Goldsworthy

I managed to watch all of Rivers and Tides this morning, and doodled in my scratchbook.

WONDERFUl experience. While I was taking mental notes and screen captures all the way through, I think the most important thought came to me at the very beginning:


What is the objective?
To reach the destination as fast as possible?

Or to fertilize the most ground possible?

Looking at Goldworthy's rivers (the winding style he has an affinity for), my left brain piped up asking "what is the land like that the river crosses that land in such a serpentine way? isn't the tilt of the land such that the river would rather flow in a direct line?" That gave rise to "what is the benefit of a winding path?" My answer "more fertile soil" was rather practical and maybe not correct, but it was easy to draw a metaphor between that river form and how I travel through life.

Even yesterday I was pondering over my objectives and how I partition my energy and time. I want to see where "Slow. Wandering. Fertile." as a mantra takes me. I want my brain and soul to have richer soil.



Black roots: below the soil line is were the earth transfers nutrients into the plant (bracken in particular), and that point of energy transfer leaves a mark on the stalk. (VERY paraphrased from the movie, but a thought I want to keep)

Cliffs and pillars in the sea: Amazing. Not something typical to the SoCal coast.

Wooly cow: So cute.

Mondrian tree: Sarah posting this clip from the film is what drew my attention to Rivers and Tides recently. When I got to that part on my own, I was reminded of my beloved Piet Mondrian trees and did my own, after a fashion.

And other forms and ideas. :)