“Think of a globe, a revolving globe on a stand. Think of a contour globe, whose mountain ranges cast shadows, whose continents rise in bas-relief above the oceans. But then: think of how it really is. These heights are just suggested; they’re there….when I think of walking across a continent I think of all the neighborhood hills, the tiny grades up which children drag their sleds. It is all so sculptured, three-dimensional, casting a shadow. What if you had an enormous globe that was so huge it showed roads and houses- a geological survey globe, a quarter of a mile to an inch- of the whole world, and the ocean floor! Looking at it, you would know what had to be left out: the free-standing sculptural arrangement of furniture in rooms, the jumble of broken rocks in the creek bed, tools in a box, labyrinthine ocean liners, the shape of snapdragons, walrus. Where is the one thing you care about in earth, the molding of one face? The relief globe couldn’t begin to show trees, between whose overlapping boughs birds raise broods, or the furrows in bark, where whole creatures, creatures easily visible, live our their lives and call it world enough. What do I make of all this texture? What does it mean about the kind of world in which I have been set down? The texture of the world, its filigree and scrollwork, means that there is a possibility for beauty here, a beauty inexhaustible in its complexity, which opens to my knock, which answers in me a call I do not remember calling, and which trains me to the wild and extravagant nature of the spirit I seek.”
― Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
'Think of a globe, a revolving globe on a stand.' - Preferably a macro/supermacro shot of a revolving globe in the outdoors.
"Whose mountain ranges cast shadows, whose continents rise in bas-relief above the oceans' - This shot will be done in North Wales. It'll most likely show the Snowdonia or Carneddau mountain range.
"But then: think of how it really is. These heights are just suggested; they’re there…." - Unknown shot.
"….when I think of walking across a continent I think of all the neighborhood hills, the tiny grades up which children drag their sleds." - A possible revolving shot/pan from the top of the Cnicht or another mountain.
"It is all so sculptured, three-dimensional, casting a shadow." - N/A currently
"That if you had an enormous globe that was so huge it showed roads and houses- a geological survey globe, a quarter of a mile to an inch- of the whole world, and the ocean floor!" - N/A
"Looking at it, you would know what had to be left out:" - N/A
"the free-standing sculptural arrangement of furniture in rooms, the jumble of broken rocks in the creek bed, tools in a box, labyrinthine ocean liners, the shape of snapdragons, walrus." - Macro/supermacro shots of corners of furniture looking out over the sea.
"Where is the one thing you care about in earth, the molding of one face?" - N/A
"The relief globe couldn't begin to show trees," - Pan out from the woods; Location: Llanbedrog 'The Iron Man' walk.
"between whose overlapping boughs birds raise broods," - If possible this shot will include a flock of birds, preferably this will be filmed over Criccieth beach or Black Rock sands.
"or the furrows in bark, where whole creatures, creatures easily visible," - Unsure of what this shot will be of, however I would like it to be macro.
"live our their lives and call it world enough." - N/A
"What do I make of all this texture?" - Possibly the shot taken from the plane when flying back from India.
"What does it mean about the kind of world in which I have been set down?" - N/A
"The texture of the world, its filigree and scrollwork, means that there is a possibility for beauty here," - N/A
"a beauty inexhaustible in its complexity," - These three shall be linked. Although I do not know what shots I will be using just yet, I plan to have a mixture of both my Wales and India footage.
"which opens to my knock"
"which answers in me a call I do not remember calling,"
"and which trains me to the wild and extravagant nature of the spirit I seek.” - N/A
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