It's nice to see someone from my hometown hitting the big time then realizing their dream: "...his success with Holiday Inn has allowed him to pursue another dream: He's finishing a movie about fish in his hometown of Lincoln, Neb. Specifically, it's about a man who starts a carp farm on an abandoned piece of property." I haven't seen the ad. I can't imagine that a spot in a commecial could bankroll a film, but what do I know? [link via whim & vinegar]
All last night and
This morning still,
Snow falling in the deepest
mountains;
Ah, to see the autumn leaves
Scattering in my home.
This morning still,
Snow falling in the deepest
mountains;
Ah, to see the autumn leaves
Scattering in my home.
- Dogen
Camera
Let me gaze, gaze forever
into that single, vaguely violet eye:
my fingertips dilate
the veiled pupil circumscribed
by crescent leaves of metal
overlapping, fine as foil, and oiled.
Let me walk, walk with its weight
as telling as gold, declaring
precious works packed tight:
the air is light,
all light, pure light alive
with the possibility of capture.
Let all, all be still until
the cleaver falls: I become female,
having sealed secure
in the quick clicked womb of utter black, bright semen
of a summer day, coiled fruit
of my eyes' axed rapture.
- John Updike
the birthday madness won't stop! tuesday I came home to find two boxes from Amazon waiting for me. that's not unusual, but I didn't remember ordering anything. It turns out they were gifts. A clever person found the amazon wish list I set up last year, and sent The Zen Poetry of Dogen. Another box had John Updike's Collected Poems. The poems from these two books are very different, and I think that receiving them at the same time will make me draw connections I probably wouldn't have otherwise. Thanks, hs!
what, me worry? [via dack]
the birthday hits just keep on comin'. Matt gave me a copy of Philip Greenspun's Travels With Samantha. I'm a big fan of his photo.net site...and his photography. The book is a travelogue organized by days. I think it will give me some great ideas for my pictures and this weblog.
looking back
skp thought I posted the two most boring photos from this weekend's trip. I have better ones on the way...I promise.
here are five pictures from SolFest where I heard Ralph Nader speak.
happy labor day! The cynical side of me is surprised this holiday survived the red scare. (yikes.) The non-cynical side of me says right on! here are some more labor links.