dancing without moving

[wytchcroft]

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movement {response}

[derhofnarr]

two worlds
briefly tangential
then separate

they independently
sequentially
fall apart momentarily

the worlds will recover
tectonic plates re-attach

but the geologic scars
are there for those
who know how
to look

it is the wounded oyster that
mends its shell with pearl
said emerson

what do wounded worlds do?

{some resonate}

--
"Every age is the same. It's only love that makes any of them bearable."
H.G. Wells TIME AFTER TIME (1979)

Re: movement {response}

[wytchcroft]

well that was a HELLUVA response! i'm stunned :))

and that quote is from the movie right? McDowell and Warner? that also is great stuff.

Re: McDowell and Warner

[derhofnarr]

Well, I hope it was a good skin-tingly kind of stun and not the taser kind . . .

Yep - quote from the movie - I'm a real [reel? ;^] "life at 24 frames per second person" - although it's too bad they never got Trumbull's 60 fps into production - pretty amazing.

Re: movement {response}

[wytchcroft]

ps = this response is in very linear time i notice. which suits the idea of movement - even as it plays against it, ala koyaanisqatsi which i remember discussing with you.

and thanks again :)))

000oooOOO000ooo . . . Life Out of Balance . . .

[derhofnarr]

you speak Hopi so well ;^D

I was fortunate enough to meet Philip Glass some years back - he'd been commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra to compose a piece for the centennial of the Michelson-Morley experiment: probably the most famous "negative" experimental result - they proved there was no "ether" through which light had to pass (as sound through air) which was kinda the jumping-off point for Albert, relatively speaking [my bad]. But I digress. I happened to run into him at Severance Hall before the world premiere of "The Light" and got his autograph scribbled on my program, but the next day I showed up at a more informal workshop with my Sharpie pen . . . and my "koyaanisqatsi" film poster in hand - which he autographed :^}

calling Mr North Star. .

[wytchcroft]

you lucky swine.

you lucky swine.

[derhofnarr]

/me *oinks*

Re: movement {response}

[i_am_nyman]

this is fucking mindblowing. so, so good. how is this even a response to wytchie's post.

'scuse me while i scrape my brains from the wall.

Re: how is this even a response to wytchie's post

[derhofnarr]

"ala koyaanisqatsi" - a film with the soundtrack by Philip Glass http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085809/combined which is a Hopi word which translates loosely as "life out of balance".

So - that's the relationship.

He scored two following documentaries, Powaqqatsi (1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002) . . . and I'll leave the etymology up to you :^}

Re: how is this even a response to wytchie's post

[i_am_nyman]

ooooh, i believe i've seen at least one of those films!

Re: how is this even a response to wytchie's post

[wytchcroft]

all of them are worth watching - and Glass has made many, many records worth diving into.
on a related note: i've probably droned on about these before but you should try finding the movie Insignificance by nic roeg and the book Please Mr Einstein by Jean-Claude Carriere, they are both very accessible but have a lot inside their boxes...
and then there's the william burroughs/anthony balch experimental short films Towers Open Fire etc. Well ahead of their time (no pun intended).

Re: movement {response}

[wytchcroft]

word.

Re: movement {response}

[derhofnarr]

logos?

hello yes hello

[wytchcroft]

well Uncle Bill would say "Rub it out!"
but what i meant was "Exactly so."

Re: hello yes hello

[derhofnarr]

or as my friend Desiree in Wien would say, "genau!"

Aladdin Wien

[wytchcroft]

genau genau that's quite enough of that!