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TALES OF THE WIND

By: Kenji


Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (Elliott)

i love to see the wind rippling the fields of grass and corn, and some directors like Ivens and Tarkovsky have a feeling for such natural elements.
Huillet/Straub love the wind in the trees, i could have picked others

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Forough Farrokhzad: The wind will take us away

In my little night, alas

The storm has a fateful tryst
with the sweet sleep of the trees.

In my little night, alas
The freezing fright of ruin streams.

Listen!
The shadows are stepping by…
We must flee.

This bliss seems so odd to me,
I am addicted to my despair,
I feel that something will disrupt
this flowing peace of our quiet night.

Listen!
The shadows are stepping by…
We must flee.

Don’t you see?
Our roof is shaking in fear of collapse,
and over this roof, an immense dark cloud,
like a dull, grieving crowd,
is expecting the moment of cry.

Don’t you hear?
Night is marching behind the window’s glass
and the wind is cutting our yard’s breath
It seems that two stranger eyes
are watching this house.

Listen!
The shadows are stepping by…
We must flee.

You,
O green like the soul of the leaves,
Put your hands into mine,
And hold them like burning memories of love.

You,
O green like the soul of the leaves,
Leave your lips to the stroke of mine,
And savor them like swell flavor of an old wine.

If we forget
The wind will take us away,
The wind will take us away.

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Hokusai: 36 Views of Fuji (Eijiri)

I turned my head and saw the wind,
Not far from where I stood,
Dragging the corn by her golden hair,
Into a dark and lonely wood.

(W.H.Davies- from The Villain)

Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout
Till you have drench’d our steeples, drown’d the cocks!

(King Lear, Act 3, Scene 2)


Renoir: The Gust of Wind

 

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Weaving Wave

8May11

The Mistral made me wish to see the protagonist honored, but I thought that somebody should have done a list like that! Don't you think that Berta's Motives also belongs here?

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    Kenji

    8May11

    Ah yes, i love Berta's Motives. It's hard to remember all my own lists!

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Myra

23Nov10

I like wind! :)

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Groovy Monster

11Aug10

Great list! I'm a big fan of wind. Seriously.

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Kenji

15May10

well i found myself thinking of the winds of North Africa so it was a natural progression

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