Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Normal strangeness? Would that make strange strangeness normal?
Tim - It's only a matter of time before a similar technology to the one that's been applied to binoculars makes it possible to take long exposures on a light tripod. Digital resolutions may also soon offer some help. How about shorter tripods? They would gain sturdiness from their compressed dimensions and on top of a mountain, height should be less of a concern.
But maybe the real fix is to leave the camera and tripod at home. If trekking up a "hill" can be justified by the experience alone, maybe that should be enough. The old movie Soylent Green comes to mind. The antithesis of continuing life experience - the ultimate death trip - was the film version of the by then extinct "natural world". So, doesn't it make sense that those lucky enough to be alive, and with a future, should live so fully in the moment that artifacts become unnecessary, sort of like the orchestra that plays so perfectly - the only thing left to do at the end is to smash the instruments. Somethings can only exist in a moment. Any immitation would be an insult.
After all that, think how much better the moment could be without any of the added weight. Besides, you can always buy the post card set from the shop at the bottom of the hill.
Tim - It's only a matter of time before a similar technology to the one that's been applied to binoculars makes it possible to take long exposures on a light tripod. Digital resolutions may also soon offer some help. How about shorter tripods? They would gain sturdiness from their compressed dimensions and on top of a mountain, height should be less of a concern.
But maybe the real fix is to leave the camera and tripod at home. If trekking up a "hill" can be justified by the experience alone, maybe that should be enough. The old movie Soylent Green comes to mind. The antithesis of continuing life experience - the ultimate death trip - was the film version of the by then extinct "natural world". So, doesn't it make sense that those lucky enough to be alive, and with a future, should live so fully in the moment that artifacts become unnecessary, sort of like the orchestra that plays so perfectly - the only thing left to do at the end is to smash the instruments. Somethings can only exist in a moment. Any immitation would be an insult.
After all that, think how much better the moment could be without any of the added weight. Besides, you can always buy the post card set from the shop at the bottom of the hill.
