Holidays and general ramblings

Off to Oxford at the weekend to see family and chill for a couple of days. Then heading to The Gower Penninsula for some rock pooling, hiking, surfing and camping action. I just keep fantasising about catching fish and BBQing them on the beach!
Then heading to The Green Man Festival at Glanusk Park in Brecon Beacons. Looking forward to seeing Joanna Newson amongst others.
I was hoping to get into London on Saturday to see In Celebration but I just can't abandon the family having travelled down there to specifically see them. Sorry Orlando! To be honest I reckon a Saturday afternoon matinee will be packed with squealers though and I would just feel embarrassed and probably irritated.
Viggo is due to be awarded the Golden Boot on Saturday (can't help but feel that sounds less than complimentary) I'm pleased for him.
There's also news of him possibly attending the San Sebastien Film Festival with David C in September and possibly Danish Film Festival. Not to mention TIFF in September and London in October... So lots of Vig spotting opps up and coming (Always a good thing)
I am really looking forward to seeing EP and especially can't wait to "Good" - there are some pics over at Viggo-Works (including Viggo in Nazi Officers' get up- which gives you pause) I imagine this will be a fascinating piece of work. Wonder when it's slated for release?
Anyway.. I'll be back on 21st Aug and hopefully there'll be some news about Orlando's future projects (lately he's been linked to Angels and Demons and Pompeii- who knows though) and hopefully some pics of Vig receiving his golden boot!

Perceval Press.. poetry posts

A quick mention and heads up to old VM at PP..
Thanks Vig for some lovely poetry posts of late! Go see all.. I have a link from this blog to PP (for the uninitiated)
Shakespeare's 70th Sonnet.. particularly beautiful! Also I love Charles Bukowski's "Be Kind".

If senor (meaning mainly Mortensen, but Bukowski also) doesn't begrude it, I have pasted the latter..

Be Kind

we are always asked
to understand the other person's
viewpoint
no matter
howout-dated
foolish or
obnoxious.

one is asked
to view
their total error
their life-waste
with
kindliness,
especially if they are
aged.

but age is the total of
our doing.
they have aged
badly
because they have
lived
out of focus,
they have refused to
see.

not their fault?

whose fault?
mine?

I am asked to hide
my viewpoint
from them
for fear of their
fear.

age is no crime

but the shame
of a deliberately
wasted
life

among so many
deliberately
wasted
lives

is.

-Charles Bukowski

Sorry Sir; I just loved this today of all days..
I had a particularly unpleasant experience with a colleage and came home in tears over his cruelty and lack of compassion.
As I drove out of the school ground I swore every bad word I ever heard or could ever make up; I cursed him.
I ran into some tourists; an old couple feeding the wildfowl stale bread... they had created a puddle of ducks and geese and their various young all across the lane!
I guess on viewing the ugly one amongst these "ducklings" hahaha - I guess... old Hans Christian Andersen sprang to mind. I smiled and the tears dried and I remembered how this guy who was so obnoxious had lost his dad 3 weeks ago.
I tried to "be kind"
I also tried to "be kind" to the old couple who had interupted my
mad-driving-jimihendrixplaying- swearing fury by inviting wildfowl to flood my path following their enticing left over "Mothers' Pride" yeasty bread leavings.
It wasn't until about 10 minutes after arriving home, dried up on husband's shoulder that I read the poem left at PP and thought ....
Be Kind!

Glastonbury

Not going this year. It opens the doors today and to mark that event I have been watching Julien Temple's film "Galstonbury". It puts me right there and really makes me regret not actually going this year. the festival has for certain become more corporate but is still a place to find yourself or rather lose yourself and look inwards.

This year for the first time I'm going to the "Green Man" festival in Brecon Beacons. Looking forward to seeing Joanna Newsom and Robert Plant (interestingly enough)

Was talking (I think here!) the other day about my obsessions with the numbers 2 and 5 and onward and then came across a little vid of Viggo talking numerology with Georg Gudni.... it';s here:
http://researchgruppen.com/pagelist/ViggoMortensenGeorgGudni/tabid/78/Default.aspx

Hmmm..

(Apologies to TVC for accidently posting there instead of her! duh! I' an idjit!!)
Lo/ve Jo xxxxxx