Dreampepper - some things are too exquisite for the lens of my camera

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	Mon, Jul. 21st, 2008 04:53 pm

some things are too exquisite for the lens of my camera

Ravers blinded by lasers.

Last night's dancing aches all the way into the marrow of my bones. It's surgical, how my muscles are taut, leaning on my sinew, tight, as if I were a supplicant who crawled to her pilgrimage, high voltage, a stanza of sore and continuous dull pain. I move slowly today, proposing to each group of movements in turn. Please, my left, my right, my feet, my hips and belly and back, only five more steps until we get to sit, rather than stand, rest rather than walk. They are deaf, restricted, injected with distrust for higher brain functions. It's you who got us into this mess! they cry, as heavy as a wounded heart. You and your dancing, your twisting wrists, your skirt flaring more lightweight than rain! They are sassy, unhappy, a smashed set of porcelain. Save me if I ever have to run.

The festival was beautiful. At the last, I stood in the pit between the fenced off crowd and the stage, eyes stinging as a thousand people held hands and sang. Security shooed me to the very front, smiling at my camera, at my shining, perfect moment. I wished with all my heart for someone to hold there with me, to pin me to that place and time, and keep me there, a flower blooming precisely, forever in shared memory.

Best seat in the house, barring the stage, that. Best seat anywhere.

I'm looking forward to my pictures.

skonen_blades

	Tue, Jul. 22nd, 2008 12:10 am (UTC)

Sounds great.

I like this link from the laser article about the legal lasers that they use in Iraq to 'dazzle' drivers who fail to stop at checkpoints. I just love that they went and used the word 'dazzle'. Weapons that dazzle.

I've had a few camera moments like that. Where no camera can ever even come close to capturing that amazing frame of time. All that you want is someone to experience it with so that you can at least have one other person in the world who'll know what you're talking about when you say "remember that time?".

Pretty awesome. Sounds amazing.

porphyre

Bloody Foxtongue

	Tue, Jul. 22nd, 2008 04:35 pm (UTC)

Glitter guns and confetti cannons, high speed bullets that burst into rain. It's a nice line.

Next year, you should come to the folk fest too.

skonen_blades

	Tue, Jul. 22nd, 2008 05:32 pm (UTC)

Either that or the soldiers perform a musical and bust out the jazz hands.

skonen_blades

	Tue, Jul. 22nd, 2008 05:34 pm (UTC)

Lady, I grew up in Nelson. My entire childhood was a Folkfest.

porphyre

Bloody Foxtongue

	Tue, Jul. 22nd, 2008 07:04 pm (UTC)

The video I took captured some of it. Better than the pictures. It hurts, sometimes, to have such a poor camera.

sciencequeen

Stephanie a.k.a. the Science Queen

	Tue, Jul. 22nd, 2008 02:13 am (UTC)

Sucks about those blinded ravers!

I've been at a party where the lights were so intense, that someone had a seizure. I couldn't be in the room either... It's not just the intensity, it's the angle of the light too.

porphyre

Bloody Foxtongue

	Tue, Jul. 22nd, 2008 04:36 pm (UTC)

In this case it's pure idiocy. They were meant to be shone into the sky, but then they shoved them in a tent and pointed them at the crowd.

(Anonymous)

	Tue, Jul. 22nd, 2008 05:00 am (UTC)

couldn't help it

Behind the fence, I reached out and grabbed someone in the crowd's hand - needed to just hold someone so I settled for waving one arm with the crowd. There was a deep hum of energy inside me and it wasn't only the close proximity to the speakers either. After literally keeping everyone at bay, letting you get your shot, was another way of reaching out. I was thrilled you got your moment.

porphyre

Bloody Foxtongue

	Tue, Jul. 22nd, 2008 05:54 am (UTC)

I'm so glad you found me

I went through my shots tonight to grab this one out, just for you. *hugs*

mjtheanarchist

mary jane

	Tue, Jul. 22nd, 2008 05:31 am (UTC)

You coulda held me, baby ^_^

porphyre

Bloody Foxtongue

	Tue, Jul. 22nd, 2008 04:36 pm (UTC)

You got to stop standing me up, lady.

tlf1138
tlf1138

	Tue, Jul. 22nd, 2008 06:15 am (UTC)

OT: could you save a spot for me at the wireforks on wednesday?

-Joshua

porphyre

Bloody Foxtongue

	Tue, Jul. 22nd, 2008 04:36 pm (UTC)

Haven't even planned for them, but I suppose I'll start today.

porphyre

Bloody Foxtongue

	Wed, Jul. 23rd, 2008 08:52 pm (UTC)

Alright, I'm going down to the beach where the slide is with a blanket right after work. I'm encouraging people to bring picnic stuffs.