Sleep
One of the gifts we received for our baby shower was a very classy camcorder. Among the many features is a night-vision function, which I thought would be useless since I made that vow to stop recording my own crime sprees.
But then I realized that this was the perfect way to capture something I've always been curious about. We sleep about a third of our lives, and during that time, your flesh become more or less vacant- you, your consciousness, is preoccupied with other things. You have very little awareness of your surroundings and are at your most defenseless. I had long wondered what that looks like, as it was surely something I would never see. Yourself asleep is as elusive as that scarecrow that lives where you eyes don't go.
But thanks to the new camcorder, I have seen it, now. I have seen myself when I am not there.
Baby tomorrow.
But then I realized that this was the perfect way to capture something I've always been curious about. We sleep about a third of our lives, and during that time, your flesh become more or less vacant- you, your consciousness, is preoccupied with other things. You have very little awareness of your surroundings and are at your most defenseless. I had long wondered what that looks like, as it was surely something I would never see. Yourself asleep is as elusive as that scarecrow that lives where you eyes don't go.
But thanks to the new camcorder, I have seen it, now. I have seen myself when I am not there.
Baby tomorrow.