![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Umbrellas” is an excerpt from the coming novel The Energy of Vitória.Īmina Cain is the author, most recently, of CREATURE, out with Dorothy, a publishing project. And the scent of the flowers is more refreshing then, not heavy with the day, and the day’s sun. The plants are hard to see, but sometimes a leaf or a flower is glowing in a bit of light from the window of a farmhouse. I begin just as it is getting dark and then walk into that darkness. That was when I was fourteen.īut I take my evening walks here now. I was aware of my future, and I could also relate to myself as a child. When they were gone for the summer that emptiness made space for me. I can’t say why the emptiness was so nice, maybe that people were normally everywhere. It sounds simple, but it was because the town where I lived was empty. When I was younger I felt everything around me in one summer this was especially true. If I were honest about who I am more of the time I would write more honest things. Maybe I have always needed things to be softened, like things are softened for children. The hard rain falls on the umbrellas moving slowly down the street. It rains in a drawing and if the drawing is good you feel that you are wet. If I’m honest, I’m comforted by their illustrations there’s something in them that reaches me. Here in the country I look at children’s books when I go to the library because there are hardly any books on art. ![]()
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