Kathryn Oliver | A short film of grace @festivalonearth | Uploaded December 2019 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
A short film of grace by Kathryn Oliver
Notes:
experiments in 'weaving together' poetry, images, film, music and narration
Writings:
Anecdotes Of Destiny - General Lowenheilm's speech, Isak Dineson, ' Babbette's Feast'
A Rushed Account Of The Dew - Alice Oswald
Filming and editing by Kathryn Oliver
Narration and writing selections by Catherine Pickstock
“Man, my friends, is frail and foolish. We have all of us been told that grace is to be found in the universe. But in our human foolishness and short-sightedness we imagine divine grace to be finite. For this reason we tremble…
We tremble before making our choice in life, and after having made it again tremble in fear of having chosen wrong.
But the moment comes when our eyes are opened, and we see and realize that grace is infinite. Grace, my friends, demands nothing from us but that we shall await it with confidence and acknowledge it in gratitude. …
That which we have chosen is given us, and that which we have refused is, also and at the same time, granted us.
That which we have rejected is poured upon us abundantly. For mercy and truth have met together, and righteousness and bliss have kissed one another.”
— General Loewenhielm’s speech from Babette’s Feast
I who can blink
to break the spell of daylight
and what a sliding screen between worlds
is a blink
I who can hear the last three seconds in my head
but the present is beyond me
listen
in this tiny moment of reflexion
I want to work out what it’s like to descend
out of the dawn’s mind
and find a leaf and fasten the known to the unknown
with a liquid cufflink
and then unfasten
to be brief
to be almost actual
oh pristine example
of claiming a place on the earth
only to cancel
-- 'A Rushed Account Of The Dew' Alice Oswald from Falling awake
more info: kathrynoliver.com
A short film of grace by Kathryn Oliver
Notes:
experiments in 'weaving together' poetry, images, film, music and narration
Writings:
Anecdotes Of Destiny - General Lowenheilm's speech, Isak Dineson, ' Babbette's Feast'
A Rushed Account Of The Dew - Alice Oswald
Filming and editing by Kathryn Oliver
Narration and writing selections by Catherine Pickstock
“Man, my friends, is frail and foolish. We have all of us been told that grace is to be found in the universe. But in our human foolishness and short-sightedness we imagine divine grace to be finite. For this reason we tremble…
We tremble before making our choice in life, and after having made it again tremble in fear of having chosen wrong.
But the moment comes when our eyes are opened, and we see and realize that grace is infinite. Grace, my friends, demands nothing from us but that we shall await it with confidence and acknowledge it in gratitude. …
That which we have chosen is given us, and that which we have refused is, also and at the same time, granted us.
That which we have rejected is poured upon us abundantly. For mercy and truth have met together, and righteousness and bliss have kissed one another.”
— General Loewenhielm’s speech from Babette’s Feast
I who can blink
to break the spell of daylight
and what a sliding screen between worlds
is a blink
I who can hear the last three seconds in my head
but the present is beyond me
listen
in this tiny moment of reflexion
I want to work out what it’s like to descend
out of the dawn’s mind
and find a leaf and fasten the known to the unknown
with a liquid cufflink
and then unfasten
to be brief
to be almost actual
oh pristine example
of claiming a place on the earth
only to cancel
-- 'A Rushed Account Of The Dew' Alice Oswald from Falling awake
more info: kathrynoliver.com
