Light and blood
On Friday we went to the Botanics to see Spirit, a Chinese lantern show by the wonderful NVA (we will get to one of their landscape installations some day). Cameras were not allowed (didn't seem to stop some people) but in a way this was good as it made us experience what we were seeing properly, through our eyes as opposed to a lens. Press passes were available and I think the results can be seen here on Flickr.
Despite most of the other people attending being walking Edinburgh cliches (straight from Jenners tea rooms) we had a great time and were really impressed with what we saw. The lights in the Palm House were low, and certain blooms, plants and details were highlighted with spotlights, encouraging you (we seemed to be the only ones not rushing through though) to examine the details in them.
Having taken a few days off to celebrate Jon's birthday, we went to the cinema this afternoon to see There Will Be Blood. It was my first viewing, and Jon's second. I'm sure he'll write a better review than me, but goodness it was amazing. Has anyone read the book that it's based on, Oil!? I know it's more a loose basing but I came away intrigued by the back story of the character of Eli. Apart from having some kind of delusional mental illness, how did such a young person manage to become his community's spiritual leader? I wondered why people were so ready to submit to him but in the same way that people were so ready to lease their land to the oil company for money, they were prepared to give their rationality to the church for salvation. The acting is superb, especially by Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano, and their last scene is particularly powerful.









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