For the ten days I was there, the days and then the nights seemed to slip in and out, behind and in front of one another like a dream. The dark of night seemed to interleave the afternoon and the dream of night replaced the dream of day. In the morning the opposite. Night and day danced elegantly around my head like a ballerina in a music box. Each step of this whirling dance carefully choreographed precisely ot the rythmn of the arriving and departing trains at the Hauptbahnhof.
Coming out of the dream and back into the reality of my life reminds me of what it was like trying to get on an escallator as a little boy - walking up to it and trying really hard to synchronize the gate of my walk to the emerging steps of the escallator. It was always awkward and clumsy. I still have to pay a great deal of attention so I don't biff it.
I still seemed to be lost in that world.
I want to go back.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Retrieving the lost songs
After Thanksgiving a year ago, it occurred to me that I lost a great deal of music in the intervening time between 1990 and 2005. This is music that I had acquired during my time with her. Memories that seemed to be produced by the music have an indelible tag to her. Simply put, music that I once loved is now painful to listen to.
One such piece of music is called Love on a Real Train by Tangerine Dream. This music was used in the film Risky Business. I finally found this tune while I was with her around 1995. I played this piece all over Germany while on the Bahn. The piece has taken on a new memory. The association with her; expunged.
I gotta tell ya, I love the trains in Germany!
I have a lot of video of the traveling by train. These trains run really smooth. When they come into the station you can't even hear the wheels on the rails. When they are going all out they run about 170 Km/hr or 105 mph There are a lot of trains that run faster, but still, 105 mph for a passenger train is really cookin'!
One such piece of music is called Love on a Real Train by Tangerine Dream. This music was used in the film Risky Business. I finally found this tune while I was with her around 1995. I played this piece all over Germany while on the Bahn. The piece has taken on a new memory. The association with her; expunged.
I gotta tell ya, I love the trains in Germany!
I have a lot of video of the traveling by train. These trains run really smooth. When they come into the station you can't even hear the wheels on the rails. When they are going all out they run about 170 Km/hr or 105 mph There are a lot of trains that run faster, but still, 105 mph for a passenger train is really cookin'!
And I'm back!
It was a jamb packed trip. I started my journey back at 4:30 AM 27TH and got home at 6:30 am (Berlin time) on the 28th. Now I can't sleep
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
