So yeah
I went to Barnes and Noble, intending to look at books about L.A. or just Southern California in general, but I got distracted by this book called Australia Wide, with these gorgeous panographs of the Australian coastline, most memorably ones taken at dawn or twilight. Also, there were shots of waterfalls and deserts and forests. Beautiful stuff. I wanted to make films there, not just document the beauty, but use it as a backdrop. I could picture movie-dreams taking place there, conversations between imaginary ocean-sprite-type creatures perched atop the monumental rock formations, set against the pink-purple of the horizon. Or a conclave of ghosts, haunting the bay, drifting through the mists of a grey morning.
Sometimes I wish I could plug my brain into a television set and record all these imaginary scenes, so I could play them for other people. I can picture it all, down to the minute details, but words aren't quite enough. Words leave images subjective. I wish I was a painter, or a digital artist. (It's all very Final-Fantasy-ish, only in a non-cartoon way.)
I really loved those photos. I want that book.
It made me kind of sad, though. There are so many extraordinary things that I'll never get to see.
Sometimes I wish I could plug my brain into a television set and record all these imaginary scenes, so I could play them for other people. I can picture it all, down to the minute details, but words aren't quite enough. Words leave images subjective. I wish I was a painter, or a digital artist. (It's all very Final-Fantasy-ish, only in a non-cartoon way.)
I really loved those photos. I want that book.
It made me kind of sad, though. There are so many extraordinary things that I'll never get to see.