Friday, June 18, 2004 AD
Landscapes
An engaging tribute to the Midwest, from the Midwest Conservative Journal. Chris Johnson quotes James Lilek's remarks that on the prairie you realise that:
Update: Knew there was a reason why I love that view of Burnsall (above). At the party after Matthew's Baptism yesterday, it came up in conversation that Burnsall is where my maternal grandmother grew up, and my grandparents had a painting of that scene in their house. I'd remembered the painting but forgotten the family link. But in any event, it's one of the most beautiful views in England - in the face of some pretty stiff opposition. :-)
The earth is flat and the sky is big, and you're a small lone thing rolling between the two. True Midwesterners have no time for oceans--all that pointless motion. It comes in, it goes out. What's the point? True Midwesterners have no time for mountains. They're so obvious. They don't do anything. We have mountains, in a way; they're called clouds. And they move. Can yours do that?Chris & James: you've almost persuaded me. But all the same, give me the Yorkshire Dales anyday:
Update: Knew there was a reason why I love that view of Burnsall (above). At the party after Matthew's Baptism yesterday, it came up in conversation that Burnsall is where my maternal grandmother grew up, and my grandparents had a painting of that scene in their house. I'd remembered the painting but forgotten the family link. But in any event, it's one of the most beautiful views in England - in the face of some pretty stiff opposition. :-)
