I find the worse thing about being a ghost is not that you can’t touch or taste, it is that you can still see and hear but you can’t touch or taste. Can anyone blame me for my envy of the living?
I took this picture and wrote these words after a conversation with a friend about ghosts. I believe in ghosts only metaphorically. I see them as literary stand ins for alienation. To me ghosts carry a subtext of yearning for what is impossible.
5 comments:
i really like this picture. i love how the hand reflection is all misshapen from the ripples in the water. i'm sure that was an interesting conversation that i would have enjoyed overhearing.
i'm still not sure how i feel about ghosts—if they exist or not. i believe in spirits, but i don't exactly know how they exist.
if i did believe in ghosts, i would be convinced there was one where i live now. so many unexplained things have happened there—not scary things, just weird things. (either that, or the landlords are coming in while we are away at work.)
:)
i think my husband thinks i'm cuckoo. or, maybe he's playing tricks with my mind.
so, you're a twin. very cool. even though you are not identical, it is still a special thing. i'm amazed when i really stop and think about it—that my sis and i were once one organism.
You are very generous with your comments, I'm glad that I some how bumped into you. -P
me too.
i initially thought that it was your photos that kept me coming back to your blog—especially since i am such a visual person and not a big reader.
but then, i found myself reading your posts and enjoying them a lot—they must be just the right length, because i'm not a big reader, and most blogs i visit are more for visual stimulation then the written word. if i go to a blog that has a lot of text, i tend to skim over it—again, i'm just not a big reader!
but i can honestly say, i read every single word you write. it's a writing style that i don't see often, and i really enjoy it.
and the more i read, the more you say things that remind me of my father—it's weird. and i think that is why i'm coming back more and more. i lost him two and a half years ago, and i almost find comfort in the strange familiarity here.
then, i found out you were a twin. so, there you have it. thus my reasons for generous comments. :)
(that, and i have no life. just kidding.)
plus, no one else is leaving comments, so i have to make up for everyone else. :)
i don't know if a lot of people are reading your blog, but even if not, it's being enjoyed enough for many by me.
always returning for more fine thoughts . . .
G.
Now I understand the connection. I'm a lazy writer and you're a lazy reader! perfect :)
i'm glad you added the smiley face after your comment so that i know you are kidding, because i would hate to have been misunderstood.
i am no doubt a lazy reader, but you are not at all a lazy writer. that was exactly my point. your posts are just right. just enough to evoke thought and thoroughly enjoyable.
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