This morning I saw the big old orange full moon sitting like a peach on the breakfast table of the western sky. I'd seen it rising, sweet and white, in the east last night out in the country. It's the
Hunter's Moon for some, and the
Blackberry Moon for others, as noted in a previous blog entry that uses this same lovely
still life painting by
Jonathan Koch. (Thank you, Jonathan!) For some, it's the
Kindly Moon!
I saw
Cloud Atlas this weekend because I couldn't help it--a noon matinee. Loved seeing it in a movie theatre, despite the loudness of the speakers, because it is meant to be a spectacle. I was moved, despite the cliches. I pondered this later, thinking, hey, a whole huge bunch of people will feel affirmed by the cliches, even if I cringe a little at their utterance. In a way, of course, it fits the character(s) who speak them. Example: fabricant born to serve in fast food restaurant who then reads all of human history off floating computer screens. See what I mean?
Anyhoo, I loved the book and enjoyed the movie. And here's another Jonathan Koch painting, also used previously (recently),
Cloud Study.
For those of us in the hurricane's path, the full moon is adding to the havoc. We're experiencing very heavy rain here (I live just outside D.C.) and winds have kicked up considerably since earlier this morning; they're expected to reach 70-80+ mph by nightfall. It's gotten chilly, too. Flooding already in places. My guess is this is the Black Moon for Halloween.
ReplyDeleteUh oh. Not a very Kindly Moon, then, in this case. Take care, Maureen.
ReplyDeleteI sound arrogant re: cliches (and the people who love them). Sorry. And probably about fast food. But I do love that fabricant. And that book. And that movie.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I suppose cliches are cliches for a reason. Maybe you could write a poem about them?
ReplyDeleteI was annoyed by the gimmickiness of Cloud Atlas the book, but it won me over in the end. I probably won't get around to the movie, though.
Points well taken! It won me over in the end, too!
ReplyDeleteI often give the assignment to "explode" a cliche in a poem--that is to explore it fully and made it do something new and surprising. Maybe it gets destroyed in the process...or maybe a phoenix rises up from the ashes.
I'm looking forward to catching that movie...glad to hear your (honest!) recommendation :).
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