"the waters edge, version 2"
after work sometimes i go down to the river if there is still light. one of my favorite quotes from annie dillard, from chapter one of "a pilgrim at tinker creek"
At the time of Lewis and Clark, setting the praries on fire was a well-known signal that meant, "Come down to the water." It was an extravagant gesture, but we can't do less. If the landscape reveals one certainty, it is that the extravagant gesture is the very stuff of creation. After on extravagant gesture of creation in the first place, the universe has continued to deal exclusively in extravagances, flinging intracacies and colossi down aeons of emptiness, heaping profusions and profligacies with ever fresh vigor.
THE WHOLE SHOW HAS BEEN ON FIRE FROM THE WORD GO. I COME DOWN TO THE WATER TO COOL MY EYES. BUT EVERYWHERE I LOOK I SEE FIRE; THAT WHICH ISN'T FLINT IS TINDER, AND THE WHOLE WORLD SPARKS AND FLAMES.
not in ohio.
so, moment of honesty: i feel like facebook is so hot right now, and blogger is losing steam... so i'm thinking about ditching this site, maybe. we'll see. maybe i'll make a new website for photos to replace this one.
