TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Sunday, March 13, 2005

12:21 AM
Posted by jodi rose

been having that kaleidescope feeling
everything shifting and changing
you can never quite find your feet
the ground beneath is never solid
and keeps moving
then months or years or weeks later
you realise, aha, things were falling into place
I just can't see the pattern from inside the kaleidoscope

went to visit the ice stonehenge on friday
amazing, with dissolving photos inside ice frames
had a good meeting with sophea and bought art - angel box
from the cigarette machine at m.bar
later on the train platform a man kept smiling at me
he eventually said: you seem happy,
hmm yes I'm a bit happy, I told him - and are you?
no, he said, I'm not happy. that's a shame, I replied and
then we went into different parts of the carriage
the whole trip home I was wondering, why wasn't he happy?
when we both got off at puistola asked him,
and he hesitated, is it that you're in finland in winter?
partly that, he said, and he gave his hat away - said
you need to give everything away until you can genuinely say
I have no more to give.