Thursday 18 December 2014

extract from a conversation


A. Look at that red thing.
L. Where?
A. There.
L. I don't see anything red.
A. (pointing) There.
L. There's nothing red over there.
A. (still pointing) No, over there.
L. I still don't see any red things.
A. (more emphatically, a little frustrated, again pointing) It's there.
L. (pauses) Oh, you mean the low clouds behind that building? They're reddish from the rising sun.
A. Yes. That's it. I didn't know they were clouds. (pauses) They're beautiful.


4 comments:

  1. You seem to have a child sensitive to beauty and landscape, and you seem to be able to write plays....

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  2. ha ha. I don't think Ibsen, in his grave, has anything to worry about. Yes, he does seem to like the landscape (especially mountains). brainwashing....

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  3. Lovely. Sometimes we forget to appreciate the basic elements of the world. Hopefully there's always a child there to point it out to us!

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