Refraction

So lately I’ve been reading Dinosaur Comics — I find the absurdist humour pretty awesome most of the time. (The recent one on quantum erotica is good for a chuckle.)

When I was younger, though, I preferred to read about real dinosaurs, even though they (arguably) had less character. I was quite pleased to discover the favourite book as a 6- or 7-year old is still kicking around the school system. I swear The Dinosaur Encyclopedia spent a whole lot more time than it should have at my house and in my locker.

I kind of have a half-crazy urge to order this book down from the satellite campus just to get another look at it 20 years down the road. I wonder how much I’d still remember.

et je rêve d’un courant d’air
d’un éspace clos avec vue sur la mer
d’un silence radio, d’un océan solaire

I always feel guilty for listening (and liking!) KYO’s music; it’s firmly for les ados, after all. There’s a beautiful line in this song, though:

et je rêve de former un arc/en chair et en osmose avec la terre
“en chair et en os” meaning “in the flesh”, of course.

I think I need some new French music.