Things i've been thinking about

Hiya!

Well i've finally got signed up to the blog and now i feel a bit more connected. cool. anyway, theres loads of interesting stuff flying off the blog from your posts, and pictures, wooo, nice. I like the way we are getting snapshots here and there of what the place is like. It's all quite dramatic, tall blowing trees, shots of people round tables and those shots of what i presume is your room. hmmm, they show us the place (a bit) but with no real personal stuff, or only hints, or more that, as we haven't been over there yet, how can we get a feeling from these picutres. I suppose thats where your words come in. anyway, i'm thinking about images at the moment - stuff that has a feeling of this search or movement or travel, looking into a distance. Rooms are part of this, maybe the place where you stop off on whilst traveling. from big outside shots, to small interiors. hmmm. i'm thinking about Hopper now.

and Wim Wenders. His book 'on film' is really ace. Travel and movement is important to him and goes into his work. I found this quite interesting...

'People often imagine that, by not going anywhere, my characters are missing out on something, a place to go. In fact, the opposite is true: these characters have the good fortune of not having to go anywhere. I find it liberating, being able to go on without knowing where. Not to have a home to which one must return - i see that as a positive and attractive situation.'

This comes from shots of his characters looking, or wondering, with a few guitar notes playing, starring off into the horizon. Lots of roads. I'm thinking about roads. and Looking out of the window at things passing by. The distance.

I think this stuff relates to your quote about moving from wrong place to wrong place, or rather, looking at these situations where we have to move as positive things. It's all to do with prespective.

Right i'm going to stop going on. Hopefully this gives you a snapshot of the kind of things i'm thinking about..not sure how it's all going to come together..anyway, thats the fun part.

oh yeah, question...are there computers in the apartment already or will i need to bring my laptop?

right, i'm off to the library, my fingers are cold from typing in the royal standard, its sunny outside and the bike area has been cleared by jim, cool.

take care

h