{"id":11591,"date":"2012-10-12T17:40:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T23:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=11591"},"modified":"2012-10-12T17:44:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T23:44:50","slug":"kodachrome-part-deux-you-give-us-those-nice-bright-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2012\/10\/kodachrome-part-deux-you-give-us-those-nice-bright-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodachrome, part deux: you give us those nice bright colors"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had some phenomenal teachers in high school and am forever grateful for them as well as for the influence of my parents on reading, problem solving, learning, loving to learn…AND learning that failure is something to be learned from, laughed about and absolutely not feared. <\/p>\n

And I have a Canon camera… although my first camera was a Minolta, rescued from a pawn shop bin by my father and given to me on my 16th birthday.<\/p>\n

I was made to first learn in black and white, NOT Kodachrome :) !!<\/p>\n

And I have no idea why sometimes these songs come to mind. Music, as in the “current” music was not and is still not of great importance to me. I guess I had the car radio on when I was young but I didn’t buy much music…ever. And now: I prefer listening to the wind in the trees and chatter of the animals or the sound of my car or motorhome engine…so HOW do I know and\/or remember these songs?<\/p>\n

A mystery. <\/p>\n

But yesterday, walking through the woods with Bear as the sun was setting and lighting up the wood grasses and dead thistles…I wanted to capture the moment and the feeling. <\/p>\n

I love to take a photograph.<\/p>\n

And the song came to mind, unbidden, out of the ether. <\/p>\n

Kodachrome by Paul Simon<\/p>\n

When I think back
\nOn all the crap I learned in high school
\nIt’s a wonder
\nI can think at all
\nAnd though my lack of education
\nHasn’t hurt me none
\nI can read the writing on the wall <\/p>\n

Kodachrome
\nYou give us those nice bright colors
\nYou give us the greens of summers
\nMakes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah!
\nI got a Nikon camera
\nI love to take a photograph
\nSo Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away <\/p>\n

If you took all the girls I knew
\nWhen I was single
\nAnd brought them all together for one night
\nI know they’d never match
\nMy sweet imagination
\nAnd everything looks worse in black and white <\/p>\n

Kodachrome
\nYou give us those nice bright colors
\nYou give us the greens of summers
\nMakes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah!
\nI got a Nikon camera
\nI love to take a photograph
\nSo Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away <\/p><\/blockquote>\n