" At night,
when the sky is full of stars
and the sea is still
you get the wonderful sensation
that you are floating in space. "
Natalie Wood
"When you are sorrowful
look again in your heart,
and you shall see
that in truth
you are weeping for that
which has been your
delight. "
Kahlil Gibran
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| This is the boat from which Natalie departed this life, docked here in Honolulu |
"I like being on the water
or near the water,
but not in the water."
Natalie Wood
=^.^=
Perhaps
it is because she grew up before our eyes
in the movies
that Natalie Wood seemed more than
a "movie star."
There was something
very individual,
honest,
vulnerable,
and familiar
about her.
She was beautiful too,
but in an unassuming,
un-brassy way.
Like an ancient hero
she was taken too soon,
taken into
the realm of
the immortals.
The boat from upon which
she sailed
from land for the last time
has been re-sold,
and docked here in Honolulu
for many years.
Now that the case surrounding her death
is being re-examined
officials are coming over from California
to scrutinize the vessel.
Meteorology
was my college lab science.
The professor told us
that he would give us extra credit
for every weather-related news story
we clipped/printed
and brought to class.
"How many weather stories can there BE?"
I wondered.
But that turned out to be
just what he was teaching us:
the importance of weather,
( once you notice it )
all over the world
week after week.
I had no problem
finding such a story
every week,
all semester.
Have YOU found
that visiting Hawaii
via this blog
has been a little
like that?
Here on the most remote islands
on Earth,
my life MUST be quite different
from yours
-and yet-
there always seems to be
something
that I find
to present to
Y O U.
In this case,
my connection to Natalie
goes beyond sharing a harbor
for many years
with the 'death boat.'
When the film
"Inside Daisy Clover" came out
I was the same age
as the character she played:
a tom-boy who mostly raised herself.
If you watch,
really watch,
the performance at the beginning
of the video below,
you will see an extraordinary
"something"
that spoke deeply to me
as an adolescent;
A yearning,
a determination,
a 'self-pumping up'
an unconventionality
that I really identified with.
You're Gonna Hear From ME !
Thanks for letting us hear from
Y O U
in comments
warmly, cloudia
Inside Daisy Clover HERE
