the sun is out, the sky is wide

[threeplusfire]

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.

Comments

A Clockwork Orange...yeah yeah that has culture

[joeinto.livejournal.com]

I first read A Clockwork Orange when I was in junior high, oh not so long ago, and then when I saw the film it was not as good. The main characters are all about 5 or so years older than they are supposed to be, its supposed to be a bunch of early teenagers. This does not take away from the merit of the film though, Stanley Kubrick is well...genius. Brazil was an okay film also.

I was searching last night for people into Trance, House, Breakbeatz, Drum and Bass, and Electronika. I came across your member info and found you to be rather interesting so I added you to my friends. I really like your writing style and am interested to read more of what you have to write.

A little about myself. My name is Joe, I am 19 and live in Ohio. I have been listening to music on the internet and other sources, extensively, since 1993, I am interested in teleproductions and communications (film and video design essentially), and I have been writing on LJ for about a month or two.

I hope to hear from you sometime soon.

the book is usually better than the movie

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you, Joe. Thank you for the compliments.

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.