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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I cannot go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree, but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
--Theodore Roethke
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Joy's Updates - Straight from the Horse's Mouth.
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Friday, July 25, 2003
Movies
There are some movies I want to see - Pirates of the Caribbean is one of them. Brian and Melissa said it was good. I'd also like to see Seabiscuit for some reason. I've never seen any of those Laura Croft movies and am not sure I'll start now.
Masked and Anonymous is a must-see because of the cast. Look who's in it! Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Bob Dylan, Luke Wilson, Val Kilmer, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, Penélope Cruz, Bruce Dern, Christian Slater, Giovanni Ribisi, Angela Bassett, Cheech Marin, and Fred Ward. How about that? Good and even great casts won't assure a wonderful movie if the directing and writing don't come through, however, seeing that group work together will be interesting. Larry Charles directed it and, although not credited, Bob Dylan is said to have had a large part in writing it. This is part of what was written about it on the website.
Larry Charles has put all these con men, two-timers, and fallen women into an environment that looks like the place we all worry we're going to end up in if government services fall into the deficit hole and our retirement funds get moved into some CEO's beach house. It's not Post-Apocalyptic, it's not that highfalutin. Masked and Anonymous takes place in a country that could be California or Cuba ten years from now, could be El Salvador or Haiti ten years ago, or could be Texas today if Santa Anna had won the war. It's a mythic America all right, but no more mythic than the America displayed in most Hollywood films.
That makes it sound interesting too. Guess we'll find out.
10:56:00 AM
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