Sunday, November 8, 2009

DESCRIBE HER DISTANT HORIZON

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Anonymous said...

She’s looking at her distant horizon, but I can’t see it.  I can see that she’s on her back, peddling backwards in the water with her legs and arms.  She’s naked and her long blond hair forms a sheet straight into the water.
    As the viewer, I want to know what she sees. since she’s swimming away form it, perhaps it’s frightening.  Yet she’s not frantic in her movements. They appear quite even and measured.  Especailly in her vulnerable nakedness, any threat would seem huge.
    The birght turquoise blue water and thecolours of the whole scene give a positive feeling of vitality.  As viewer, I’m at water level, even with her, so I‘m swimming just ahead of her.  Once I’m calm enough and can focus, I am able to see what she sees.  There are hang gliders in the sky suspended below bright swaiths of colour..... purple, indigo, red, orange, yellow green.  The sight is magical, as if they are hoavering over the horizon line.  But he sun is midway down the sky in thaqt direction, so at moments we are blinded and see almost nothing but the dazling circles too much intense light produces in th eyes.
    So we spontaneously begin to tread water backwards in order to reach a different angle and satisfy our visual enthusiasm.  It seems we haven’t any connection to each other.  We’re just spontaneously moved by the same scene.
And I’m hoping we will get to chat once our curiosity is satisfied.  I happen to look down and realized I’m naked too! What’s going on here?  Am I in a dream?
I feel awake,but I don’t feel wet.  Hey, I’m just going to enjoy this!