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threeplusfire) wrote2001-08-11 05:44 pm
threeplusfire) wrote2001-08-11 05:44 pm
the sun is out, the sky is wide
Lovely day outside. Borrowed a colorful tank top and sunglasses from Melynda, and we sat around before she had to work. Bob and I headed to a nearby elementary school, flew a kite and sat on the swings. Beautiful sky, some wind, clouds and sunshine, trees and grass and gravel. Watched someone learn to drive in the parking lot. I made him watch A Clockwork Orange, as the boy who grew up with such advantages has never seen this film! I will fill the gaps in my friends' cultural knowledge. Everyone will see Kubrick films, listen to David Bowie and read Kafka.
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turn up the stereo sound like water running down music into air and here I will stand wrapping my thoughts in silver strands into light and breath and quickness my dancing hands all over the keys whispering singing stories and dreams and the yearning in my heart that is always there that never leaves me my voice drowning in the whirl all these dreams the feel of skin and bone and flesh I keep dreaming
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I should be writing.
What I keep thinking about.
I want.
You have no idea.
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turn up the stereo sound like water running down music into air and here I will stand wrapping my thoughts in silver strands into light and breath and quickness my dancing hands all over the keys whispering singing stories and dreams and the yearning in my heart that is always there that never leaves me my voice drowning in the whirl all these dreams the feel of skin and bone and flesh I keep dreaming
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I should be writing.
What I keep thinking about.
I want.
You have no idea.
the book is usually better than the movie
It's hard to find faithful film adaptations of books. Kubrick was no master of that, in my opinion. Had a habit of shifting things around to please himself. (I was once told I was damned for not thinking his version of Lolita the greatest film ever made) I enjoy his work though, I like his style, and there's something fascinating is Malcolm McDowell's performance.
Don't remember eactly when I first read A Clockwork Orange, but it's a fine book. The playful twisting of English and Russian words makes me smile. Haven't read anything else by Burgess though.