praise the heavens, summer is here.
yesss.
today i added another place onto my road trip wish list. badlands national park in south dakota. check out some photos and you'll understand, i need to go there. i also want to go to yellowstone--i've been twice but its been forever. to see the huge expanse of fields and mountains, and buffalo roaming ....ugh. heaven. and that's without thinking about photography. the potential photos those places hold is daunting. i hardly ever go out to shoot, most of my stuff is just from my life, devoid of open fields and wild animals. but hopefully this summer, that will change.
i discovered nan goldin a month or two ago (i sadly don't own any photo books or know many famous photographers---i hope to change this this summer) and can't wait to start really looking at her photos, especially the relationship ones. amazing.
and here are some more words that i love:
(walk to the water, U2)
She said it wasn't cold
She left her coat unbuttoned
She wore canvas shoes
White canvas shoes
Around her neck
She wore a silver necklace
'It was given to me by my father' she said
'It was given to me'
She took the back way home
Past the lights at Summerhill
Turn left on to the north strand
And on
On towards the sea
He said he was an artist
But he really painted billboards
In large capital letters
In large capital letters
He was telling jokes
Nobody else would listen to him
I saw you that day
Your lips were cherry red
Your legs were crossed your arms wide open
Your hair was coloured gold
And like a field of corn
You were blown by the wind
You were blown by the wind
_
Walk, walk, walk to the water
Walk with me awhile
Walk, walk, walk to the roadside
walk with me in a light
A room in the Royal hotel
With sea facing views
A man with a suitcase
Full of things he doesn't need
I'm looking through your window
I'm walking through your doorway
I'm on the outside
Let me in
Let me love you
Let me love you
Let me
Walk, walk, walk to the water
Walk with me
Walk, walk, walk to the roadside
walk with me a while
_
--->the 4th stanza is my favorite (it starts with "i saw you that day," go back and read it), i especially love:
"And like a field of corn
You were blown by the wind
You were blown by the wind "
...doesn't get much better than that.
4 comments:
Lucky you. My last final is Tuesday. :(
Katherine, that song is so beautiful!! I've never heard it before, but the lyrics are FANTASTIC. Even when I was reading it, the part that is your most favorite was mine, too. That is a perfect summer's day, a day with just the right amount of refreshing, pink-cheeks wind. Love you:)
yes! nan goldin is amazing. ballad of sexual dependency is a really good book.
Aw, I love that you love Nan! I think she was really the first person to utilize "snapshot" style photography and make it into fine art. There's a really great documentary on her you should see. She reflects on a lot of her work and her relationships with people and her camera.
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