what the street says to the wheels or the path to the feet that tread it

[asakiyume]

I was saying to malorys_camera that a switch has flipped in my brain and now I'm tired of thinking about COVID 19. The other day I went several tens of minutes without thinking about it at all, and that was great! (Don't mistake me; I'm not saying that it's not serious--not saying that at all--I'm just saying that having my thoughts chained to it feels like being Alex in Clockwork Orange when he's got his eyes stuck open and is being force-fed Beethoven's Ninth. You could be exhausted by something as lovely as Beethoven's Ninth if the circumstances were right, and let's be real: COVID 19 is not that lovely.)

So for a change of scene, let me show you the Hardware of the Street which I discovered. I mean! Programming for a whole street! Admittedly a street in a housing development in western Massachusetts, so like, not the most crucial of streets. But just imagine what directives and protocols it might hold. What if roads communicated up to the things that pass along them?



And speaking of, you'll enjoy a year's worth of animals passing over this natural bridge (condensed into five minutes--try watching just one! You'll be hooked), if you haven't already encountered it on your social media feeds. You'll be surprised at the variety of animals using it--fun to see the river in different states, as well.

Comments

[kore]

Was that a baby? It had ENORMOUS paws. Do they just have enormous paws? I loved the "This is my log, this is the log that is mine" casual stropping that is just the same as the tiny tiger's.

[asakiyume]

I think they have enormous paws to deal with snow? But I don't know!

It reminds me of paths in the woods I've walked, always sort of feeling, this is my secret special path that is mine, but knowing in some other part of my brain that other people walk them too--and sometimes I even like that idea, like we're a fellowship that shares the secret ways but never meet. And that's what these animals are like on the log.

[kore]

Oh yes, that is lovely and a perfect way of putting it. Even in that short video it was clear how that was an ecosphere, all the living things connected even if they weren't all interacting.