Caitlin...Woke up today at around 8 (sleeping in!) and went to my Documentary Genres class. We watched four films (Manhatta, A Bronx Morning, Night Mail, and Song of Ceylon). All of the films were excellent. Manhatta was a cityscape of New York City as it was circa 1920 and had really neat shots of people going to work, the building of skyscrapers, boats arriving and departing from in the harbor, and all sorts of city life activities. Bronx Morning (1931) was more poetic and dealt with life in the Bronx, its multicultural aspects, the flavor of the streets and more. There were really interesting shots of sheets of birds soaring above the river juxtaposed with shots of newspapers free falling out of apartment windows. Night Mail is a British documentary that catalogues the activities of the British postal system (around the mid 30s). It was really neat to see the mechanism in which they would hang leather sacks of letters for high-speed trains to snatch as they whizzed by. And lastly, Song of Ceylon was a really neat piece about life in Sri Lanka and dealt later with its economic relation to the British empire.
In other news, it's really cold today! It's currently 10F outside and dropping. I had walked to and from class today and it was so nice to feel the warm welcome of the classroom or of home. Tonight I will be watching the dogs, as Amanda is in Columbus for her step-Aunt's funeral and Rem is in Seattle working on a project for Stalwart Construction. I have class in about an hour (at 7pm until 9pm) and then I have a good bit of Music Theory homework to do.
I am looking forward to tomorrow -- it will probably be pretty busy though. I only have one class in the morning but then I will be attending Starving Artist's Lunch, meeting with my adviser Dr. Partyka, getting my tutor training session complete, possibly having dinner with Julia, Larry and Caitlin, watching Ben perform at the Donkey, and then attending Julia's Tom Hanks movie marathon ( a party in which we watch several films that feature Academy Award winning actor Tom Hanks).
I took this picture about an hour ago -- it is of Caitlin standing outside of an interesting building down on South Congress. Many times it is not possible for her to perceive how beautiful she is. She not only possesses undeniable physical beauty but she also emanates a spiritual beauty, too. It is impossible to see ourselves in the eyes of others but sometimes I wish she could and then she would maybe realize the beauty she is. This all reminds me of that song I'll Be Your Mirror sung by Nico and the Velvet Underground.
I'll be Your Mirror
Reflect what you are, in case you don't know
I'll be the wind, the rain and the sunset
The light on your door to show that you're home
When you think the night has seen your mind
That inside you're twisted and unkind
Let me stand to show that you are blind
Please put down your hands
'Cause I see you...
I find it hard to believe you don't know
The beauty that you are
But if you don't, let me be your eyes
A hand in your darkness, so you won't be afraid
When you think the night has seen your mind
That inside you're twisted and unkind
Let me stand to show that you are blind
Please put down your hands
'Cause I see you.
I'll be your mirror.
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