Friday, August 28, 2009

Moon and Mater










Wednesday night the canal was mirror still and the heron pair flew up and down. The neighbors across the canal came to their dock and the keeper was on our dock and they conversed back and forth as they watched the fat carp come up and try to join the conversation. No beavers or otters, though. But she watched the crescent moon rise over the reeds.


She did finish The Soloist about Mr. Nathaniel Ayers, the very talented musician who happens to also be a schizophrenic, whose story was told by reporter St Lopez, who became his friend. A powerful story of friendship and mental illness and street life.

She said she ended the day with a very powerful DVD which she helped produce (only a little), Images of God, all about Meinrad Craighead’s artistic visions of God the Mother. The keeper said that this woman’s images are so close to her own spirit that it is scary. At one film, Meinrad mentioned being in touch with the feral energy of God. The keeper said she knew exactly what she was speaking about, especially as she lives so close to the wild there at the ocean. A little Mary Oliver in there as well. When they spoke about the fire which devastated the bosque in Albuquerque several years ago, Meinrad had to paint the pain of the animals whom she had come to know, as they and their young perished in the blazes. Also, some lovely sections about the Black Madonna and Montserrat in España. She did finish The Soloist about Mr. Nathaniel Ayers, the very talented musician who happens to also be a schizophrenic, whose story was told by reporter St Lopez, who became his friend. A powerful story of friendship and mental illness and street life.

She said she ended the day with a very powerful DVD which she helped produce, called Images of God, all about Meinrad Craighead’s artistic visions of God the Mother. The keeper said that this woman’s images are so close to her own spirit that it is scary. At one film, Meinrad mentioned being in touch with the feral energy of God. The keeper said she knew exactly what she was speaking about, especially as she lives so close to the wild there at the ocean. A little Mary Oliver in there as well. When they spoke about the fire which devastated the bosque in Albuquerque several years ago, Meinrad had to paint the pain of the animals whom she had come to know, as they and their young perished in the blazes. Also, some lovely sections about the Black Madonna and Montserrat in España.

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