Pina, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
In a Glass Jar
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I will drape these thin lenses over my eyes for a month, and then they will go. Does a part of what I've seen leave with them? The clean slate for new impressions does excite, but the loss is something I haven't thought of before. I'm considering saving each lens, from here on out, preserving them in a glass jar. I might need to retrieve a memory, the visual aspects. Words don't always suffice.
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- Observer. Also, author of the novel “After the Sour Lemon Moon.” I recorded a free audio version at the beginning of the pandemic. You can find it in my Instagram bio, in highlights.
A thoughtful way of looking at it...little curled memories in a jar...like tiny shells or sea glass. X
ReplyDeleteI love your vision, Janis. I was imagining them suspended in a liquid solution. Your alternative jar of curled memories is so beautiful.
Deletepoetry in prose, Denise, poetry...
ReplyDeleteOh... Thank you, Amelia.
DeleteI love this imagery... little magical saucers containing memories. Thanks for making the little things so profound.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, Liz.
ReplyDeleteThis was lovely to read.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I, too, get into these moods where I see loss, a wistful beauty in everything.
I think I've been in this mood since I was a little girl...
DeleteThe reflection in the glass makes me think of seeing things through lenses. Even when they've gone, we will still have a different viewpoint thanks to you. Good to have you back.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Emily. Good to have you back too.
DeleteInteresting perspective, Denise.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michele.
DeleteHi Denise,
ReplyDeleteI must thank you for your ever-provocative posts.
I like to think that all memories are retrievable, we don't always know how to access them. the artist's way--words, sounds, images---exist as triggers.
I like your perspective, Nancy. I hope you are right.
DeleteLovely words but for some reason, this made me sad...the thought of losing images when things change...
ReplyDeleteProbably because the person writing it felt a little sad too.
DeleteI read this and wonder what my first lenses, inserted onto my eyes when I was 15 years old, would show me today if I put them back on.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see her view, Rachael.
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