I absolutely love trains, Jill, and feel that in such motion there is a
release that brings about a great opening for creating. You've done a
gorgeous job here.
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Many thanks, Sheila. There is something about the moments and movement
> of trains, especially underground systems. Coupled with the fact of
> signs advertising a new production of Strindberg's Dance of Death.
> Which could be worth getting a ticket for, except it is in Swedish.
> Jill
> ________________________Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
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> Sent:Wed, 5 Nov 2014 11:35:26 -0700
> Subject:Re: Snap The Dance
>
> Jill, I find this moving as a moment in time that encompasses all
> tenses.
> Thank you for this. Lovely. Sheila
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Jill Jones wrote:
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> >
> >
> > THE DANCE
> >
> > Minutes hover in trains, everything is
> >
> > a forecast from an old future
> >
> > the new one is still variable in the making
> >
> > a misremembered song from the past
> >
> > the girl opposite is nodding her dreamy head
> >
> > ‘you are receiving from the year’ of your birth
> >
> > of your death, dying on trains while
> >
> > the ordnings vakt guys stand by preserving
> >
> > old acts of impurity in the name you clean with
> >
> > among the tall houses on the east side
> >
> > everyone watches to see what kind of soul
> >
> > emerges, grey answers, double delicious
> >
> > is it about amnesty, painted rainbows
> >
> > reading suspended clocks on the red line
> >
> > the dödsdansen around the doors
> >
> >
> > ________________________
> > Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
> >
> >
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