Thursday, April 27, 2006

gumbostrand & a pool of words

When I was 11, my mother, sister & I drove across Canada to attend Expo '87 in Vancouver. At the beginning of our trip I decided to dedicate a page in my journal to keep track of funny street/town names I saw on the way. I think I gave up somewhere around Wawa, Ontario (about 10 hours into our 6 day drive) once I realized the enormity of my undertaking. Still, all these years later, whenever I see a street or town name that strikes me as funny I mentally add it to that list. Today's addition: Gumbostrand. Seen from my bus window on my way here www.porvoo.fi/

Truth, Hate, Love, Lies, Dead - Kiasma Art Installation
The white words run in computer generated text across the black floor of a large, dark room. Grouped together and moving in a pattern I can't decipher, the words wash over and around me like small schools of fish "hate", "love", "lies", "truth", with the occasional "dead" thrown in when the words collide. Bathed in a pool of words. I loved it.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

mom & me read and laugh hope yor happy and ma say she sent you adaptor that cost more to send than its worth!!! it should be there soon.
jealous and happy for you, but mostly happy you sound happy and miss you much xoxoxox ekah & ma.

Anonymous said...

How can I have missed a month?! Have you been away so long really? Actually, more than.

Hey, where is the squirrel on the roof pic? I always liked that squirrel. So: Big. Ears. Huh? I think I'll google "helsinki sqrabbit" and see what I get;)

Good to hear your voice the other day. You sound happy and relaxed.

Tonight, I ate pasta that my friend Anne cooked me for dinner that was delicious and I've been drinking too much wine for some strange reason.

I had an MRI on my head tonight (just a check up) and they secure you in this tunnel that obviously reminds one of being in a casket and then bounce frequencies all over your head. It really felt like experimental electronica music (for 30 minutes straight) and I totally enjoyed it and then I fell asleep with loud frequencies bouncing around me in a tunnel! How's that? I don't know why, but I actually had a smile on my face the whole time:) Some of the frequency noises were so loud that I felt like I was vibrating...I pretended that it was some kind of spa treatment, and enjoyed it as such.

You're blog is soothing.
Thanks:)

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