But let me explain. First of all, I've been thinking about balloons quite a bit lately. Mostly because Easter Sunday is quickly approaching and there ought to be more balloons. (Fortunately, St. Margaret's equips all its children for the service). On my very grey, very damp walk home from school this morning I was wondering what it was about balloons that made them so appealing and genuinely exciting to me. And I think I figured it out. (Though I make no promise, absolutely no promise, not even really an intention, of profundity...so sharelle, quit hoping.)
This is it: (painfully simple, and in the world of 20 page papers about American Transcendentalism, simplicity feels like God) Balloons are just colour. Moreover, colour one can just carry around with them, like a halo of ecstasy. They just seem so good. Such innocent colour.
Colour for colour's sake...unless someone would like to try to tell me about the moral implications of balloons...what they teach us...their inherent message to humanity...but I'd rather we just left them alone. Sometimes, it's just a squirrel.
Anyhow, you know what I really love? Those patterned balloons...surprisingly hard to find, which is probably good because I'd probably be tempted to carry one around with me all the time just for the hell of it. And I'm not even kidding. But on the Top 5 list of Things I'm Just Glad Exist, these guys make it everytime.
this is my favourite picture of the patterned balloon...they're just so great
that's all i had to say really. shocker.
oh and i also really like old-looking pictures of family picnics and birthdays...
they just kill me.
4 comments:
great blog. great.
beautiful.
i love how you said balloons are like colour one can just carry around. what a great idea that is.
the shout outs were prime. you keep the readership happy my friend. or at least this one.
sometimes a squirrel is just a squirrel. laughed pretty damn hard. i could use some simplicity these days. maybe i will go buy a balloon.
i love this.
i know a little boy who loves two things more than i've ever seen anyone faithfully love objects. Those things are: balloons. and drums.
i got us matching shirts. maybe that's commercializing balloons.
http://www.threadless.com/product/423/99_Luftballons
anyway, thank you for capturing so well why they are wonderful.
and this: "in a world of __fill in blank as to topic of 20page papers__ simplicity feels like God" ... it's a feeling I know and that you captured perfectly.
you're great.
holy hell. i just stumbled upon this (lurked upon it, i suppose) and this post blew my mind. we are new friends, and this i couldnt be happier about. YEAH! i'm walking to 7-11 right now for cigarettes, i couldn't be happier about this decision. lets hang soon. even tomorrow night. soon.
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