Book leaves and autumn leaves
Posted: April 16th, 2009 | Author: John | Filed under: Beautiful Images | Tags: Beautiful Images, ideas, story | 3 Comments »A moving climactic image: blowing pages of a torn book or journal mixing with the bright leaves of autumn – symbol of letting go of the past struggles and old loves which were holding our protagonist back from personal growth… a moving on.
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A good device. And pages blowing is a really interesting visual. A cool, creepy audio device: the sound of whistling in some kind of echo chamber, like a tiled bathroom… seriously. Another interesting visual is flying past rows and rows of orchard trees or corn or a produce field.
Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he’s carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he’s carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you’re drunk.
I think you're on to something brilliant, James. We need to modify this scene: autumn leaves, book pages, blowing in the breeze with the sunset behind and a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful flamingo flying with a rose and a painting. Is the flamingo the most beautiful bird? Possibly. Definitely.