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Longer moments.
Aug. 29th, 2008 08:01 pmMy Russians. ( Let me tell you about my crazy fucking Russians. )
And one final moment, a little more serious, because it has nothing to do with crazy fucking Russians. Many years ago, I saw "When Night is Falling", which is a beautiful film with a circus full of beautiful freaks. And in my memory, if not in the actual film, there's a scene where the main character enters an old warehouse, full of jugglers and stilt-walkers and a whole world of passion and art and creativity, not to mention the woman she is falling in love with. And as she enters, that whole world is lit up with fire. And that's always, however unrealistically, been a mental postcard of what life in the circus should be like. One night this week, I caught Ann-Sophie's eye (and at this point it's probably important to mention that Ann-Sophie and I have spent a fair bit of time working together in the garage and now onstage, and I find her both fascinating and attractive) across the open space we use backstage for lighting and extinguishing for the fire dance, and she just started to smile as the fire dancers lit up, bathing the wings, and her face, in leaping flames and firelight. Beauty, art, and fire. We live the dream, a moment at a time.
jai.
.
And one final moment, a little more serious, because it has nothing to do with crazy fucking Russians. Many years ago, I saw "When Night is Falling", which is a beautiful film with a circus full of beautiful freaks. And in my memory, if not in the actual film, there's a scene where the main character enters an old warehouse, full of jugglers and stilt-walkers and a whole world of passion and art and creativity, not to mention the woman she is falling in love with. And as she enters, that whole world is lit up with fire. And that's always, however unrealistically, been a mental postcard of what life in the circus should be like. One night this week, I caught Ann-Sophie's eye (and at this point it's probably important to mention that Ann-Sophie and I have spent a fair bit of time working together in the garage and now onstage, and I find her both fascinating and attractive) across the open space we use backstage for lighting and extinguishing for the fire dance, and she just started to smile as the fire dancers lit up, bathing the wings, and her face, in leaping flames and firelight. Beauty, art, and fire. We live the dream, a moment at a time.
jai.
.