Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Poisoned

Large amounts of black inky smoke collides with our fresh air. That sucks. You may be wondering why there's even smoke in the first place. Let me start off with the recent fire that choked my lungs and squeezed my head like a tiny grape. The King fire started during the middle of September in El Dorado County. When I first noticed the smoke it was because of the smell. It somehow seeped through the walls of my home and invaded my personal bubble. I didn't really like that. Every morning or night I look out my window because of the nice little sky spot I have. It's directly in between the two houses in front of my house. The spot also lets me see the house lights from the lower streets and the sky above it just looks like a canvas painted with watercolor. Darker in some spots and transparent in others. That may be from the clouds and the whole sky-reflects-the-color-blue-because-of-the-ocean-thing. I was curious about that theory and searched it up. Turns out that the theory was not true.  Anyway, when I looked out my window on September 15 at 6:02 am I was surprised at the sight. Darkness. Nothing but darkness. It was like looking at someones insides after they've been poisoned and you can just see the healthy red and pink colors become tainted by the virus of the unknown. That evil smoke (Ref: pg. 1 in my Field Notes) has contaminated my sky spot and I don't know if it's just me or if the sky looked damn angry. Don't mess with nature.

6 comments:

  1. I definitely love your writing, the way your explain your ideas; I love it. Ever since i know you I know that you're smart and I freaking love how you express everything. I also like how you have a "little sky spot" that you always look at and how you described where is it and how it looks. During this project I will never miss one of your posts. Keep it up.

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  2. I love how you have detailed everything out, also how you invested time of your own to look things up, it just seems like you really are interested in your topic that you are observing. Also, did you notice that there wasn't a moon for a couple of days?

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    1. Thank you. Well, there's technically always a moon but I understand what you mean. The clouds and smoke created a screen and it was really hard to see the moon. It made it look dull and a bit hazy.

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  3. Your title fits beautifully with Your ideas that you've expressed in this blog . Before this project did you observe the sky A lot As well ? Your words make you seem so passionate about it . Good job !

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    1. Thank you. I did observe it a lot actually. I'm glad you noticed that. I tend to look at the sky a lot when I'm thinking so might as well write about it, right?

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  4. I could really tell the details came from a artist. You painted a picture in my head of what you were seeing that morning. The smoke description of how it "squeezed my head like a tiny grape" was wonderful.

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