The Moon in The Afternoon

The moon and time

The message I got from the text is how important it is to remember to slow down and be in the moment every once in a while. "The cloud dashes; gray at first, it becomes milky and shiny, the sky behind it has turned black, it is night, the stars are lighted, the moon is great, dazzling mirror that flies. Who would recognize in this moon the one of a few hours ago?" Mr. Palomar has been watching the moon since it came out earlier and decides to stay and watch it until it's covered in clouds and its dark out. Throughout the text the changing colors in the sky indicate a passing of time and shows how time moves with us when we watch and without us when we don't.  "It must be said the sky's blue has veered successively toward periwinkle, toward violet (the sun's rays have become red), then dulled toward ashen, and each time the whiteness of the moon has received an impulse to emerge more firmly, and inside it, the more luminous part has gained ground, until it now covers the whole disk." 

response to Zeletta: I enjoyed your interpretation of the reading. You saw the reading in a really different perspective from me and I like how you related to the process of an artist acknowledging their potential.

response to Cole: I think it's really cool how you compared the moon to the conscious and the sun to our subconscious and how one needs the other to show a clear picture.