By Michael T. (doing the running man) share_the_love@hotmail.com
Date: 19 March 2001
Dancing about Architecture
Spoken by Angelina Jolie as Joan in the movie "Playing By Heart":
Joan: "I have a friend. Jazz musician. Trumpet player. Really terrific.
And I go and hear him jam every month or so and he plays this piece I love. An old
Chet Baker song. And he blows the same notes -- every time -- but every time it sounds different. And we had drinks one night -- when
I used to drink -- and I tried to tell him how that song made me feel. How the music made me feel.
How his playing made me feel.
And he just kept shaking his head and he said 'Joan you can't talk about music -- talking about music is like dancing about architecture...' "
I just said 'Well fine -- If you're going to get all philosophical about it....Its just as well as talking about lot of things...love for instance...' "
And he laughed and he said 'Definitely, definitely...talking about love is like dancing about architecture...' "
So I don't know. He might be right. But it ain't gonna stop me from trying."
It sums up the love poet's problem pretty well I think...Dancing about
architecture.
Michael T (Tangoing a dissertation on gothic architecture)
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