Constant Method
Sure. I’m coming up. The slight downward mood in the back of my head, like an undercurrent carrying me further out to sea, strangely enough was spurred on by 12 Monkeys. I really like that movie. I remember seeing it at the discount theater with Amy & Annie, not knowing what to expect and still not really knowing what I just saw when we stepped outside at 9pm into the 90 degree heat of Phoenix, Arizona.
I’ve probably seen the movie 6 or 7 times and the underlying (or blatant) themes always get me. Sure. It’s a sci-fi flick with time travel and paradoxical questions of changing the timeline, and the future of man - but there’s obviously more. So. I downloaded the movie that inspired 12 Monkeys -
From Wikipedia:
La jetée (English: The Jetty and The Pier) (1962) is a 28-minute black and white science fiction film by Chris Marker. Constructed almost entirely from still photos, it tells the story of a post-nuclear war experiment in time travel.
La jetée has no dialogue aside from small sections of muttering in German; the story is told by a voice-over narrator. It is constructed almost entirely from optically printed photographs playing out as a photomontage of varying pace. It contains only one brief shot originating on a motion-picture camera. The stills were taken with a Pentax 24×36 and the motion-picture segment was shot with a 35mm Arriflex.[2] The film score was composed by Trevor Duncan.
And while I totally, totally indulge in fleeting moments of… ah forget it.
I’ve been running on and off for weeks and this week I finally felt like I had gotten back to where I once was - which isn’t much compared to others but still, a decent 10 minute mile for 3 miles and that’s all the time I have in the mornings - When I’m awake, when I’m rested, and when I’m lost - I run like a machine. I have breath, I’m not gasping, and my mechanics are as efficient as possible (When you’re me and you run on a treadmill instead of outside - you can actually think about running form.)
Leah’s helping another round of auditions for the talent show/fundraiser her company is giving (don’t worry, she works for a nonprofit that aides children with autism and other developmental disabilities) - so I’m here studying, writing, studying and ummm… studying more. This photo? Taken a long time, after a long hike in the eastern range of mountains in Phoenix. Like many things in the moment, I didn’t realize/appreciate this scene. Looking back… the six hours to get up there was nothing.
I feel like waking up.
*If you want to see La jetée - Leave a comment and I’ll set you up with a download link.
