On outer and inner space walks (2)

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"The Master of Music, Gensho, who directed the music for festivals and ceremonies at Iwashimizu Shrine south of Kyoto, went to visit the shrine's holdings at Yoshikawa in Bitchu Province. On his return to the capital he stopped at Muro. While there he seemed about to die from a derangement of the spirit. Half the hair on his head turned as white as snow. Thinking this was something supernatural, he sought the help of a shaman. Speaking through this woman, the god of the Kibitsu Shrine said, "Although you frequently pass through this area, you never play your music for me. Therefore you are suffering in this way." Gensho quickly paid a visit to that shrine, and as he played the tunes secret to all but the emperor, his white hair returned to its normal color. One must say that he was a wonderful credit to his calling."

Flooded in footage, aware of kami and other influences, Sam Renseiw concocted a short tripthyc vodle from a visit to the Kiyomizu - dera Temple and adjacent shrines. View the fairly unedited promenade architecturale with interior inserts by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 638b, 03'12'', 15.4Mb, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a waiting group of uniformed teenagers at the bottom of the Kiyomizu - dera Temple ( Lum # 159," group wait " 00'52'', 3.8MB, Qucktime/mov)

Today's Bonus Patafilm footage features a cryptic, overall sensuous and definitely semiotic walk on a sidewalk part of Kyoto's Kawaramachi-dori, apparently soon to be dug up. Enjoy. (patafilm # 638, 02'41'', 12.7MB, Quicktime/mov)

On outer and inner space walks

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" The power of montage resides in that it includes in the creative process the emotions and mind of the spectator. The spectator is compelled to proceed along that same creative road that the author travelled in creating the image. The spectator not only sees the represented finished work, but also the experiences the dynamic process of the emergence and assembly of the image just as it was experienced by the author."

With only slight montage in the editing process, Sam Renseiw muses over the marvellous, serendipitous travelling footage from a recent walk through Kyoto film sets. Enjoy the un-planed narrative sequence, opening up a gap between juxtaposition of reality and its representation, involving both viewer and voodler in spatial and temporal levels by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 637, 02'09'', 32.9MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features, via an apparent simple frame, a complexity of interlocking spaces and moves therein. Enjoy a short moment of still(ness) before the journey's continuation. ( Lum # 158 " sanjo-line-stop " 00'59'' 4.6MB, Quicktime/mov)

On Inari's collective forms and Kitsunes

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" A kitsune may take on human form, an ability learned when it reaches a certain age — usually 100 years, although some tales say 50. As a common prerequisite for the transformation, the fox must place reeds, a broad leaf, or a skull over its head. Common forms assumed by kitsune include beautiful women, young girls, or elderly men. These shapes are not limited by the fox's age or gender, and a kitsune can duplicate the appearance of a specific person. Foxes are particularly renowned for impersonating beautiful women. Common belief in medieval Japan was that any woman encountered alone, especially at dusk or night, could be a fox."

Paying homage to the local Inari, Sam Renseiw visited some Kitsunes at Fujimi. View the architectural "promenade-renard" by clicking here or on the links above, and enjoy the almost hypnotic travelling. (patafilm # 636, 04'37'', 24.5 MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere video Feature another Shinto view. (Lum # 157 " Shinto wedding" 00'53'', 4.7 MB, Quicktime/mov)

Today's Patalab HD video features photogenic ladies in a corner. (HD # 03a,00'44'' 140 MB, Quicktime/mov)

On walking other alleys, reflecting

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"There is no desire more natural than that of knowledge. We try all ways that can lead us to it; where reason is wanting, we therein employ experience, which is a means much more weak and cheap; but truth is so great a thing that we ought not to disdain any mediation that will guide us to it. Reason has so many forms that we know not to which to take; experience has no fewer; the consequence we would draw from the comparison of events is unsure, by reason they are always unlike. There is no quality so universal in this image of things as diversity and variety."

Voodling further with crummy, low definition footage, Sam Renseiw re-views other territories; View the first promenade architecturale of week 42's escapade, edited into a short visual essay in idleness by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 635, 03'02'', 16.1Mb, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a fleeting moment of exotic encounter. (Lum # 156 " serendipitous geishas ",00'49''. 4.8 MB, Quicktime/mov)

Today's Bonus HD Video (-almost) features a serene moment, cornered. (pataHD # 02, 00'35'',16.7MB, Quicktime/mov)

On rites of passage

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" And yet, and yet . . . Denying temporal succession, denying the self, denying the astronomical universe, are apparent desperations and secret consolations. Time is the substance we are made of. Time is a river which sweeps us along, but we are the river.."

Travelling at high speed in a fjord, Sam Renseiw remembered the exquisite prose of Borges, quickly paraphrasing a passage. View a part of the sensuous cruise back towards Bergen by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 634, 02'05'' -filmed in full HD, unfortunately still clumsily compressed- 11.7MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features the royal way of travelling by boat . (Lum # 155, " royal disembarkation " 01'00'' , 4.8Mb, Quicktime/mov)

Today's Patalab Metaphor Video features a simultaneous mermaid. (patafilm # 163, loop,[08.05.2006 post] 1.7 MB, mov/quicktime)

On the poetics of departure

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"And there are some who scorn this poetry of departures/And say “Escape by staying where you are;/A man is what he thinks he is and can/Find happiness within.” How nice to be born a man./The tourist in space and time, emotion or sensation,/Meets many guides but none have the proper orientation./We are not changing ground to escape from facts/But rather to find them. This complex world exacts/Hard work of simplifying; to get its focus/You have to stand outside the crowd and causus."

Still imbued with new knowledge and acquaintances, Sam Renseiw pursued to depart on a long and windy road. View the sensuous promenade back into urbanity by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 632,04'13'', 23 MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a short reflective scene, prior to a walk. (Lum # 154, "sensuous departure", 01'00'', 4.5Mb, Quicktime/mov)

Today's Patalab Metaphor Video re-play supplement features another sort of landscape, with space gun. (patafilm #227, [11.08.2006 post]01'45'', 7.8 MB, Quicktime/mov)

On improvising qualities of conversations

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"How does improvisation (musical, physical, conversational) underpin the development of artistry in musicians as performers and teachers? Artistry here is taken to mean what makes performance come alive- what enables performers to leave behind rehearsed skills and enter the realm of the unintended. Artistry undoubtedly demands technical facility, communicative skill and musical understanding; it however also requires improvisation that leads to unforeseen outcomes."

Voodling around improvisations in sensuous knowledge, Sam Renseiw investigated the entrance into realm(s) of the unintended. View the musical, unforeseen, mashed-up outcome by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 633, 02'02'', 10.6MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features an arrival, by bus. (Lum # 153, "solstrand arrival", 00'53'', 4.3Mb, Quicktime/mov)

Today's Patalab Metaphor Video re-play supplement features yet another immersion.(patafilm # 511,[ 12.10.2008 post] 01'58'', 11.9MB, Quicktime/mov )