The
celebration is now. The build up has been stunning, engaging, and so
educational. Even the BBC Proms blasted off on Friday with a musical
exploration of the moon -Zosha Di Castri's latest work Long Is the Journey - Short Is the Memory, which marks the 50th
anniversary of the lunar landings.
I
can recall exactly where I was for the landing and on whose television and in
whose company I watched it. One of those event specific memory milestones that
bind many earthlings. Yet I do not think I grasped the enormity of it. So, it
has been fascinating to reeducate myself this month about what actually happened
five decades ago. Indeed, the long journey juxtaposed with the short memory.
It
only reinforces my bent for seeking sky. So this evening I stepped outside to
photograph a post-rain firmament, but putting on my sandals I was looking down,
of course. Behold.
Heavenly
blessings all around. Up and down.
