Tuesday 2 November, 2004
Clouds
I don't think I've ever been so much influenced by clouds as I am right now. In Vancouver, clouds define the city - how much you see and how the city feels. If it's bright with the occasional cloud, you can see the mountains towering over the city, you can see for miles and miles. If it's a bit cloudy you can see maybe North Van and some of the forests on the mountains, but clouds are hovering over the mountain tops and you can maybe see glimpses of them. On a really cloudy and rainy day (like yesterday) you can't see a thing, the mountains, or even the shore might as well not be there and your world becomes small and dark.
Too difficult to explain in words, perhaps... But it's like previously, clouds were just these abstract things that might steal your sunshine but that was pretty much it. They were high up, somewhere there. Now, I can actually relate the clouds to the landscape - "clouds are high" or "low", related to how much I can see of the mountains. And they have locations - clouds over North or West Van, because that's where the mountains are.
Perhaps you have to see it to understand what I mean. You know who you are.
Posted by kolibri at 2 November 12:41, 2004Sounds kinda cool :)
....is it possible to sound geeky about clouds? I hope not...
# 2 - Emokolibri (on November 2, 2004 09:42 PM):
It was interesting to read about your analyze about clouds. I think that it is just what we have to do as human beings: think, analyze, reflect the world where we live, to understand it better and to live our live happier. The weather is always here. When sailing, I have tried to follow the weather as an exciting performance. It is the circumstances you have to face and you cannot complain. It can scare you, or harm you, if you dont't understand it.
I congratulate you that you have such an interesting hometown.There are other clouds in the sky every day: News aboud wars, famine, suppression. These clouds also but us down.
Anyway, the effect of the weather on human mind is real. I love sunshine. I often recall the memories of last summer at sea: the smooth rocks, endless see, the birds.
Ursa Major has taken lots of fine photos of clouds. Perhaps he should send you the last ones.
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