Good to hear you share my feeling about them. The Stockholm
underground (tunnelbana) isn't as extensive as classic networks such
as the Parisian metro, there are only three lines plus another set of
commuter lines, but my journeys on it are quite long getting to the
uni, and it is certainly packed at most times.
In Adelaide I did not use a train for year; the system is not big
either, but I am so glad now our house in Adelaide is on a train line.
It feels as if my world is right again.
________________________Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
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Sent:Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:47:02 -0700
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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 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:
>
> >
> >
> > 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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