see Ray's "Charulata". I think it runs about 2hrs, so I'll be back at 10 or 10:15pm. I hope you are having a nice evening, all schoolwork is going well, etc. I hope you got good results on your film, too. I know you did. :)
Right now I am making some split pea soup. It's just for me, for later. Once I get it to simmer, I will go feed the Black Kitty. The Kobedog will come with me, because he always gets to lick out the can. He loves cat food! I think it's the oil in the food. He always likes to bark at Black Kitty, too. She eats up on top of the shed, and he barks at her to come out, like "Hey Cat! Adam's putting your food out. C'mon out and eat"!
So we'll go do that in just a minute.
I'll be here of course until 6:30, and then I'll see you after the movie. I Love, Love, Love You!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11pm : Listening to Rameau. Tonight's movie was one of the best yet of the Ray series. It's slow (and you've really gotta be able to deal with that in a lot of art cinema), but the payoff is a cumulative effect. "Charulata" is another story about the struggle of women in India, in this case in the late 19th century. In this case, the woman, Charulata, is the wife of a publisher. She is not poor and lives in a luxurious home. But she is constrained by her role as a "wife". In Indian society, women rarely even left the premises of their homes. Her husband is visited by a cousin who is a writer. He befriends Charulata, who discovers that she, too, can write. The husband runs a newspaper - he is only interested in politics, so he is the odd man out.
But the film is so much more than it's plot. Once again, it's in the imagery. Camera placement (pov) is super important to Ray. He may be one of the all time pov directors, who implies the inner thoughts and emotions of a character purely through the angle and motion of his camera. There is also a lot of metaphor in the dialogue, and a lot of it is referenced to Indian culture, so the Western viewer generally will not get the references.........and it's a slow film.
But again, it's a film that has a cumulative effect : the story, the dialogue, the wonderful acting, and especially the imagery and placement of camera, all add up to create a film that sticks with you.
I saw your post earlier, and I see that the Copenhagen program is for Fall semester, so I guess Italy must be for Fall, too. It will be an experience you will always remember!
I will see you in the morning, my Darling. I Love You.
Sweet Dreams.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Triple Love (Guitar)
Good Evening, my Darling,
I'm just getting home. It was an uneventful day, although I did take the Kobester back to O'Melveney Park while Pearl was at the Women's Club. We didn't see any deer this time, but it was a pleasant morning and we had a nice dogwalk. Other than that, just back & forth. I hope your day was good. I am guessing, from your Eve North post (guy at desk, flurry of papers), that maybe you have a lot of homework, or maybe midterms are in progress. Whatever the case, just keep at it. Everything is wonderful - these are great days, I think. Some days are busier than others, but each is a blessing! I am glad because I am coming to the end of a work cycle, and then on Saturday and Sunday I will have two sleep-ins : oh boy! I love sleep-ins!
Tonight, still reading Beatles (I'm halfway through). Maybe take a break and watch an X-Files. Walk at usual time, then back later. I triple-Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11:10pm : Are you gonna take some guitar lessons? Paul sounds like a top-notch guy, a good guy to learn from. I am glad you are still playing your guitar. In hindsight, I wish I had taken some lessons at the beginning, just to learn some chord theory. It would have allowed me to learn the neck a lot quicker. Instead, I learned by trial and error, a much slower process. Chords and inversions are the key to color in songwriting, rather than straight barre chords. The other thing to do with guitar, is to play along to tons of records. You really get a feel for rhythm and phrasing that way.
I love to play, and I hope this condition in my left ring finger will not get too bad, or at least not for many years. Right now, it's pretty good.
So, let's jam!
That would be a blast.
Sweet Dreams, my Angel. I will see you in the morn. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I'm just getting home. It was an uneventful day, although I did take the Kobester back to O'Melveney Park while Pearl was at the Women's Club. We didn't see any deer this time, but it was a pleasant morning and we had a nice dogwalk. Other than that, just back & forth. I hope your day was good. I am guessing, from your Eve North post (guy at desk, flurry of papers), that maybe you have a lot of homework, or maybe midterms are in progress. Whatever the case, just keep at it. Everything is wonderful - these are great days, I think. Some days are busier than others, but each is a blessing! I am glad because I am coming to the end of a work cycle, and then on Saturday and Sunday I will have two sleep-ins : oh boy! I love sleep-ins!
Tonight, still reading Beatles (I'm halfway through). Maybe take a break and watch an X-Files. Walk at usual time, then back later. I triple-Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11:10pm : Are you gonna take some guitar lessons? Paul sounds like a top-notch guy, a good guy to learn from. I am glad you are still playing your guitar. In hindsight, I wish I had taken some lessons at the beginning, just to learn some chord theory. It would have allowed me to learn the neck a lot quicker. Instead, I learned by trial and error, a much slower process. Chords and inversions are the key to color in songwriting, rather than straight barre chords. The other thing to do with guitar, is to play along to tons of records. You really get a feel for rhythm and phrasing that way.
I love to play, and I hope this condition in my left ring finger will not get too bad, or at least not for many years. Right now, it's pretty good.
So, let's jam!
That would be a blast.
Sweet Dreams, my Angel. I will see you in the morn. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Yes Indeed! (TCM) (Your Guide)
Wow! I love those posts, Sweet Baby. That's what I call thinking big, and that's always the way to think, cause that's how intention works. All of those things will happen! It's interesting, reading this book, because each and every one of The Beatles didn't really fit into the scheme of things, in society. Each did poorly in school and was looking at a life of sheer drudgery, low-paying horrible jobs and a dull future.
And yet each guy, even at a young age, knew that wasn't gonna happen to them.
Now, there is no way they could have forseen the unparalleled success that was to come.
But still, even as poor schoolkids in a grim town like Liverpool, they all had that intent, that inner certainty that their lives would be special, and of their own choosing. And then a few years later...........my goodness!
So that's intention for you, and thinking big! What great and beautiful posts, my Darling. You've just made my day!
I Love You, my Darling Elizabeth. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo (hugs and kisses galore!) :):)
(Gonna pick up Pearl at 2pm, then typical Tuesday shed-yule........)
7:20pm : Got home a little while ago. I love "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", as you know, lol, so I got a kick out of his explanation for the idea of the film. It was always thought he based it, like "Psycho", on the gruesome story of Ed Gein. Anyhow, it's one of my very top movies of all-time, and talk about great cinematography! TCM has it in spades. You know, I think I may have read that because they were operating on a miniscule budget, they bought up what are called "short ends" (spare, unused film from bigger reels), and the stuff they bought was expired. Don't know if that's true or not, but the movie has a grainy, sunwashed look that I've never seen in another film. Nowdays it would be considered unprofessional, but it's what gave TCM it's realistic look. That's why the movie caused such an uproar, cause it looks like real life. Horrific real life, to be sure, but real nonetheless. With TCM, only the first one, the original, is legitimate. The sequel, TCM 2, was also directed by Tobe Hooper, and it's pretty good too. But all remakes in recent years are no good. The original's the real deal (but only if you really like horror films). As for camerawork, there is a legendary tracking shot with Leatherface chasing the heroine through the woods, and they must have used at least a hundred yards of track, and probably more like a quarter mile. The camera follows from different vantage points, and they used a telephoto lens to make it look like he was right behind her. It was incredibly scary!
Yeah, I know.......from "Diary Of A Country Priest" to "Texas Chainsaw Massacre". But that's movies for ya! And with me, only the good ones. You'll hear of no Adam Sandler tracking shots, and the like...... ;)
Well, my Supremely Talented and Inspiring Baby, I hope your day was good. I am gonna read a little John, Paul, George and Ringo, then go for my walk and be back at the usual time. I Love You!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
(back in a bit)
11:20pm : This was a great day, and it harkened back to the things we were talking about a year ago, about how the only thing that matters is following your dreams, believing they will come true, and in practical matters just making sure you have enough money to take care of business. If you came to California, I think you would like it. I know you still have school to finish, and of course there would be a plan for a stable transition, and all kinds of ways to smooth the pathway, so to speak. But as far as liking it here, I think you would. And I bring it up because of your post this morn, via Sarah.
In your art, I encourage you to always try to uncover what it is that your subconcious (your soul) is trying to say. There are many subtleties involved, and that's why I am always talking about nuance, as in my mention yesterday of camera angles to convey a feeling. But nuance applies to all facets of art and life. In my life, I look back, and going way back to my earliest memories and feelings, I remember the "little bird" feeling, which I have talked about. That feeling that something was being communicated to me. I have remarked that, perhaps, many or even any human could say this, because we all have an inner voice. But in me, when I look back, it was something different, something specific. Something not inner, but outer. An outside source, like a guide.
It took me years and years and years, but I kept following it, even though it was vague in my youth. In my 30s it became clearer, and in my 40s, definite. I can't say I "know why I'm here" (the ultimate philosophical question), but after all this time I do know what I want to say. And so that is my study, that is my art.
It will become important at some point. For people like you and I, we sometimes have to wait for the world to catch up. But we must still stand by our guide, that is guiding us to our art. Imagine knowing something incredible is buried in a certain spot. You don't know exactly what it is, but you know it's down there.
So you keep digging.
I loved Matthew Maconaughey's speech at the Oscars because he talked about gratitude and how it pays back exponentially, and I have found that to be true.
When you have something important inside you, and you don't know exactly what it is, but you have a hunch, you know you need to keep digging for it. And so you are taking it on faith that it will be revealed to you. And so, you feel gratitude for that, and you express it........and you are provided with the means and opportunities to keep digging.
This is what I mean when I say "life is magic", and "life is huge". Those statements can apply to all kinds of other experiences, too, but most of all they apply to your raison d'etre.
I encourage you to look back on how your life has changed, just in the past couple years. You may or may not notice big changes, but I'll bet you notice a lot of little ones.
That is your guide at work. Keep following it.
I Love You, my Angel. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Sweet Dreams, and I will see you in the morn.........
And yet each guy, even at a young age, knew that wasn't gonna happen to them.
Now, there is no way they could have forseen the unparalleled success that was to come.
But still, even as poor schoolkids in a grim town like Liverpool, they all had that intent, that inner certainty that their lives would be special, and of their own choosing. And then a few years later...........my goodness!
So that's intention for you, and thinking big! What great and beautiful posts, my Darling. You've just made my day!
I Love You, my Darling Elizabeth. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo (hugs and kisses galore!) :):)
(Gonna pick up Pearl at 2pm, then typical Tuesday shed-yule........)
7:20pm : Got home a little while ago. I love "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", as you know, lol, so I got a kick out of his explanation for the idea of the film. It was always thought he based it, like "Psycho", on the gruesome story of Ed Gein. Anyhow, it's one of my very top movies of all-time, and talk about great cinematography! TCM has it in spades. You know, I think I may have read that because they were operating on a miniscule budget, they bought up what are called "short ends" (spare, unused film from bigger reels), and the stuff they bought was expired. Don't know if that's true or not, but the movie has a grainy, sunwashed look that I've never seen in another film. Nowdays it would be considered unprofessional, but it's what gave TCM it's realistic look. That's why the movie caused such an uproar, cause it looks like real life. Horrific real life, to be sure, but real nonetheless. With TCM, only the first one, the original, is legitimate. The sequel, TCM 2, was also directed by Tobe Hooper, and it's pretty good too. But all remakes in recent years are no good. The original's the real deal (but only if you really like horror films). As for camerawork, there is a legendary tracking shot with Leatherface chasing the heroine through the woods, and they must have used at least a hundred yards of track, and probably more like a quarter mile. The camera follows from different vantage points, and they used a telephoto lens to make it look like he was right behind her. It was incredibly scary!
Yeah, I know.......from "Diary Of A Country Priest" to "Texas Chainsaw Massacre". But that's movies for ya! And with me, only the good ones. You'll hear of no Adam Sandler tracking shots, and the like...... ;)
Well, my Supremely Talented and Inspiring Baby, I hope your day was good. I am gonna read a little John, Paul, George and Ringo, then go for my walk and be back at the usual time. I Love You!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
(back in a bit)
11:20pm : This was a great day, and it harkened back to the things we were talking about a year ago, about how the only thing that matters is following your dreams, believing they will come true, and in practical matters just making sure you have enough money to take care of business. If you came to California, I think you would like it. I know you still have school to finish, and of course there would be a plan for a stable transition, and all kinds of ways to smooth the pathway, so to speak. But as far as liking it here, I think you would. And I bring it up because of your post this morn, via Sarah.
In your art, I encourage you to always try to uncover what it is that your subconcious (your soul) is trying to say. There are many subtleties involved, and that's why I am always talking about nuance, as in my mention yesterday of camera angles to convey a feeling. But nuance applies to all facets of art and life. In my life, I look back, and going way back to my earliest memories and feelings, I remember the "little bird" feeling, which I have talked about. That feeling that something was being communicated to me. I have remarked that, perhaps, many or even any human could say this, because we all have an inner voice. But in me, when I look back, it was something different, something specific. Something not inner, but outer. An outside source, like a guide.
It took me years and years and years, but I kept following it, even though it was vague in my youth. In my 30s it became clearer, and in my 40s, definite. I can't say I "know why I'm here" (the ultimate philosophical question), but after all this time I do know what I want to say. And so that is my study, that is my art.
It will become important at some point. For people like you and I, we sometimes have to wait for the world to catch up. But we must still stand by our guide, that is guiding us to our art. Imagine knowing something incredible is buried in a certain spot. You don't know exactly what it is, but you know it's down there.
So you keep digging.
I loved Matthew Maconaughey's speech at the Oscars because he talked about gratitude and how it pays back exponentially, and I have found that to be true.
When you have something important inside you, and you don't know exactly what it is, but you have a hunch, you know you need to keep digging for it. And so you are taking it on faith that it will be revealed to you. And so, you feel gratitude for that, and you express it........and you are provided with the means and opportunities to keep digging.
This is what I mean when I say "life is magic", and "life is huge". Those statements can apply to all kinds of other experiences, too, but most of all they apply to your raison d'etre.
I encourage you to look back on how your life has changed, just in the past couple years. You may or may not notice big changes, but I'll bet you notice a lot of little ones.
That is your guide at work. Keep following it.
I Love You, my Angel. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Sweet Dreams, and I will see you in the morn.........
Monday, March 10, 2014
Wonderful (A Boy And A Girl) (cinema)
Good Morning, my Beautiful Angel,
I took a short nap when I got home, still adjusting to the time change. Now I'm doing dishes & vacuuming. I love your post this morning, and I see that the weather in Middleton has come up quite a bit, and that makes me happy. One day, before too long, we will enjoy beautiful days together, in the sun, amongst trees with birds chirping in them, walking along hand in hand.
I'm off until 4:15, so I'm gonna finish cleaning, then maybe wander over to the Botanical Garden for a little bit, just to see what's blooming.
I'm basically around most of the day, a little bit here, a little bit there, and always close by.
I Love You, Elizabeth, and it's a wonderful feeling! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
10pm : Good Evening, my Love. I just got back from my walk a few minutes ago. Been reading my Beatles book all evening, and at this pace I'll be able to finish it in the three allotted weeks before I have to return it. I saw your Eric Whitacre post and loved it. Now, are the lyrics for "A Boy And A Girl" also from an Octavio Paz poem? He kind of alludes to that in his comment in the post. I am not a poetry expert but I know enough to know that Paz was a great poet and writer. Wow, now I am impressed all over again!
Set to Whitacre's music, those words combine to form an incredible piece, which as you know had quite an effect on a certain person with the initials JAL.........
I will post this now, and then I'll be back in a few minutes. I Love You So Much, my Girl.
Love, your Boy. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11pm : I've been thinking about cinematography, and a recent effort I was really impressed by was "Prisoners" by Roger Deakins, which was just nominated for an Oscar, and I think it says something about the artistry of his work in that film, which was as grim as can be. I mean, the film itself is horrific, and I liked it but not everyone would, and it certainly is not for the squeamish. Films like "Prisoners" do not often wind up with Academy Award nominations, but the look of this film was just fantastic, and I noticed it right away, and the voters must have agreed, even if it didn't win. Nowdays, the technical level of cinematography is so high, and the technology and budgets available permit all kinds of camera movement, massive crane shots, drone shots, big sweeping 360 dolly shots, just all kinds of stuff, and it's also often enhanced by CGI and other computerised enhancement. Every summer blockbuster is an example of this, and even on films like the "Batman" series, the reliance on tech shots is so constant, that you kind of go "ho hum" after a while.
That's why you see all these critics describing movies as "a ride", as in : "A Hell Of A Thrill Ride"!
It gets to the point where you don't notice it anymore, and so, when you see a job like the one Deakins did on "Prisoners", you do notice, because there is a look, an artistry.
It's a gruesome film, just brutal, so I can't recommend it if you have difficulty with that stuff, and many do. But, for me, I really took notice of it's look, not something I automatically do nowdays.
Most of my favorites are from older films, and I will try to mention them when I think of them. Right off the bat, I will mention the films of Michaelangelo Antonioni as having some of the greatest camerawork I've seen, and especially in a film called "L 'Avventura", where every shot looks like a composed still photograph.
Another favorite is "Taxi Driver", which I think is Michael Chapman, not otherwise distinguished, but he captured the realism of the streets of New York, especially at night, and used an effect like having the streets wetted down before every shot so that the cornucopia of neon lights would be reflected and add even more to the color of the street scene.
These are just off the top of my head, from thousands of movies.
Of course, a great one is Terrence Malick's "Days Of Heaven", with it's famous wheat field shots.
Another favorite of mine (and one of my top ten films) is "Diary Of A Country Priest" by director Robert Bresson, an incredible filmmaker. I don't know the cinematographer, but you can Google it. Anyhow, the look (black and white) is somewhat grainy, with straightforward camera technique. Many mid-level or even low shots looking up at the Priest in question, who is slowly self destructing. It is interesting to pay attention to camera angles, and how they enhance or "direct" a scene. An angle affects the viewer's emotional connection to the scene, to a character. There is no grand cinematic style in a film like "Country Priest", and yet, the look of the depressed French countryside in that film is something you will never forget. The close-ups on the Priest, the shots of him doing something as simple as parking his bicycle, are considered with the utmost artistry. It's a naturalistic approach, and it's intuitive. Robert Bresson obviously knew his technical stuff, which he demonstrated in many other films. He developed a camera style where he would have his cinematographer show you only a segment of an image. For instance, if a man was riding away on a horse, you'd see a quadrant of the image. You'd see the right-front leg of the horse, and the bottom of the man's leg in the stirrup, and you'd see the motion of the galloping horse. It became a unique style for him, used in several films. But in "Diary Of A Country Priest", he and his cameraman truly transport you to the French countryside, in a way in which you don't notice, because the camera is not obtrusive.
So again, out of thousands of films, these are just a few "off the top", and if I were to come up with a list, there would be all kinds of films on there, in every style from every era. These are just a few I was thinking of as I wrote.
So I will see you in the morning, and you know that I triple Love You (love, love, love).
Yes I do. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I took a short nap when I got home, still adjusting to the time change. Now I'm doing dishes & vacuuming. I love your post this morning, and I see that the weather in Middleton has come up quite a bit, and that makes me happy. One day, before too long, we will enjoy beautiful days together, in the sun, amongst trees with birds chirping in them, walking along hand in hand.
I'm off until 4:15, so I'm gonna finish cleaning, then maybe wander over to the Botanical Garden for a little bit, just to see what's blooming.
I'm basically around most of the day, a little bit here, a little bit there, and always close by.
I Love You, Elizabeth, and it's a wonderful feeling! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
10pm : Good Evening, my Love. I just got back from my walk a few minutes ago. Been reading my Beatles book all evening, and at this pace I'll be able to finish it in the three allotted weeks before I have to return it. I saw your Eric Whitacre post and loved it. Now, are the lyrics for "A Boy And A Girl" also from an Octavio Paz poem? He kind of alludes to that in his comment in the post. I am not a poetry expert but I know enough to know that Paz was a great poet and writer. Wow, now I am impressed all over again!
Set to Whitacre's music, those words combine to form an incredible piece, which as you know had quite an effect on a certain person with the initials JAL.........
I will post this now, and then I'll be back in a few minutes. I Love You So Much, my Girl.
Love, your Boy. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11pm : I've been thinking about cinematography, and a recent effort I was really impressed by was "Prisoners" by Roger Deakins, which was just nominated for an Oscar, and I think it says something about the artistry of his work in that film, which was as grim as can be. I mean, the film itself is horrific, and I liked it but not everyone would, and it certainly is not for the squeamish. Films like "Prisoners" do not often wind up with Academy Award nominations, but the look of this film was just fantastic, and I noticed it right away, and the voters must have agreed, even if it didn't win. Nowdays, the technical level of cinematography is so high, and the technology and budgets available permit all kinds of camera movement, massive crane shots, drone shots, big sweeping 360 dolly shots, just all kinds of stuff, and it's also often enhanced by CGI and other computerised enhancement. Every summer blockbuster is an example of this, and even on films like the "Batman" series, the reliance on tech shots is so constant, that you kind of go "ho hum" after a while.
That's why you see all these critics describing movies as "a ride", as in : "A Hell Of A Thrill Ride"!
It gets to the point where you don't notice it anymore, and so, when you see a job like the one Deakins did on "Prisoners", you do notice, because there is a look, an artistry.
It's a gruesome film, just brutal, so I can't recommend it if you have difficulty with that stuff, and many do. But, for me, I really took notice of it's look, not something I automatically do nowdays.
Most of my favorites are from older films, and I will try to mention them when I think of them. Right off the bat, I will mention the films of Michaelangelo Antonioni as having some of the greatest camerawork I've seen, and especially in a film called "L 'Avventura", where every shot looks like a composed still photograph.
Another favorite is "Taxi Driver", which I think is Michael Chapman, not otherwise distinguished, but he captured the realism of the streets of New York, especially at night, and used an effect like having the streets wetted down before every shot so that the cornucopia of neon lights would be reflected and add even more to the color of the street scene.
These are just off the top of my head, from thousands of movies.
Of course, a great one is Terrence Malick's "Days Of Heaven", with it's famous wheat field shots.
Another favorite of mine (and one of my top ten films) is "Diary Of A Country Priest" by director Robert Bresson, an incredible filmmaker. I don't know the cinematographer, but you can Google it. Anyhow, the look (black and white) is somewhat grainy, with straightforward camera technique. Many mid-level or even low shots looking up at the Priest in question, who is slowly self destructing. It is interesting to pay attention to camera angles, and how they enhance or "direct" a scene. An angle affects the viewer's emotional connection to the scene, to a character. There is no grand cinematic style in a film like "Country Priest", and yet, the look of the depressed French countryside in that film is something you will never forget. The close-ups on the Priest, the shots of him doing something as simple as parking his bicycle, are considered with the utmost artistry. It's a naturalistic approach, and it's intuitive. Robert Bresson obviously knew his technical stuff, which he demonstrated in many other films. He developed a camera style where he would have his cinematographer show you only a segment of an image. For instance, if a man was riding away on a horse, you'd see a quadrant of the image. You'd see the right-front leg of the horse, and the bottom of the man's leg in the stirrup, and you'd see the motion of the galloping horse. It became a unique style for him, used in several films. But in "Diary Of A Country Priest", he and his cameraman truly transport you to the French countryside, in a way in which you don't notice, because the camera is not obtrusive.
So again, out of thousands of films, these are just a few "off the top", and if I were to come up with a list, there would be all kinds of films on there, in every style from every era. These are just a few I was thinking of as I wrote.
So I will see you in the morning, and you know that I triple Love You (love, love, love).
Yes I do. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Sunday Evening Love (missed it) (science and myth)
Good Evening, my Darling,
I'm home from Pearl's. Today was typical Sunday stuff, with Kobedog/CSUN, doing laundry, et al. I figure you've been working on your film all day. Did you have to complete it over the weekend? I only ask because my brother's best friend once had to do just that - complete a student film over a weekend. They shot it at out house, and I remember how hectic it was. People were napping on couches then getting up to shoot again, making use of every available hour they had. I don't know if your shoot is like that, or on a short timetable, but I bet you're having fun! And, I bet it's coming out great, too.
I'm just getting home so I'm gonna chill for a few minutes. I wanna watch the first episode of the new "Cosmos" at 9pm. I'm interested to see how it compares/updates the original. I'm a little concerned about the Seth McFarlane aspect, but I don't think Ann Druyan or Dr. Tyson would have agreed to do it if he was gonna snark it up or make it "cute". It should be pretty good.
I'll be back at the usual time to write more. I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
10:10pm : Doggone it. I didn't get to see the show. I may have mentioned this before, but I don't have cable TV. Because I don't watch a lot of television, I've just never felt the need to spring for cable. Most everything I do watch is on a disc. Consequently, my TV is not hooked up to the cable system in this building, and so my reception can be strong or weak at any given time. That's a problem with digital tv versus the old analog signal. Digital is fine just so long as you are hooked up to cable, whereas an analog signal didn't produce as pristine a picture, but at least you could always adjust your antenna to get something, even with the worst signal.
Long story short, Fox, which is one of the channels I can usually count on, was not working tonight. That sucks, so I am hoping they might have an online rebroadcast every week. Otherwise I'll just have to keep trying each Sunday, or watch the whole thing on dvd in a couple months.
Did you watch? I will try again next week and look for an online version in the meantime.
(back in a few)
11:05pm : Listening to Sonny Boy Bach (CPE), who just had his 300th birthday. His is the closest of the several Bach boys to his Dad's music, and he stands as a great composer in his own right.
It's interesting that right now I am reading Joe's book "The Cosmic War", which engages in what he calls "high octane speculation" about what created the asteroid belt. The speculation mixes mythology into the picture, ancient stories of Wars Of The Gods, multiple and similar catastrophe scenarios from various ancient cultures. In an aside, I was just thinking about that word the other day "cat-astro-phe". I haven't looked up the word origin on that one, but I will. I saw one neat thing in a "Cosmos" promotional vid that I found on the Fox website, and it was a CGI of a large asteroid or planetary body crashing into and burying itself in a larger planet. I hope they get into scenarios like this, the tremendous physical forces that were at play before the solar system "settled down".
There are fascinating anomalies to be talked about, like the "mascons" on the Moon, located beneath the Mares (seas). Mascons are the nickname for areas of "mass concentration" (density) of matter that produces vast fluctuations in gravity. I am pretty sure we have nothing like that on Earth, though there are supposedly a few places (never seen any footage of 'em myself) where a car can be "pulled" uphill by a gravitational anomaly. But on the Moon, it's a demonstrated fact, by NASA. The question is, what causes them? And it could be smaller bodies that have impacted and buried themselves in a larger body. The famed catastrophist Velikovsky theorised that Venus had been a comet that wandered into the solar system and was captured by gravities of neighboring planets. That's why it's atmosphere is still so hot and noxious.
It is also interesting to consider how mass quantities of water come to be on a planet. Mars evidently had enormous quantities of water at some point. There are channels which demonstrate that. Now it is barren. Where does the water go, and is it possible for an enormous quantity of water to be transferred to another planet, as in a monumental "splash effect"? If there were a collision between two bodies, a massive collision, would all the water be splashed away? And could this be the source of the many Flood Myths of antiquity. It is important to consider that we have only a brief recorded history, meaning things that have been written down. That only goes back 5-6000 years, really not long at all. If you thought of time as dollars, and you say "one dollar, two dollars, three dollars".......well, then you see that six thousand "dollars" (years) really isn't very long, and yet that's all the written history we've got!
And yet, there are myths : tales of incredible happenings, monumental happenings, that go back into what is called "high antiquity", a time so remote that no one can recall exactly when it was. And the only way these myths were preserved was through oral tradition. And yet, they were deemed important enough to continue to be passed down.........so, I am interested in the combining of studies : science and myth.
Well, that's all I know for tonight. I Love You, my Angel, and I will see you in the morn.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I'm home from Pearl's. Today was typical Sunday stuff, with Kobedog/CSUN, doing laundry, et al. I figure you've been working on your film all day. Did you have to complete it over the weekend? I only ask because my brother's best friend once had to do just that - complete a student film over a weekend. They shot it at out house, and I remember how hectic it was. People were napping on couches then getting up to shoot again, making use of every available hour they had. I don't know if your shoot is like that, or on a short timetable, but I bet you're having fun! And, I bet it's coming out great, too.
I'm just getting home so I'm gonna chill for a few minutes. I wanna watch the first episode of the new "Cosmos" at 9pm. I'm interested to see how it compares/updates the original. I'm a little concerned about the Seth McFarlane aspect, but I don't think Ann Druyan or Dr. Tyson would have agreed to do it if he was gonna snark it up or make it "cute". It should be pretty good.
I'll be back at the usual time to write more. I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
10:10pm : Doggone it. I didn't get to see the show. I may have mentioned this before, but I don't have cable TV. Because I don't watch a lot of television, I've just never felt the need to spring for cable. Most everything I do watch is on a disc. Consequently, my TV is not hooked up to the cable system in this building, and so my reception can be strong or weak at any given time. That's a problem with digital tv versus the old analog signal. Digital is fine just so long as you are hooked up to cable, whereas an analog signal didn't produce as pristine a picture, but at least you could always adjust your antenna to get something, even with the worst signal.
Long story short, Fox, which is one of the channels I can usually count on, was not working tonight. That sucks, so I am hoping they might have an online rebroadcast every week. Otherwise I'll just have to keep trying each Sunday, or watch the whole thing on dvd in a couple months.
Did you watch? I will try again next week and look for an online version in the meantime.
(back in a few)
11:05pm : Listening to Sonny Boy Bach (CPE), who just had his 300th birthday. His is the closest of the several Bach boys to his Dad's music, and he stands as a great composer in his own right.
It's interesting that right now I am reading Joe's book "The Cosmic War", which engages in what he calls "high octane speculation" about what created the asteroid belt. The speculation mixes mythology into the picture, ancient stories of Wars Of The Gods, multiple and similar catastrophe scenarios from various ancient cultures. In an aside, I was just thinking about that word the other day "cat-astro-phe". I haven't looked up the word origin on that one, but I will. I saw one neat thing in a "Cosmos" promotional vid that I found on the Fox website, and it was a CGI of a large asteroid or planetary body crashing into and burying itself in a larger planet. I hope they get into scenarios like this, the tremendous physical forces that were at play before the solar system "settled down".
There are fascinating anomalies to be talked about, like the "mascons" on the Moon, located beneath the Mares (seas). Mascons are the nickname for areas of "mass concentration" (density) of matter that produces vast fluctuations in gravity. I am pretty sure we have nothing like that on Earth, though there are supposedly a few places (never seen any footage of 'em myself) where a car can be "pulled" uphill by a gravitational anomaly. But on the Moon, it's a demonstrated fact, by NASA. The question is, what causes them? And it could be smaller bodies that have impacted and buried themselves in a larger body. The famed catastrophist Velikovsky theorised that Venus had been a comet that wandered into the solar system and was captured by gravities of neighboring planets. That's why it's atmosphere is still so hot and noxious.
It is also interesting to consider how mass quantities of water come to be on a planet. Mars evidently had enormous quantities of water at some point. There are channels which demonstrate that. Now it is barren. Where does the water go, and is it possible for an enormous quantity of water to be transferred to another planet, as in a monumental "splash effect"? If there were a collision between two bodies, a massive collision, would all the water be splashed away? And could this be the source of the many Flood Myths of antiquity. It is important to consider that we have only a brief recorded history, meaning things that have been written down. That only goes back 5-6000 years, really not long at all. If you thought of time as dollars, and you say "one dollar, two dollars, three dollars".......well, then you see that six thousand "dollars" (years) really isn't very long, and yet that's all the written history we've got!
And yet, there are myths : tales of incredible happenings, monumental happenings, that go back into what is called "high antiquity", a time so remote that no one can recall exactly when it was. And the only way these myths were preserved was through oral tradition. And yet, they were deemed important enough to continue to be passed down.........so, I am interested in the combining of studies : science and myth.
Well, that's all I know for tonight. I Love You, my Angel, and I will see you in the morn.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Saturday, March 8, 2014
We're Going! (Love It!) (spring forward)
Good Morning, Aphrodite!,
Yep, a trip to Britain is definitely on the agenda. :):) It's fascinating, in this book, to read of how rock n' roll just exploded over there, beginning with something called "skiffle", which was a shuffle-style of rhythm-and-blues taken from American black music. But in the book, the guy pins down the timeframe week by week of how it all happened, and how the "skiffle" hits of a singer named Lonnie Donegan inspired so many thousands of British boys to buy guitars. Among them were John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who were also influenced by Elvis and Little Richard.
But what the Brits had that the Americans did not, was centuries of ingrained melodic development, and so when they began writing their own songs, there was this huge melodic element combined with the structure and beat of the American sound. So, it took the English to really turn rock n' roll into the cultural force it became, and it all started in a few specific weeks because of a few specific songs on the BBC.
When you see the pictures of these neighborhoods in Liverpool, or even the poor parts of London, they really are run down and grim looking, so wanting to visit there would be like saying, "Hey! Let's go on vacation to Pittsburgh and see the steel mills"!
The difference is that Liverpool was home to The Beatles, and to see the locations where it all happened would be incredible. And of course London has always been one of my most intended destinations. And the Shakespearian countryside of thatched houses and small forests.
Yep. So we're going!
Well, my sister just called and she is coming over for Saturday shopping. Gotta buy a ton of stuff cause I'm out of everything. I imagine you are working on your video, and if so, I hope it's coming along as you want it to. I'll be back here around 2pm or so, and then home until 4:15, and regular schedule ( or "shed"ule, as the Brits would say!) for the rest of the day.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
6:50pm : I'm home. Hey Creative Lady!, I love the title of your film. :) I saw it because Brian tagged you in a post. What a great idea, and you know how much I love books myself, so I am an instant fan, even before your film is finished! You already get an A+ on it, in my book. ;)
I'm trying to adjust already for the loss of an hour tonight, so I may go on my walk a little earlier. I'm just getting home so I'll see how I feel in a few minutes. You might still be working on the movie. In any case, I'll be back to write more, around the usual time but maybe a few minutes earlier cause of the time change.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
(back in a bit)
11:05pm : It's hard for me to adjust to this end of daylight savings, so here I am back at the usual time. I just am not, never have been and never will be an "early-to-bed, early-to-rise" type, Benjamin Franklin be damned, lol. I become energized by the quiet of the evening, so any effort to go to bed early is doomed to fail. So, I'll catch up tomorrow with a nap.
I hope you had fun today with your film, as well as success, and I imagine you are probably still working on it tomorrow. Once you are in that mode you are highly focused (no pun), and it's like when an actor stays in character : you are in The Zone and will get every shot down exactly as you have envisioned it. I did not know you were in a cinema class, but that is fantastic, Elizabeth. You are a natural for film.
Now the days will get longer and the evenings will stretch out......into days and weeks of Spring and Summer. Pockets of light, of different angles, colors and qualities.
I know we'll both be looking for them.
I'll see you in the morn (gonna program my brain as alarm clock so as not to oversleep!)......
I Love You, my Darling. Sweet Dreams.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Yep, a trip to Britain is definitely on the agenda. :):) It's fascinating, in this book, to read of how rock n' roll just exploded over there, beginning with something called "skiffle", which was a shuffle-style of rhythm-and-blues taken from American black music. But in the book, the guy pins down the timeframe week by week of how it all happened, and how the "skiffle" hits of a singer named Lonnie Donegan inspired so many thousands of British boys to buy guitars. Among them were John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who were also influenced by Elvis and Little Richard.
But what the Brits had that the Americans did not, was centuries of ingrained melodic development, and so when they began writing their own songs, there was this huge melodic element combined with the structure and beat of the American sound. So, it took the English to really turn rock n' roll into the cultural force it became, and it all started in a few specific weeks because of a few specific songs on the BBC.
When you see the pictures of these neighborhoods in Liverpool, or even the poor parts of London, they really are run down and grim looking, so wanting to visit there would be like saying, "Hey! Let's go on vacation to Pittsburgh and see the steel mills"!
The difference is that Liverpool was home to The Beatles, and to see the locations where it all happened would be incredible. And of course London has always been one of my most intended destinations. And the Shakespearian countryside of thatched houses and small forests.
Yep. So we're going!
Well, my sister just called and she is coming over for Saturday shopping. Gotta buy a ton of stuff cause I'm out of everything. I imagine you are working on your video, and if so, I hope it's coming along as you want it to. I'll be back here around 2pm or so, and then home until 4:15, and regular schedule ( or "shed"ule, as the Brits would say!) for the rest of the day.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
6:50pm : I'm home. Hey Creative Lady!, I love the title of your film. :) I saw it because Brian tagged you in a post. What a great idea, and you know how much I love books myself, so I am an instant fan, even before your film is finished! You already get an A+ on it, in my book. ;)
I'm trying to adjust already for the loss of an hour tonight, so I may go on my walk a little earlier. I'm just getting home so I'll see how I feel in a few minutes. You might still be working on the movie. In any case, I'll be back to write more, around the usual time but maybe a few minutes earlier cause of the time change.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
(back in a bit)
11:05pm : It's hard for me to adjust to this end of daylight savings, so here I am back at the usual time. I just am not, never have been and never will be an "early-to-bed, early-to-rise" type, Benjamin Franklin be damned, lol. I become energized by the quiet of the evening, so any effort to go to bed early is doomed to fail. So, I'll catch up tomorrow with a nap.
I hope you had fun today with your film, as well as success, and I imagine you are probably still working on it tomorrow. Once you are in that mode you are highly focused (no pun), and it's like when an actor stays in character : you are in The Zone and will get every shot down exactly as you have envisioned it. I did not know you were in a cinema class, but that is fantastic, Elizabeth. You are a natural for film.
Now the days will get longer and the evenings will stretch out......into days and weeks of Spring and Summer. Pockets of light, of different angles, colors and qualities.
I know we'll both be looking for them.
I'll see you in the morn (gonna program my brain as alarm clock so as not to oversleep!)......
I Love You, my Darling. Sweet Dreams.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Italy? (Madison) (movies)
Good Morning, my Baby,
I saw your post a little while ago. So, are you going to Florence? I thought it was later in the year, like Summer. But then I see you took the post down, so I don't know if you are going soon, or when. Because you took it down, I thought you might have meant it in a "Murrica" kinda way, cause you also had the post yesterday about the man and his son.......anyhow, I guess I don't know how you meant it, but if you are going to Italy in the immediate future, please let me know. I know it's going to be a great experience for you.
It's Thursday, so that means hair salon. I'll be here right now until 11am, then back and forth until about 2pm.
I Love You and support you in all ways, all the time.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
(back in a bit)
11:45am : I saw your post (Brian's) a little while ago, and I am guessing that it means you are "living in" Madison/Middleton for the time being and therefore not immediately going to Florence. Is that a correct interpretation? I will guess yes for now. Other than that, I hope everything is good. I know you are going to the DSLR seminar this evening, and I hope you pick up a lot of good info. I will be going to movie night at CSUN, missed it last week due to the KX concert, so I gotta check and see what the film is. I'll check in before I go.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
5:30pm : I'm writing from Pearl's to say hi. Tonight's movie is Ray's "The Big City". It runs about two hours, so with the pre-film lecture and any bonus footage, I should be home at the usual time, maybe 10:15 at the latest. I hope you've enjoyed your seminar, and I will see you in a little while......
11:25pm : The movie didn't let out until 10:10pm, it was closer to 2 1/2 hours than what it says at IMDB, but it was really good. Ray's stories are all about the changes going on in Indian society in the early-to-mid 20th century, and this one is about the struggle for women to be accepted as equals in a rapidly modernizing "big city" (the title) where two incomes are required to adequately take care of a family. The old way is for women to stay home and men to work (same old story, right?), and in this film, a young wife decides to get a job to help supplement the income of her struggling husband. Soon she is outearning him. With Ray, it's all in the directness of the story, the dialogue is simple and there are no catches nor subtexts. It's pure story, told more by the expressiveness of the actors and the way they are situated in a scene, than by plot or dialogue.
On another note, I was really sorry to read (via my brother's post) that Deluxe Laboratories in Hollywood will be closing it's doors for good on May 9th. So much history and memories connected with that lab. I only worked there briefly in 1999/2000, but Dad was there for years, first when it merged with a smaller lab called General Film, and for a while it was called Deluxe/General. In 1967, Dad spent a Summer in New York, helping to set up the Deluxe lab there. He moved over to Metrocolor in 1970 after the "Hello Dolly" fiasco (I think I've mentioned that one), and I worked at Metro mostly, in my stint as a lab worker. And that was a great lab, but Deluxe was legendary. Most movies have either been processed at Technicolor or Deluxe for 100 years. Metro was #3, and some thought they had the most natural looking colors of all the labs. Technicolor was great, if lurid. But if you look at Deluxe color from the 1960s, it's pretty spectacular. Bright and crisp, without looking oversaturated. Anyhow, it's old family history and memories, but I sure am sorry to see it close. Glad I got a chance to work there, just for a short while.
I will see you in the morn. I Love You, my Angel. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I saw your post a little while ago. So, are you going to Florence? I thought it was later in the year, like Summer. But then I see you took the post down, so I don't know if you are going soon, or when. Because you took it down, I thought you might have meant it in a "Murrica" kinda way, cause you also had the post yesterday about the man and his son.......anyhow, I guess I don't know how you meant it, but if you are going to Italy in the immediate future, please let me know. I know it's going to be a great experience for you.
It's Thursday, so that means hair salon. I'll be here right now until 11am, then back and forth until about 2pm.
I Love You and support you in all ways, all the time.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
(back in a bit)
11:45am : I saw your post (Brian's) a little while ago, and I am guessing that it means you are "living in" Madison/Middleton for the time being and therefore not immediately going to Florence. Is that a correct interpretation? I will guess yes for now. Other than that, I hope everything is good. I know you are going to the DSLR seminar this evening, and I hope you pick up a lot of good info. I will be going to movie night at CSUN, missed it last week due to the KX concert, so I gotta check and see what the film is. I'll check in before I go.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
5:30pm : I'm writing from Pearl's to say hi. Tonight's movie is Ray's "The Big City". It runs about two hours, so with the pre-film lecture and any bonus footage, I should be home at the usual time, maybe 10:15 at the latest. I hope you've enjoyed your seminar, and I will see you in a little while......
11:25pm : The movie didn't let out until 10:10pm, it was closer to 2 1/2 hours than what it says at IMDB, but it was really good. Ray's stories are all about the changes going on in Indian society in the early-to-mid 20th century, and this one is about the struggle for women to be accepted as equals in a rapidly modernizing "big city" (the title) where two incomes are required to adequately take care of a family. The old way is for women to stay home and men to work (same old story, right?), and in this film, a young wife decides to get a job to help supplement the income of her struggling husband. Soon she is outearning him. With Ray, it's all in the directness of the story, the dialogue is simple and there are no catches nor subtexts. It's pure story, told more by the expressiveness of the actors and the way they are situated in a scene, than by plot or dialogue.
On another note, I was really sorry to read (via my brother's post) that Deluxe Laboratories in Hollywood will be closing it's doors for good on May 9th. So much history and memories connected with that lab. I only worked there briefly in 1999/2000, but Dad was there for years, first when it merged with a smaller lab called General Film, and for a while it was called Deluxe/General. In 1967, Dad spent a Summer in New York, helping to set up the Deluxe lab there. He moved over to Metrocolor in 1970 after the "Hello Dolly" fiasco (I think I've mentioned that one), and I worked at Metro mostly, in my stint as a lab worker. And that was a great lab, but Deluxe was legendary. Most movies have either been processed at Technicolor or Deluxe for 100 years. Metro was #3, and some thought they had the most natural looking colors of all the labs. Technicolor was great, if lurid. But if you look at Deluxe color from the 1960s, it's pretty spectacular. Bright and crisp, without looking oversaturated. Anyhow, it's old family history and memories, but I sure am sorry to see it close. Glad I got a chance to work there, just for a short while.
I will see you in the morn. I Love You, my Angel. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
My Deer (I mean "Dear") (just reading)
Happy Wednesday, my Darling,
I just wanted to tell you that me and the Kobedog did go to O'Melveny Park this morn, and as you may have seen on FB, we saw a deer. Three of them, actually. A lady walking by pointed them out, or I'd have passed right by them. O'Melveny is one of the biggest parks in Los Angeles, and the Valley's biggest, and it sits right up against the mountains at the northern edge of the Valley, so they do have some wildlife. Mountain lions, according to the signs, and also rattlesnakes. I've never seen either of those guys, and I'd never seen a deer there, either, but there they were, going through a trash can. I tried to get more photos using my newly discovered digital zoom feature, but Kobedoggie kept pulling at his leash, causing the camera to jiggle. But at least I got the one pic.
I hope you are enjoying your afternoon. I am gonna go pick Pearl up from Reseda Women's Club in a few minutes, and then Grimsley wants me to help him sell his car by taking a pic for Craigslist. So I'll be in and out for a while, and then around for the rest of the day beginning at 4:30.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11:20pm : Listening to various organ pieces. Nothing major this evening, just been reading my Beatles book. It's so full of detail, and I am at the beginning of the story which takes place in postwar England, in Liverpool, which was a pretty grim place. But reading the book makes you want to visit, in kind of the same way that a person who reads Charles Dickens might want to visit the former sites of his grim but wonderful stories.
Other than that, and the deer sighting, it was an ordinary day, just back and forth. I hope the rest of your day was good, and that your video project is coming along.
I will see you in the morn. I Love You, my Angel.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I just wanted to tell you that me and the Kobedog did go to O'Melveny Park this morn, and as you may have seen on FB, we saw a deer. Three of them, actually. A lady walking by pointed them out, or I'd have passed right by them. O'Melveny is one of the biggest parks in Los Angeles, and the Valley's biggest, and it sits right up against the mountains at the northern edge of the Valley, so they do have some wildlife. Mountain lions, according to the signs, and also rattlesnakes. I've never seen either of those guys, and I'd never seen a deer there, either, but there they were, going through a trash can. I tried to get more photos using my newly discovered digital zoom feature, but Kobedoggie kept pulling at his leash, causing the camera to jiggle. But at least I got the one pic.
I hope you are enjoying your afternoon. I am gonna go pick Pearl up from Reseda Women's Club in a few minutes, and then Grimsley wants me to help him sell his car by taking a pic for Craigslist. So I'll be in and out for a while, and then around for the rest of the day beginning at 4:30.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11:20pm : Listening to various organ pieces. Nothing major this evening, just been reading my Beatles book. It's so full of detail, and I am at the beginning of the story which takes place in postwar England, in Liverpool, which was a pretty grim place. But reading the book makes you want to visit, in kind of the same way that a person who reads Charles Dickens might want to visit the former sites of his grim but wonderful stories.
Other than that, and the deer sighting, it was an ordinary day, just back and forth. I hope the rest of your day was good, and that your video project is coming along.
I will see you in the morn. I Love You, my Angel.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
I Love Film! (books) (creativity)
Hey, my Baby,
It's Tuesday, so I am back and forth between Pearl's, church (Golden Agers) and home. I like your pictures! Glad you are still shooting some film, and it reminds me to finish up the roll of b&w I've had in my Pentax since last Fall. I think I've got some good ones on there, so I need to finish it and get it developed. Maybe tomorrow morning will be a good time for one of my little Trail Trips like I was taking last year. Maybe up to O'Melveny Park in Granada Hills........
Just a quick check-in for now, gonna do some dishes, jump in the shower and then back to church. I'll be back here around 2:30 and then around more or less the rest of the day, at home or at Pearl's.
I hope you are having a great day and I'll see you in just a bit.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
7pm : Just getting home. I saw your posts at Pearl's, and first of all, I'm glad to hear you are working on a project! Is it for school or just for fun? No matter. Interesting that you are using children's books as part of your material. In recent years, since about 2008 or so, I started to track down some of my favorite books from childhood. I say "track down" because some were more obscure. Of course, one of my very favorites was Dr. Suess (like most kids), but I also had others that I wondered if they were still available, like the "Homer Price" books by Robert McCloskey. And, I found 'em! Another McCloskey book had been an absolute fave when I first learned to read : "Make Way For Ducklings". That one I checked out from the library about four years ago, cause I had to read it again, lol. But one of the hardest to track down, was also one of my most cherished childhood books, "Hamid Of Aleppo". It's about a little hamster who lives in Aleppo, Syria, in his own little house complete with furnishings. And one day he decides to go see what's out there in the world, and so begins his journey. It's not a long book, but it's so imaginitive, and most of all I loved the drawings, which were by an illustrator with the singular name of Giovannetti. The author was Clive King. This one wasn't available at the Libe, so I checked on Alibris, and all the used copies were over 50 bucks. So, I kept checking periodically, and lo and behold, in 2012 I found a copy for sale for I think it was about 10 or 12 bucks. The seller didn't know it was a collector's item, and so I now have my own copy of "Hamid Of Aleppo"! There is still one book I am trying to find, and I've been trying for about 5 years now. The trouble is, I don't remember the title or author. Dad went to England, France and Belgium on a business trip in 1968, and some of the gifts he brought back were children's books. For Chris he brought Babar, and an English book with a character named Humbert (that's all I remember), and for me, he brought a weird little book from (I think) Belgium (maybe France), that had a dwarf child as it's main character. He was an outcast of sorts, he was also a hunchback, and he went to live with all sorts of people, many of whom were cruel. All I remembered about the book was the dwarf boy, and his hunchback, and that he worked as a cook for a while, with a character named The Major Domo as his boss.
And periodically, I Googled and Googled and Googled those various details as search terms. But I still haven't been able to discover the book. I won't give up though, cause I've gotta have a copy!
Other favorites were "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel", and all the "Curious George" books, and especially, "The Little Engine That Could". I remember right when I first learned to read, I would say that famous line from the book, over and over again : "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can"........
And it sorta became my motto in life, haha. ;)
So there's some favorite children's books of mine. I hope you find some good ones for your film!
Your other post was awesome as well, and at a glance, while I was at Pearl's, I saw that most all of those traits certainly applied to me. Now I will go back and read them, and then I will write more later, at the usual time.
I Love You, my Highly Creative Angel! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11:18 : That list of creative traits is interesting because so many are things we have talked about - the daydreaming, the observing, working their own hours....I could go down the list and they almost all fit. Some more so, some less, but in general, those are the exact traits. What I would add is that a creative person, at least in their formative years, isn't really aware of these traits, as traits. It's interesting that these listed were derived from an observational point of view, from studying the creative mind.
For me, I just remember being little, and always feeling like there were two worlds happening - the one everybody was living in (meaning the one I could see, hear, etc), and the one inside myself. Now, I suppose you could say everyone has this experience, but I think in certain people it is pronounced.
In those whom it is less pronounced (or even non-existent), it is easier to fit in to the group/civilization idea of what I will again call "format" - that there is a Format (formula) for what they perceive life to be, and I think that in people with a lesser or non-existent degree of creativity in them, that format is based in a Finite Approach. Life is defined as having a beginning and an end, because the five acknowledged senses are all that are considered. And so, having put Life into a Format, the majority of people (society) tend to place a schedule on everything. Childhood lasts until such-and-such year, schooling until such-and-such, and then Career. It seems rather pointless, unless under some rare coincidence a person who finds him or herself in this format actually finds joy in it.
Not just acceptance, but joy.
And, because I do not like to judge or criticize, I can believe (or at least not disbelieve) that many people in greater society do indeed find some measure of joy in living a formatted life. It is important to note here that by "formatted", I mean in the mind as well as in how they spend their days.
So therefore, in the opposite extreme, is the highly creative person. What is "creativity", anyway?
Pretty simple : it's just the need to make something, be it a finger-painting or a symphony. Even a skyscraper. But some of the highly creative are really into their inner world and the daydreaming aspect, and I think that is because they, in some part of their mind, are still attached to the creative matrix or fabric or whatever you want to call it, from which they emerged in the first place. That's why they may have their heads in the clouds, because the Real Them is up there, and they can sense it.
From my own experience, these kinds of people (and I've known a couple besides you and me, but not many) know pretty much from the get-go that the world of society, the Finite World, is not the entirety of the world they know. This is why they want to create - to "make something" - so that, living amidst this so-called "normal" world, they can have something in their life that they see as normal.
The creative person is living in a larger, infinite world, and that is normal to them.
I always go back to Emily Dickinson as an example, because she wrote hundreds of poems, poems that would become classics, and yet that was not her initial need or impetus. Her need was merely to create, so that she would have some essence of Her World with her. She expressed her words, and wrote them down, and her creation was made, and therefore she had pulled her real world into this world. Once she had written her words down, she stuffed them in a drawer because simply creating those poems was enough for her. It satisfied her need to acknowledge her idea of The World.
Others have a drive to share their World with others, to enlighten, to entertain, or for whatever reason.
But the creative person, above all, is in a minority in that he or she knows, from early on, that their life is really a Life, something enormous and not immediately knowable. It is something that must be learned in bits and pieces, with subjects constantly changing as the input directs. And creative people have constant input, because as the list says, they always observe .
We see life, and we see anything but what people say, "is". Oh, we see that, too. But after a while, we are living apart from it or above it. The formatted life is regimented and temporary. It is what Spengler refers to as The Become. "Become" has an end.
A creative person knows, instinctively, that he or she has no end. And so, they are always Becoming.
I Love You and will see you in the morning, my Darling. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
p.s. I wanted to add this little quote from Joan Didion, author and intelligent person. This is from the list you posted, and is very apt for what I call Glimpses :
"However dutifully we record what we see around us, the common denominator of all we see is always, transparently, shamelessly, the implacable 'I,'" Didion wrote in her essay On Keeping A Notebook. "We are talking about something private, about bits of the mind’s string too short to use, an indiscriminate and erratic assemblage with meaning only for its marker."
Me again : the part that registers with me is "bits of the mind's string too short to use", a literary way of describing a Glimpse.
It's Tuesday, so I am back and forth between Pearl's, church (Golden Agers) and home. I like your pictures! Glad you are still shooting some film, and it reminds me to finish up the roll of b&w I've had in my Pentax since last Fall. I think I've got some good ones on there, so I need to finish it and get it developed. Maybe tomorrow morning will be a good time for one of my little Trail Trips like I was taking last year. Maybe up to O'Melveny Park in Granada Hills........
Just a quick check-in for now, gonna do some dishes, jump in the shower and then back to church. I'll be back here around 2:30 and then around more or less the rest of the day, at home or at Pearl's.
I hope you are having a great day and I'll see you in just a bit.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
7pm : Just getting home. I saw your posts at Pearl's, and first of all, I'm glad to hear you are working on a project! Is it for school or just for fun? No matter. Interesting that you are using children's books as part of your material. In recent years, since about 2008 or so, I started to track down some of my favorite books from childhood. I say "track down" because some were more obscure. Of course, one of my very favorites was Dr. Suess (like most kids), but I also had others that I wondered if they were still available, like the "Homer Price" books by Robert McCloskey. And, I found 'em! Another McCloskey book had been an absolute fave when I first learned to read : "Make Way For Ducklings". That one I checked out from the library about four years ago, cause I had to read it again, lol. But one of the hardest to track down, was also one of my most cherished childhood books, "Hamid Of Aleppo". It's about a little hamster who lives in Aleppo, Syria, in his own little house complete with furnishings. And one day he decides to go see what's out there in the world, and so begins his journey. It's not a long book, but it's so imaginitive, and most of all I loved the drawings, which were by an illustrator with the singular name of Giovannetti. The author was Clive King. This one wasn't available at the Libe, so I checked on Alibris, and all the used copies were over 50 bucks. So, I kept checking periodically, and lo and behold, in 2012 I found a copy for sale for I think it was about 10 or 12 bucks. The seller didn't know it was a collector's item, and so I now have my own copy of "Hamid Of Aleppo"! There is still one book I am trying to find, and I've been trying for about 5 years now. The trouble is, I don't remember the title or author. Dad went to England, France and Belgium on a business trip in 1968, and some of the gifts he brought back were children's books. For Chris he brought Babar, and an English book with a character named Humbert (that's all I remember), and for me, he brought a weird little book from (I think) Belgium (maybe France), that had a dwarf child as it's main character. He was an outcast of sorts, he was also a hunchback, and he went to live with all sorts of people, many of whom were cruel. All I remembered about the book was the dwarf boy, and his hunchback, and that he worked as a cook for a while, with a character named The Major Domo as his boss.
And periodically, I Googled and Googled and Googled those various details as search terms. But I still haven't been able to discover the book. I won't give up though, cause I've gotta have a copy!
Other favorites were "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel", and all the "Curious George" books, and especially, "The Little Engine That Could". I remember right when I first learned to read, I would say that famous line from the book, over and over again : "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can"........
And it sorta became my motto in life, haha. ;)
So there's some favorite children's books of mine. I hope you find some good ones for your film!
Your other post was awesome as well, and at a glance, while I was at Pearl's, I saw that most all of those traits certainly applied to me. Now I will go back and read them, and then I will write more later, at the usual time.
I Love You, my Highly Creative Angel! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11:18 : That list of creative traits is interesting because so many are things we have talked about - the daydreaming, the observing, working their own hours....I could go down the list and they almost all fit. Some more so, some less, but in general, those are the exact traits. What I would add is that a creative person, at least in their formative years, isn't really aware of these traits, as traits. It's interesting that these listed were derived from an observational point of view, from studying the creative mind.
For me, I just remember being little, and always feeling like there were two worlds happening - the one everybody was living in (meaning the one I could see, hear, etc), and the one inside myself. Now, I suppose you could say everyone has this experience, but I think in certain people it is pronounced.
In those whom it is less pronounced (or even non-existent), it is easier to fit in to the group/civilization idea of what I will again call "format" - that there is a Format (formula) for what they perceive life to be, and I think that in people with a lesser or non-existent degree of creativity in them, that format is based in a Finite Approach. Life is defined as having a beginning and an end, because the five acknowledged senses are all that are considered. And so, having put Life into a Format, the majority of people (society) tend to place a schedule on everything. Childhood lasts until such-and-such year, schooling until such-and-such, and then Career. It seems rather pointless, unless under some rare coincidence a person who finds him or herself in this format actually finds joy in it.
Not just acceptance, but joy.
And, because I do not like to judge or criticize, I can believe (or at least not disbelieve) that many people in greater society do indeed find some measure of joy in living a formatted life. It is important to note here that by "formatted", I mean in the mind as well as in how they spend their days.
So therefore, in the opposite extreme, is the highly creative person. What is "creativity", anyway?
Pretty simple : it's just the need to make something, be it a finger-painting or a symphony. Even a skyscraper. But some of the highly creative are really into their inner world and the daydreaming aspect, and I think that is because they, in some part of their mind, are still attached to the creative matrix or fabric or whatever you want to call it, from which they emerged in the first place. That's why they may have their heads in the clouds, because the Real Them is up there, and they can sense it.
From my own experience, these kinds of people (and I've known a couple besides you and me, but not many) know pretty much from the get-go that the world of society, the Finite World, is not the entirety of the world they know. This is why they want to create - to "make something" - so that, living amidst this so-called "normal" world, they can have something in their life that they see as normal.
The creative person is living in a larger, infinite world, and that is normal to them.
I always go back to Emily Dickinson as an example, because she wrote hundreds of poems, poems that would become classics, and yet that was not her initial need or impetus. Her need was merely to create, so that she would have some essence of Her World with her. She expressed her words, and wrote them down, and her creation was made, and therefore she had pulled her real world into this world. Once she had written her words down, she stuffed them in a drawer because simply creating those poems was enough for her. It satisfied her need to acknowledge her idea of The World.
Others have a drive to share their World with others, to enlighten, to entertain, or for whatever reason.
But the creative person, above all, is in a minority in that he or she knows, from early on, that their life is really a Life, something enormous and not immediately knowable. It is something that must be learned in bits and pieces, with subjects constantly changing as the input directs. And creative people have constant input, because as the list says, they always observe .
We see life, and we see anything but what people say, "is". Oh, we see that, too. But after a while, we are living apart from it or above it. The formatted life is regimented and temporary. It is what Spengler refers to as The Become. "Become" has an end.
A creative person knows, instinctively, that he or she has no end. And so, they are always Becoming.
I Love You and will see you in the morning, my Darling. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
p.s. I wanted to add this little quote from Joan Didion, author and intelligent person. This is from the list you posted, and is very apt for what I call Glimpses :
"However dutifully we record what we see around us, the common denominator of all we see is always, transparently, shamelessly, the implacable 'I,'" Didion wrote in her essay On Keeping A Notebook. "We are talking about something private, about bits of the mind’s string too short to use, an indiscriminate and erratic assemblage with meaning only for its marker."
Me again : the part that registers with me is "bits of the mind's string too short to use", a literary way of describing a Glimpse.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Monday Night Love (inspiration)
Good Evening, my Baby,
I'm home. Today was most of the afternoon at the dentist with Pearl. I hope your week is off to a good start, and I saw your Eric Whitacre post this morning - does that mean he is doing a concert or symposium of some type? Is it in your area? If so, I sure hope you get to go.
I got that new 800 page Beatles book at the library today. I'll probably never finish it by the time I have to return it, in three weeks, and there's no way I'll be able to renew it cause there'll be a waiting list, but I'll see how much I can read in the time allotted. I'll start tonight. Then I'll go for my walk at the usual time and be back to write more.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11:10pm : I've been looking for a Youtube of the Schoenberg piano music for a while, especially as played by Pollini, and I finally found the "six pieces". I know a lot of people would listen to that and go "huh"?, or even worse, "that sucks"!, but I enjoy it. Abstract artistry (which to me means "of no conventional format") still has to fill the bill in holding your attention. There are many who will dismiss all abstract art, and that is legitimate. If it doesn't grab them, it doesn't grab them. For me, certain abstract artists and musicians grab me. Schoenberg is one. Not all of his stuff. I'm really only a fan of the Pollini-played "Klavierwerk".
Right now I am in a mode where I am searching for stuff to listen to, and to post, because I go through a lot of music.
I see that you are going to the videography seminar. Have you had a chance to add to the imagery you had been shooting, like the footage you compiled in a video with your music last year? I know it's been freezing outside, maybe (or probably) hard to do stuff. In any case, I am glad you are going.
That inspirational time will return, that feeling of spark when we are both taking pictures and seeing things in new, exciting ways. Having been through it awhile, I know that the spark always returns. You and I are Summer People, and Spring and Fall, too. But Winter.......maybe not so much. But I guarantee you the spark will return. All of a sudden you'll just get the urge to go look at something and see it in a new way.
It's like with a musical intrument; there are only 12 notes in a scale, and musicians play 'em and play 'em and play 'em, for centuries, and after a while it's gotta be tough to feel that spark. Where does inspiration come from, anyway?
No one knows.
But all of a sudden, a guy like Arnold Schoenberg hears those 12 notes in an entirely different way, and he is inspired. And that is the difference between quality abstract and just plain bad abstract, the kind of stuff people say "my three year old could do this". The difference is the inspiration. Inspiration changes the way you see, the way you hear, the way you feel.
So that's what we are always looking for, the inspiration, and it always comes around again.
I Love You, Elizabeth, and I will see you in the morning. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I'm home. Today was most of the afternoon at the dentist with Pearl. I hope your week is off to a good start, and I saw your Eric Whitacre post this morning - does that mean he is doing a concert or symposium of some type? Is it in your area? If so, I sure hope you get to go.
I got that new 800 page Beatles book at the library today. I'll probably never finish it by the time I have to return it, in three weeks, and there's no way I'll be able to renew it cause there'll be a waiting list, but I'll see how much I can read in the time allotted. I'll start tonight. Then I'll go for my walk at the usual time and be back to write more.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11:10pm : I've been looking for a Youtube of the Schoenberg piano music for a while, especially as played by Pollini, and I finally found the "six pieces". I know a lot of people would listen to that and go "huh"?, or even worse, "that sucks"!, but I enjoy it. Abstract artistry (which to me means "of no conventional format") still has to fill the bill in holding your attention. There are many who will dismiss all abstract art, and that is legitimate. If it doesn't grab them, it doesn't grab them. For me, certain abstract artists and musicians grab me. Schoenberg is one. Not all of his stuff. I'm really only a fan of the Pollini-played "Klavierwerk".
Right now I am in a mode where I am searching for stuff to listen to, and to post, because I go through a lot of music.
I see that you are going to the videography seminar. Have you had a chance to add to the imagery you had been shooting, like the footage you compiled in a video with your music last year? I know it's been freezing outside, maybe (or probably) hard to do stuff. In any case, I am glad you are going.
That inspirational time will return, that feeling of spark when we are both taking pictures and seeing things in new, exciting ways. Having been through it awhile, I know that the spark always returns. You and I are Summer People, and Spring and Fall, too. But Winter.......maybe not so much. But I guarantee you the spark will return. All of a sudden you'll just get the urge to go look at something and see it in a new way.
It's like with a musical intrument; there are only 12 notes in a scale, and musicians play 'em and play 'em and play 'em, for centuries, and after a while it's gotta be tough to feel that spark. Where does inspiration come from, anyway?
No one knows.
But all of a sudden, a guy like Arnold Schoenberg hears those 12 notes in an entirely different way, and he is inspired. And that is the difference between quality abstract and just plain bad abstract, the kind of stuff people say "my three year old could do this". The difference is the inspiration. Inspiration changes the way you see, the way you hear, the way you feel.
So that's what we are always looking for, the inspiration, and it always comes around again.
I Love You, Elizabeth, and I will see you in the morning. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Oscars (sweet dreams)
Hi, my Darling,
I'm at Pearl's, checking in before the Oscars. Are you gonna watch? I always like to, and this year it'll be a little more fun than usual because the winners are harder to predict. Some years, everybody knows who's gonna win beforehand. This year seems like there could be a lot of contenders. I haven't seen all the films, but my predictions are "12 Years A Slave" for Best Picture, Matthew McConaughey/Actor, Cate Blanchett/Actress, Jared Leto/Supporting Actor, Girl From 12 Years/Supporting Actress, Cuaron/BestDirector for "Gravity".
I haven't seen "12 Years", so my choice for Best Pic is "American Hustle". I also liked "Gravity" a lot and "Captain Phillips".
The rain has more or less stopped, so I took the Kobester to CSUN this morn, and went on my afternoon walk a little while ago. Now I am gonna watch the Red Carpet interviews with Pearl. I'll be back later at the usual time.
I Love You and hope your day has been good. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11:15pm : Did you watch the show? I liked it for the most part. They kept things moving pretty well, and Ellen is a good host, not too snarky or self-important. And she's funny. Hey! - I got all of my picks right, but that's only because all the pundits post their insider opinions in the days leading up to the ceremony. So even though it was less predictable than usual, you still kinda knew who was gonna win.
The new Miyazaki film is now in theaters here in L.A., probably in a theater near you as well. "The Wind Rises" is supposed to be his last one, so I wanna see it in a theater (whereas most films nowdays I see on dvd). Maybe later this week I will go. Well, my Angel, that's all I know for today. I am thinking of you and sending you warmth and love. I will see you in the morn.
Sweet Dreams.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I'm at Pearl's, checking in before the Oscars. Are you gonna watch? I always like to, and this year it'll be a little more fun than usual because the winners are harder to predict. Some years, everybody knows who's gonna win beforehand. This year seems like there could be a lot of contenders. I haven't seen all the films, but my predictions are "12 Years A Slave" for Best Picture, Matthew McConaughey/Actor, Cate Blanchett/Actress, Jared Leto/Supporting Actor, Girl From 12 Years/Supporting Actress, Cuaron/BestDirector for "Gravity".
I haven't seen "12 Years", so my choice for Best Pic is "American Hustle". I also liked "Gravity" a lot and "Captain Phillips".
The rain has more or less stopped, so I took the Kobester to CSUN this morn, and went on my afternoon walk a little while ago. Now I am gonna watch the Red Carpet interviews with Pearl. I'll be back later at the usual time.
I Love You and hope your day has been good. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
11:15pm : Did you watch the show? I liked it for the most part. They kept things moving pretty well, and Ellen is a good host, not too snarky or self-important. And she's funny. Hey! - I got all of my picks right, but that's only because all the pundits post their insider opinions in the days leading up to the ceremony. So even though it was less predictable than usual, you still kinda knew who was gonna win.
The new Miyazaki film is now in theaters here in L.A., probably in a theater near you as well. "The Wind Rises" is supposed to be his last one, so I wanna see it in a theater (whereas most films nowdays I see on dvd). Maybe later this week I will go. Well, my Angel, that's all I know for today. I am thinking of you and sending you warmth and love. I will see you in the morn.
Sweet Dreams.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Saturday Morning Astronomy & Stuff (Jupiter)
Good Morning, my Girl Of The Stars,
That was one of the comments in the Taya Iv photo you posted last night. I saw it right before I went to bed. Yep, I love astronomy, and another thing I wanna get is a Mars globe. I already have my Moon globe that Dad got me for Christmas in 1969, but now I need a Mars globe, too, so I will know the terrain and locations at a quick glance. They are kinda expensive, from what I see on Amazon, about a hundred bucks.
Well, Ad, Mars ain't cheap.
Right now I am absolutely fascinated by the Valles Marineris, aka "The Grand Canyon Of Mars". It's amazing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valles_Marineris - and in pictures it looks like a giant scar. It looks like it was burned into the landscape, and indeed, from what I am reading was probably caused by a massive electrical phenomenon of some type, millennia ago.
A place I wanna go back to is Palomar Observatory, near San Diego. Dad took me there when I was about six. At the time it was the world's largest telescope, and I remember being really impressed (and we got to look through it), but I was far too young to appreciate it. Now it would be incredible. Mount Wilson, too. That is a famous old observatory near Pasadena, I'm sure you've heard of it. Many famous astronomers worked there, including Edwin Hubble, and Dr. Robert Jastrow was the director for a while. Mt. Wilson is a lot closer, only about 40 miles away as opposed to 125 for Mt. Palomar. Well, there's a little Space Stuff for ya.
We have a little break in the rain at the moment. Vickie didn't come over but I may try to do some shopping anyway. It is supposed to start pouring again, though, so on second thought.........
It would be awesome to go see King's X again tonight, but the show in is Corona, waaaaay out in the boondocks in Riverside County. It's about an 80 mile drive (an almost unheard-of trek for Angelenos), and also there was supposed to be some flooding out that way, so, as much as I'd like to go, I will stay home. I think the guys will be back, and this time we won't have to wait five years. At least I hope so.
I know it is still cold in Middleton, and I imagine this has gotta be one of the harshest Winters ever up there, but now we are in March, so things have gotta get better soon! And we are gonna have an awesome year (and we already are, anyway). You and I have so many interests, and we always have something interesting to think about, and to share. I hope your day is a good one, you brilliant woman, you!
I may go shopping or I may chicken out, I'm not sure yet. But either way, I will mostly be around all day.
I Love You, my Baby! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
10pm : I love that tattoo, that's the Eternal Us, even when we are skeletons. Well, Sweet Baby, I was lucky tonight. I managed to get in a full walk for the first time in three days. The rain stopped for just long enough, and I'm glad, cause I gots ta get my excercise.......
(back in a few minutes at the usual time)
11pm : I hope all this stuff doesn't sound too nerdish or academic, but I love these subjects! It's funny, cause I never was what you'd call a nerd, and as a kid, my reading material tended toward sports biographies. But I developed interest in all things cosmic as I entered into adulthood. With me, it was never specifically a scientific interest, and I don't say that critically because I love and respect science. It's just that I was not interested in the clinical aspect of discovery (what I always refer to as the "measurement" aspect of science), so much as I was interested in the spiritual aspect as it related to me, a Human Being. You know, the typical " why am I here, what am I, what is the Solar System, a Galaxy, the Universe".
I've always been interested in the mystery of these subjects, beyond the observable facts. And so that led me, years later, to Sagan - a scientist who wasn't afraid to propose unvarified theories - and then to Dad's book by Spengler, "The Decline Of The West", in which I discovered the philosophical concepts of "becoming" vs. "become". It just sounds abstract when I state these learning progressions in brief sentences, but I know you get the idea. There is something inside some of us - and I am convinced we are not many - that innately knows things. Things that lead back to the barrier of creation, or who we are and how we came to be. Not merely as humans, but.........well, you know.
This is where the notion of glimpses came from, because those of us who know things are always on the fringes of a Glimpse. We go shopping, tie our shoes, watch a movie, visit with friends, go to work or school.........but that fringe is always there.
If a nerd kid is more interested in the mathematical (i.e. measurement) wizardry of the phenomenon, I was always more interested in what was elusive. What could never be measured. What couldn't be seen, and only momentarily imagined. I was interested in this aspect (and it became a major study in my life), because something inside me was always pulling me that way .
I would be living my life, watching a baseball game, reading a Stephen King book, listening to a record, eating dinner or mowing the lawn........and there were always the glimpses. Always this other side, inside of me, attracting my attention away from the physical.
As I got more accustomed to it, and especially as I read more from geniuses like Oswald Spengler and now Dr. Farrell, I discovered that what I was glimpsing was indeed physical, but just to a different degree.
At any rate, whether it's nerdish or not, just so long as it's not boring!
A while back, a read a book called "Jupiter" by a guy named Ben Bova, who was a writer for a magazine called "Omni". The book was pretty good, in an Arthur C. Clarke sci-fi vein, and I am not a huge reader of that stuff. I am more a horror guy, as far as fiction goes.
But I was thinking about all the stuff we have been talking about recently, and I was reminded of that book, and Bova's description of the surface of Jupiter. It is a "gas giant". Okay, but what the hell does that mean? Well, in the book, he describes the surface as a gradually thickening layer of clouds, or hydrogen, that become denser and denser until - at some point, thousands of miles inward - the gas becomes liquid.
But according to Bova, a scientist himself and a famous writer, there is no demarcation line. There is no point on the "surface" of Jupiter (which you could never stand on), where you can tell the difference between gas and liquid. One just turns into the other, without a boundary.
That's the kind of stuff that blows my mind.
And so I keep reading............
Right now it is Mars and mythology. But it's all part of the mystery.
I Love You, my Darling Elizabeth, and I will see you in the morn. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
That was one of the comments in the Taya Iv photo you posted last night. I saw it right before I went to bed. Yep, I love astronomy, and another thing I wanna get is a Mars globe. I already have my Moon globe that Dad got me for Christmas in 1969, but now I need a Mars globe, too, so I will know the terrain and locations at a quick glance. They are kinda expensive, from what I see on Amazon, about a hundred bucks.
Well, Ad, Mars ain't cheap.
Right now I am absolutely fascinated by the Valles Marineris, aka "The Grand Canyon Of Mars". It's amazing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valles_Marineris - and in pictures it looks like a giant scar. It looks like it was burned into the landscape, and indeed, from what I am reading was probably caused by a massive electrical phenomenon of some type, millennia ago.
A place I wanna go back to is Palomar Observatory, near San Diego. Dad took me there when I was about six. At the time it was the world's largest telescope, and I remember being really impressed (and we got to look through it), but I was far too young to appreciate it. Now it would be incredible. Mount Wilson, too. That is a famous old observatory near Pasadena, I'm sure you've heard of it. Many famous astronomers worked there, including Edwin Hubble, and Dr. Robert Jastrow was the director for a while. Mt. Wilson is a lot closer, only about 40 miles away as opposed to 125 for Mt. Palomar. Well, there's a little Space Stuff for ya.
We have a little break in the rain at the moment. Vickie didn't come over but I may try to do some shopping anyway. It is supposed to start pouring again, though, so on second thought.........
It would be awesome to go see King's X again tonight, but the show in is Corona, waaaaay out in the boondocks in Riverside County. It's about an 80 mile drive (an almost unheard-of trek for Angelenos), and also there was supposed to be some flooding out that way, so, as much as I'd like to go, I will stay home. I think the guys will be back, and this time we won't have to wait five years. At least I hope so.
I know it is still cold in Middleton, and I imagine this has gotta be one of the harshest Winters ever up there, but now we are in March, so things have gotta get better soon! And we are gonna have an awesome year (and we already are, anyway). You and I have so many interests, and we always have something interesting to think about, and to share. I hope your day is a good one, you brilliant woman, you!
I may go shopping or I may chicken out, I'm not sure yet. But either way, I will mostly be around all day.
I Love You, my Baby! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
10pm : I love that tattoo, that's the Eternal Us, even when we are skeletons. Well, Sweet Baby, I was lucky tonight. I managed to get in a full walk for the first time in three days. The rain stopped for just long enough, and I'm glad, cause I gots ta get my excercise.......
(back in a few minutes at the usual time)
11pm : I hope all this stuff doesn't sound too nerdish or academic, but I love these subjects! It's funny, cause I never was what you'd call a nerd, and as a kid, my reading material tended toward sports biographies. But I developed interest in all things cosmic as I entered into adulthood. With me, it was never specifically a scientific interest, and I don't say that critically because I love and respect science. It's just that I was not interested in the clinical aspect of discovery (what I always refer to as the "measurement" aspect of science), so much as I was interested in the spiritual aspect as it related to me, a Human Being. You know, the typical " why am I here, what am I, what is the Solar System, a Galaxy, the Universe".
I've always been interested in the mystery of these subjects, beyond the observable facts. And so that led me, years later, to Sagan - a scientist who wasn't afraid to propose unvarified theories - and then to Dad's book by Spengler, "The Decline Of The West", in which I discovered the philosophical concepts of "becoming" vs. "become". It just sounds abstract when I state these learning progressions in brief sentences, but I know you get the idea. There is something inside some of us - and I am convinced we are not many - that innately knows things. Things that lead back to the barrier of creation, or who we are and how we came to be. Not merely as humans, but.........well, you know.
This is where the notion of glimpses came from, because those of us who know things are always on the fringes of a Glimpse. We go shopping, tie our shoes, watch a movie, visit with friends, go to work or school.........but that fringe is always there.
If a nerd kid is more interested in the mathematical (i.e. measurement) wizardry of the phenomenon, I was always more interested in what was elusive. What could never be measured. What couldn't be seen, and only momentarily imagined. I was interested in this aspect (and it became a major study in my life), because something inside me was always pulling me that way .
I would be living my life, watching a baseball game, reading a Stephen King book, listening to a record, eating dinner or mowing the lawn........and there were always the glimpses. Always this other side, inside of me, attracting my attention away from the physical.
As I got more accustomed to it, and especially as I read more from geniuses like Oswald Spengler and now Dr. Farrell, I discovered that what I was glimpsing was indeed physical, but just to a different degree.
At any rate, whether it's nerdish or not, just so long as it's not boring!
A while back, a read a book called "Jupiter" by a guy named Ben Bova, who was a writer for a magazine called "Omni". The book was pretty good, in an Arthur C. Clarke sci-fi vein, and I am not a huge reader of that stuff. I am more a horror guy, as far as fiction goes.
But I was thinking about all the stuff we have been talking about recently, and I was reminded of that book, and Bova's description of the surface of Jupiter. It is a "gas giant". Okay, but what the hell does that mean? Well, in the book, he describes the surface as a gradually thickening layer of clouds, or hydrogen, that become denser and denser until - at some point, thousands of miles inward - the gas becomes liquid.
But according to Bova, a scientist himself and a famous writer, there is no demarcation line. There is no point on the "surface" of Jupiter (which you could never stand on), where you can tell the difference between gas and liquid. One just turns into the other, without a boundary.
That's the kind of stuff that blows my mind.
And so I keep reading............
Right now it is Mars and mythology. But it's all part of the mystery.
I Love You, my Darling Elizabeth, and I will see you in the morn. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
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