Shelter https://youtu.be/s9ln3Y6LShw video circa WWII, a reel of film in the possession of Col. James A Carter - perhaps taken by him in England? - unclear - Allies' planes? - perhaps collected by him - the frame outline implies relationships among them - silent - the very skies transformed - one can only imagine - the relationship might be in the _final_ assemblage of the segments - the (original) coloration (that is, not dyed) might imply different stocks - certainly different days - accompanied by an improvisation on an Okinawan sanshin - fairly old but not an ebony neck - very hard heavy wood though - traditional snake-skin body (now illegal for import) which had split - often happens, the weather - I repaired it - the Doumaki - body cover is perfect - it sounds amazing - an old case from the 1950s or 60s - not original with it - impossible to date - "the Battle of Okinawa- the deadliest action in the Pacific War" - the Ryukyu islands - in the 1950s we sheltered under the desks - the planes never came - I had a picture of the first hydrogen bomb explosion on my bed table along with Anne Frank - can only imagine Ukraine - so many other places as well - perhaps all of us seek shelter - music is a form of it - a kind of it - are forms kinds? - his voice is silent - there are planes - there are always the planes - always and always the planes - the very atmosphere transformed - uneasy sounds - that thin almost inconsequential object released - sounds and silent and that sound - can only imagine - the sanshin delicate in my hands - the strings quite worn but unbroken - the sound of Okinawan music behind me - I cannot approach it - cannot play in that style - something else speaks through me - riding me - thoughts of being hunted - inconceivable - I used to think - growing up - the planes are coming, the planes are coming - now I play this, playing this - the planes are coming, the planes are coming - ___ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
