Yesterday I wrote about Dickinson’s poem “The Way to tell the Bobolink,” and today I have another of her 14 poems which mention Bobolinks.
| In “I’ll tell you how the Sun rose,” Dickinson paints a beautiful sunrise when “The Steeples swam in Amethyst” and “The Hill untied their Bonnets.” I posted this because the beauty of the day depicted in the poem reminded me of how beautiful the day was on 9/11/2001 – the infamous day in America when we were attacked by terrorist extremists. Of course, if you were around on 9/11/2001, I’m sure you remember exactly where you were when you heard the news of the attack – as I do – and I remember the beautiful weather we had and the beautiful clear blue sky. Have you been to the 9/11 Memorial in New York City? It’s quite moving – and on a giant wall near the entrance, there is an installation by artist Spencer Finch called “Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on That September Morning.” |  |
From the 9/11 Memorial site comes this information about Finch’s work: “The piece is comprised of 2,983 individual watercolor squares—each representing a victim of the 2001 and 1993 attacks—and symbolizes the idea of memory. Many remember the beauty of the clear blue sky on the morning of 9/11. But, our own perception of the color blue might not be the same as that of another person. However, just like our perception of color, our memories share a common point of reference.”
That site and more info is HERE.
That site and more info is HERE.
| Finch’s work inspired me to document the look of the sky throughout the year 2018. I posted a pic of the sky each of the day on Instagram (@daily_sky_pic) – and on a handful of occasions I would add additional pictures; for example, on March 24, 2018, when we attended the “March for Our Lives” in Washington DC, a protest against gun violence in our schools, and on June 30 when we attended the “Families Belong Together” protest against Trump’s policies to separate immigrant families and cage children. At the right: Some of my sky pics from my Instagram account @daily_sky_pic. |  |
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