Oscar Wilde describes....the light (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

[Stephen Perera]

So I'm reading The Picture of Dorian Gray and Im blown away by the man's wit and ability to describe the visual.....how's this for cinematic....describing the early morning light 'creeping' into a room......

“Gradually white fingers creep through the curtains, and they appear to tremble. In black fantastic shapes, dumb shadows crawl into the corners of the room and crouch there. Outside, there is the stirring of birds among the leaves, or the sound of men going forth to their work, or the sigh and sob of the wind coming down from the hills and wandering round the silent house, as though it feared to wake the sleepers and yet must needs call forth sleep from her purple cave. Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world in its antique pattern.”

....for those that know the book....the story......isn't it all so applicable to today's society, the most narcissistic in human history thanks to social media?

[Robin R Probyn]

2 hours ago, Stephen Perera said:

So I'm reading The Picture of Dorian Gray and Im blown away by the man's wit and ability to describe the visual.....how's this for cinematic....describing the early morning light 'creeping' into a room......

“Gradually white fingers creep through the curtains, and they appear to tremble. In black fantastic shapes, dumb shadows crawl into the corners of the room and crouch there. Outside, there is the stirring of birds among the leaves, or the sound of men going forth to their work, or the sigh and sob of the wind coming down from the hills and wandering round the silent house, as though it feared to wake the sleepers and yet must needs call forth sleep from her purple cave. Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world in its antique pattern.”

....for those that know the book....the story......isn't it all so applicable to today's society, the most narcissistic in human history thanks to social media?

 In the gutter but looking at the stars .. like most DoP.s .. ? 

[Stephen Perera]

hahaha I hope others will enjoy this......