God bless delusions and other deceptions.
Not everything – or everybody – is seriously real; which sometimes makes the game of living look like dancing with ghosts.
I have once read a great, “old-fashioned” (today underrated) book written by a penetrating French scholar coming from the old school of anthropology; Lucien Lévy-Bruhl was his name – and wait, don’t go away, it’s just a side-note! – he wrote about the mystical thinking of archaic people. The usual greeting among the members of a tribe (can’t remember its name) was the following one: “Are you dead or alive?”. You can imagine one could safely reply “I’m dead” and then go on chatting about the weather.
Now, we’re different. We don’t ask such questions. We live dangerously. We still don’t know who’s dead and who’s alive, who’s of flash and who’s of stone, but we, at least, grew accustomed with wearing similar clothes; and sunglasses. That helps a great deal in concealing one’s real living-degree.
Illusions, trees, birds, monsters, girls, guys, gentlemen and pets -we’re all taking it easy behind sunglasses from where we can safely love movies, French fries, sex, cars, and Prada.
PS: Kate Bush is unique. She makes “comprehensive” music so to speak. That takes some person. And some talent. Occasionally, I dare say, she’s too overwhelming. Other times, she’s straightly incomprehensible. And some others, it feels like she’d unwrap a musical miracle right in front of me. Vehement sensuality in “Feel it“ (from The Kick Inside) and ethereal hints “Mrs. Bartolozzi“ (from Aerial) I never seem to get tired of these two.
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Adela, I think your writing has special vigor specific to men, not to women. You don’t write from the heart that much, you write more from the brain. I mean, it’s not some kind of affectionate way of thinking and writing, it’s more distant and sharp.
I’m not being critical here, it’s just an observation cos I love the way you put things, it’s unique.
…but then again, you always wear sunglasses
haha, she’s obviously dead…
@Samuel: I’m not going to argue with you…
@Marcus: now that I’ve been found out anyway, I can admit I have a problem with adjusting to light. It’s also because of my contact lenses.
@Alex: absolutely obviously.
I assume you come alive in winter and at night. But you do look dead in the picture. And in writing.
The picture was taken last October around my b-day, so of course I was dead. Who wouldn’t?
scorpio?
@idiot: That’s an understatement. Beware of understatements, they don’t always get through.
I love Kate. I love Kate. I love Kate. I love Kate. I love Kate. I love Kate. I love Kate.
There’s no other woman whose music I can listen to without getting tired/bored at some point.
Did I mention I love Kate?
@Aruna: haha, no, you haven’t. But take your time…
are you a scorpio?
@idiot: guess not; it’s October 6.
@Toplean: guessed right; it’s Libra.
@some: haha, OK.