The Ether. Marie Wintzer - Japan

[cheryl penn]

I wonder if the Ether is like Camelot? I dont know, in the half light I thought I heard Lord Tennyson. The faintest of echoes in a winter sky.

"There she weaves by night and day

A magic web with colours -grey-

She has heard a whisper say,

A curse is on her if she stay

To look down to Camelot"

Like Free Falling I guess.

She tries to stay grounded, to live all her life in THIS world, but...

"She knows not what the curse may be,

And so she weaveth steadily, And little other care hath she,

The Lady of Shalott".

"And moving tho' a mirror clear

That hangs before her all the year,

Shadows of the world appear,

There she sees the highway near

  Winding down to Camelot"

Two worlds are colliding here. The physical one and the Ether one. Each one playing a tune that calls to dance in steps that pervade. 

Dont become thin air.

"But in her web she still delgihts,

To weave the mirror's magic sights,

For often thro' the silent nights

A funeral with plumes and lights

And music, went to Camelot" 

The Ether : (Marie)  A volatile substance that tends to vaporize, meaning that nothing lasts very long and if you want it you have to catch and grab it in that narrow time window when it is here. But on the other hand Ether is also a net in its own right, things get trapped in it, permanently." A web for sure.

"She left the web, she left the loom,

She made three paces thro' the room,

She saw the water-lily bloom,

She saw the helmet and the plume,

She look'd down to Camelot.

Out flew the web and floated wide;

The mirror cracked from side to side;

'The curse is come upon me', cried

The Lady of Shalott.

 

And I think the Ether IS like Camelot.

 

 

[De Villo Sloan]

OK, when I saw you had used that poem I thought: "Yes, how perfect." I've always liked that poem and the metaphor. I guess you folks in colonies look fondly on the Victorian Era ;))))

[cheryl penn]

Looking through the medium of a mirror and not at the world directly was a perfect analogy to me too - thats what the ether is some days, a dense, dark filter through which to view reality.

[De Villo Sloan]

It certainly is a good one. I like her text too. I thought you made a good choice with "The Lady of Shalott" because the spell involves only being able to look at the world outside through her mirror and not directly, right? I thought that had more to do with the ether than Camelot itself. All in all, great blog!

[cheryl penn]

Yes, well, the Ether dance is getting a little complex. That bound tree - I think its one of my favorite images I have  ever seen of Marie's - and the way she linked the rope on the tree to the string on the page - FAB :-) X

[De Villo Sloan]

So part of this is wrapped in brown paper with string? I never thought of Marie as a Wrapper.

[cheryl penn]

Norris J. Lacy wrote that  "Camelot, located no where in particular, can be anywhere" - sounds alot like the Ether to me... A web of contradictions, expertly woven in word and image by Marie.   Thanks Nancy and Yvonne - this truly is beautiful work :-) X

[Yvonne Neldel]

...what a wonderful work! Thanx for sharing....

[Nancy Bell Scott]

This one takes my breath away.  Such beautiful work, Marie.  Not to mention Cheryl's most worthy annotations ~