Showing posts with label Farley Mowat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Farley Mowat. Show all posts

Monday, July 20, 2009

Strange dream...

Early this morning I woke up strangely calm after a terrifying dream.

I dreamt I was standing on a rugged coast of Newfoundland in front of a tall white lighthouse talking with Farley Mowat. Well, more like trying to talk with Farley Mowat. He wouldn't stop talking and I couldn't get a word in no matter how hard I tried. He wouldn't let me speak.

Behind him I could see a giant wave raising in the distance slowly getting higher, faster, closer. I could make out debris in the rising wall of water as it got closer and closer, dwarfing the lighthouse in size. Farley didn't notice the wave at all. No matter what I tried to say or do to get bring his attention to the wave I couldn't.

And suddenly we were hit by the water and were completely submerged. I could see Farley under water swimming up towards what I took to be the lighthouse light. I was swimming beneath him trying get up to the air as well. Neither of us seemed to get any closer to the surface despite our efforts. I saw Farley go limp as he gasped for air under water and started to black out myself.

Never once did I panic though. Even when I knew I couldn't breath I seemed to just embrace what was happening.

Then I woke up.

What the fuck was that?....

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Farley Mowat...

Been on a bit of a Canadiana kick reading Farley Mowat's latest book Otherwise. An engrossing read detailing his youth, years in the military and time in northern Canada. I couldn't put it down. Made me want to visit the places described even though I know they would be nothing like they were some 60 years ago. The caribou migration sounds simply mind blowing. I would love to have witnessed that. With all the raw nature this man has seen it's understandable why he is somewhat bitter with what humankind has done to the planet and other life...

Now it's on to his 1984 book Sea Of Slaughter.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Bad animals...

Heard a great interview on CBC Radio One's The Sunday Edition with Farley Mowat a couple of Sundays ago. He referred to humans as bad animals in that we treat other species and the environment so horribly. Very engaging, humourous, in-your-face interview. Also read a piece on him the Toronto Star where he touches on that subject again with the following quote:
"I am absolutely sure that the human species has not very far to go, in terms of lifetime on Earth...And I couldn't care less. Life will continue on after we're gone. There have been lots of evolutionary mistakes. What's one more?"
I'm looking forward to reading his latest book Otherwise.

I hope I'm as ornery as him at aged 87....