« Ode to a Basketball | Main | Illusion »
September 16, 2005
Ode to the creature on my desk
Flat but also round. Here on my island desk and at the same time far away in strange lands. Tall but also short. The Mac on my desk is filled with contradiction.
Smooth and sleek to the touch, it stands beckoning, it’s blank screen rimmed with glossy white Perspex. Its silver neck inclined toward me I run my hand across its surface, which seems neither warm nor cold. I can manipulate its screen to face up or down or to one side, staring blankly like a one-eyed creature that squats on my desk.
Its rotund body is a white ball-base with breathing holes carved in a circle like strange brail around its stiff neck. There are some other indentations – a belly button on-switch. And then my fingers roaming find a row of tentacle arms projecting jelly-like from the edge of its body. They run down out of sight into the murky depths behind my desk only to reappear in nearby places attached to odd shaped buoys. Two are round and float nearby, close to the body, each has circular indentations on the front side rimmed by a rubbery ring like a lip around a shallow crater.
Another tentacle pops into view when I roll the tide back with my keyboard drawer. On it is a long flat vitreous raft, of letters and symbols each printed black on it’s own white key, like rows of swollen seeds. There is a smaller float adrift nearby. It has a white inner body rounded to fit the inside of my hand and is coated with a thick and hard but limpid jelly. When I touch it a spark of red from somewhere deep inside reflects across it’s clear outer coating.
I trace my hands across the raft and as I press down on the letter-seeds my creature comes to life. Driven by the strange lilting melody of my fingers tap, tap-tap, the creature like an all-knowing seer, reveals that for which I long. Messages fished from bottles in the ether-ocean deliver news from around the globe. Loved ones smile back at me from warm places in the sun and from the small craters buoyed nearby in Perspex jelly, I hear familiar sounds that stir my soul. My contradiction: I am at my island desk and yet I’m far away.
~ Nanette Savides
Posted by lcissavides at September 16, 2005 09:20 AM
Comments
Hi,
Very nice job, description of your Mac was a vivid one. I liked your description of the screen, "...one eyed creature that squats on my desk." I have never thought of it that way before. Also, the beginning of your essay and the ending also connect, which I always try to do, but never succeed. I liked your essay very much!!!
Posted by: zaya at September 16, 2005 09:51 AM
Nanette:
What an amazingly powerful and intriguing description of your computer. I would have never dreamed that I could relate a water creature to a computer. It doesn't seem possible, but you made it possible with such eloquence and in some ways, passion. "Driven by the strange lilting melody of my fingers tap, tap-tap, the creature like an all-knowing seer, reveals that for which I long" is an incredible sentence. The imagery has such meaning and such importance. I am blown away! A tremendous work of art.
Posted by: Christina at September 17, 2005 09:33 PM
neurontin drug interaction
neurontin drug interaction
Posted by: MqrOepop at July 1, 2008 05:42 PM
neurontin drug interaction
neurontin drug interaction
Posted by: MqrOepop at July 1, 2008 05:43 PM
buspar works
buspar works
Posted by: KOvUepop at July 2, 2008 01:38 AM
prevacid solutab dosage
prevacid solutab dosage
Posted by: SUzAjpop at July 2, 2008 11:50 AM
claritin dosage educational materials
claritin dosage educational materials
Posted by: SqhUypop at July 3, 2008 12:50 AM
mG4bBL ytxyejyzbjwe, [url=http://rkdjtnzpjrdo.com/]rkdjtnzpjrdo[/url], [link=http://yozwypjpgkxa.com/]yozwypjpgkxa[/link], http://asvjtfljcjrc.com/
Posted by: jufjumgzyg at July 21, 2008 09:52 PM
tfnZ9N rgqpistlhymk, [url=http://dlpjtqlsjcak.com/]dlpjtqlsjcak[/url], [link=http://tjmdqpmsesdc.com/]tjmdqpmsesdc[/link], http://etsuflimeuuc.com/
Posted by: ckmckoly at July 22, 2008 03:22 AM
9, titanium wire, [url="http://www.titaniuexport.kiev.ua"]titanium wire[/url], http://www.titaniuexport.kiev.ua titanium wire, dqqy, titanium bars, [url="http://www.titaniumslabs.com/"]titanium bars[/url], http://www.titaniumslabs.com/ titanium bars, :O,
Posted by: Npdsnzns at July 23, 2008 12:50 PM
9, titanium sheets, [url="http://www.titaniuexport.kiev.ua"]titanium sheets[/url], http://www.titaniuexport.kiev.ua titanium sheets, 527495, titanium tube, [url="http://www.titaniumslabs.com/"]titanium tube[/url], http://www.titaniumslabs.com/ titanium tube, %P,
Posted by: Cffxqvds at July 23, 2008 01:34 PM
3, buy phentermine, [url="http://myprofile.cos.com/pirate"]buy phentermine[/url], http://myprofile.cos.com/pirate buy phentermine, :-(((, order Phentermine, [url="https://labs.mozilla.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=5724"]order Phentermine[/url], https://labs.mozilla.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=5724 order Phentermine, 425617, order cialis online, [url="http://www.esnips.com/user/hotcialis"]order cialis online[/url], http://www.esnips.com/user/hotcialis order cialis online, :), buy cialis, [url="http://forums.usfirst.org/member.php?u=11943"]buy cialis[/url], http://forums.usfirst.org/member.php?u=11943 buy cialis, =OOO, order cheap cialis, [url="http://myprofile.cos.com/fokuskax"]order cheap cialis[/url], http://myprofile.cos.com/fokuskax order cheap cialis, 3436,
Posted by: Ueclzwnc at July 23, 2008 03:36 PM
6, order propecia, [url="http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/mypropisite/"]order propecia[/url], http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/mypropisite/ order propecia, 2031, buy viagra, [url="http://www4.mbl.sp1.yahoo.com/buzz/community/ringaska/"]buy viagra[/url], http://www4.mbl.sp1.yahoo.com/buzz/community/ringaska/ buy viagra, =-[, cheap viagra, [url="http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/fgjtr45df/"]cheap viagra[/url], http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/fgjtr45df/ cheap viagra, 690, levitra, [url="http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/godbuylenin/"]levitra[/url], http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/godbuylenin/ levitra, cbx, order cialis online, [url="http://myprofile.cos.com/fokuskax"]order cialis online[/url], http://myprofile.cos.com/fokuskax order cialis online, 8-DD,
Posted by: Ujxphpkz at July 23, 2008 03:45 PM
0, buy cheap phentermine, [url="http://myprofile.cos.com/pirate"]buy cheap phentermine[/url], http://myprofile.cos.com/pirate buy cheap phentermine, jefysk, buy levitra, [url="http://forums.usfirst.org/member.php?u=11942"]buy levitra[/url], http://forums.usfirst.org/member.php?u=11942 buy levitra, >:-), buy viagra, [url="http://www4.mbl.sp1.yahoo.com/buzz/community/ringaska/"]buy viagra[/url], http://www4.mbl.sp1.yahoo.com/buzz/community/ringaska/ buy viagra, =]], cialis, [url="http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/qweasaawqq/"]cialis[/url], http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/qweasaawqq/ cialis, vdu, propecia, [url="http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/mypropisite/"]propecia[/url], http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/mypropisite/ propecia, 012193,
Posted by: Eknunnpc at July 23, 2008 03:53 PM
0, buy levitra, [url="http://forums.usfirst.org/member.php?u=11942"]buy levitra[/url], http://forums.usfirst.org/member.php?u=11942 buy levitra, 5661, cheap propecia, [url="http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/mypropisite/"]cheap propecia[/url], http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/mypropisite/ cheap propecia, 3889, order propecia online, [url="http://www4.mbl.sp1.yahoo.com/buzz/community/proposepropi/"]order propecia online[/url], http://www4.mbl.sp1.yahoo.com/buzz/community/proposepropi/ order propecia online, 38509, buy viagra, [url="http://myprofile.cos.com/termsgood"]buy viagra[/url], http://myprofile.cos.com/termsgood buy viagra, ifua, cheap levitra, [url="http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/godbuylenin/"]cheap levitra[/url], http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/godbuylenin/ cheap levitra, 91659,
Posted by: Fjvuvjgo at July 23, 2008 04:01 PM
9, order cialis online, [url="http://www4.mbl.sp1.yahoo.com/buzz/community/hhjgyuggg/"]order cialis online[/url], http://www4.mbl.sp1.yahoo.com/buzz/community/hhjgyuggg/ order cialis online, 314145, Phentermine, [url="https://labs.mozilla.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=5724"]Phentermine[/url], https://labs.mozilla.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=5724 Phentermine, 06642, cialis, [url="http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/qweasaawqq/"]cialis[/url], http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/qweasaawqq/ cialis, 2180, buy tramadol, [url="http://www4.mbl.sp1.yahoo.com/buzz/community/tramatramahuy/"]buy tramadol[/url], http://www4.mbl.sp1.yahoo.com/buzz/community/tramatramahuy/ buy tramadol, 62966, levitra, [url="http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/godbuylenin/"]levitra[/url], http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/godbuylenin/ levitra, 8-),
Posted by: Ugvsanvd at July 23, 2008 04:46 PM
CXxUnz ssxyqseqfexi, [url=http://xivqmdkljscl.com/]xivqmdkljscl[/url], [link=http://euveggxtyeqi.com/]euveggxtyeqi[/link], http://ouoeduemmgmf.com/
Posted by: xsxltt at July 23, 2008 10:01 PM