The green scent led me to the heated exhalation of the soil, just after the last ice. The earth, where i used to mold my female characters had shades between the fresh meat color and coal black.
The earth is a dark and humid gut populated by colonies of annelids and fluorescent gastropods emanating sweet steams of vanilla and cinnamon, cloves, cumin, baked poppy, saffron and ginger incenses from the Sunday cakes, mixed with the smell of wet brick and the stench of the moist fur… Red was taking shape not through the color of blood but through its vibrations. Blood meant the army of stinging fire ants which would leave sour traces on the skin.
Red was back then, in the earliest fiber of the memory, the overwrought breath of the horses and the irate beat of the orthodox wooden music tools; red would erupt from exhaustion and revulsion; it would emanate in its harrowing shades from the hidden carnage of the newborn cats and from the animal corpses found after attacks of nocturnal predators. The smell of earth and red could be found between the most atrocious stench and the bounty of incenses. It was in the eyes of the dead rats. It was in the madness of the priests. This scent species unifies the ghastly cry to the violent eruption of life.
(© Transl. from French, Luiza Mogosanu, L´intime à l´oeuvre. La peau des 100 odeurs, PAF, 2013)
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🙂 I’ve liked very much this chapter (others too, but this especially) ! Félicitations de cœur 💐 !
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Thank you soo much for such lovely words!!😊
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Wow. Just wow.
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❤ ❤
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So powerful and vivid as it reaches all the senses.
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Thanks so much, Hilary, for your words, again! ❤ …i enjoy a lot this process, making space for basic materials and re-learn their qualities.
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Great colors!
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I love the image of the earth “emanating sweet steams of vanilla, cinnamon,…and ginger incenses from the Sunday cakes”.
I look forward to following your blog, thank you for visiting mine.
Best wishes,
Tanja
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Dear Tanja, thank you so much! So delighted to have discovered your website and so much looking forward to dive into your fascinating world of books, nature, history and photography. Have many hugs from Berlin and a great New Year!
Luiza
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Thank you, Luiza. And a happy and creative 2018 to you.
Best,
Tanja
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Thank you!
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Reblogged this on From 1 Blogger 2 Another.
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Thanks a lot for reblogging my post! A great weekend from Berlin😊
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You’re most welcome! And to you too from San Diego, California!
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Really like your work!
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Thank you for the huge compliment and thank you for introducing me to your amazing blog and website!!
Have many greets😊
Luiza
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