We are immersed in a world of wetness

November 29, 2023 10:03 PM

Of water, time, creativity and connectedness. [SL Substack, via]
posted by ellieBOA (3 comments total)

Come now. Including a 3 minute movie of a glass of trembling water without referencing Hugh MacDiarmid's poem?
Hold a glass of pure water to the eye of the sun.
It is difficult to tell the one from the other
Save for the tiny hardly visible trembling of the water.
This is the nearest analogy to the essence of human life
Which is even more difficult to see . . .
Can't find a full text so you'll have to listen to the man reading the whole thing: takes 5.40m, he talks about iniquity and inequality with such contained, sustained fury that you should hear it behind safety glass.
posted by BobTheScientist at 1:07 AM on November 30, 2023 [1 favorite]

This is a very lovely essay.

The weekend’s rain has filled the loch to brimming. The burn is bloated from yesterday’s storm, a brown and frothing brawl. Beyond, the sea horizon is ‘far enough away to seem straightforward’ though I know it’s anything but. The rock pools empty and refill with every tide. I turn the tap, fill the kitchen sink and empty it. I drink and I piss. I’m a tidal pool filling and emptying. I’m small but I touch the whole. I participate.
posted by chavenet at 2:31 AM on November 30, 2023

Water is real
posted by 0bvious at 4:05 AM on November 30, 2023