Dream a Little Dream


I've been thinking about what to do with my future. I could be a mud doctor, checking out the earth, underneath. *

Do you ever feel you're behind the times? I'm behind the time I planned to add to Corbu's Cave which was the opening weekend of Cave of Forgotten Dreams. I was there and meant to tell you about it right away.

At the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood you reserve your seat so it's already a special event, not just a movie but when the lady sitting next to me sat down she said, "Isn't this exciting?". To which I replied, "Yes! I've had the book and now I'm finally getting to see the movie!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallon-Pont-d%27Arc

Cave of Forgotten Dreams is thrilling on a number of levels and it's still resonating with me, naturally I suppose since it's the raison d'être of this blog. Years ago friends from Paris brought me the book, La Grotte Chauvet a Vallon Pont-D'Arc, but really Werner Herzog's movie is the next best thing to being there. It's in 3D you know? And the caves are not now nor will they ever be open to the public.

http://www.friendsofart.net/en/art/giacomo-balla/dynamism-of-a-dog-on-a-leash

To me it's amusing to listen to people in the film speculate as to the creators and their works in the caves because after 30,000 years it's anyone's guess. In my little blog I'm not guessing. I'm telling you that the cave paintings prove my point that we need images on our walls above all else. I direct you architects and interiors designers to ask your clients -"Where shall we put the mural?" Because from caves 30,000 years ago to le Corbusier and every other sort of dwelling a mural is necessary. It's part of who we are as people. Isn't that clear?

* Btw the opening line is a quote from another movie, Days of Heaven. It's topical because it's Terrence Malick movie and his Tree of Life just opened. Dreamy I'm sure.

Update: Architects Snøhetta, Casson Mann have completed work on The new International Centre for Cave Art (Centre International d’Art Parietal) in Montignac, France. Now the un-spelunker can get a real feel for cave exploration and astonishing cave cave painting. see here: Lascaux.