Wednesday, September 5, 2007

WHEN THE RAIN COMES

I love this video. I found it on the blog called Poetry Hut. Seeing John Lennon's face reminded me that when I was in my early 30s, a young Japanese woman stayed with me and my former husband during the month of August as part of a summer exchange student program. Word got back to me from another host that the Japanese students referred to me as the "woman who looks like John Lennon." I couldn't have been more pleased!

5 comments:

The Solitary Walker said...

Like it too. Wonder if there's a man who looks like Yoko Ono somewhere out there?

am said...

Good question!

Sean Lennon looks like Yoko Ono as well as John Lennon.

Cate Blanchett looks like Bob Dylan . . .

The Solitary Walker said...

Well, Cate Blanchett looks like Gwyneth Paltrow who looks like a young Jane Fonda - but does anybody(thing) look like Bob Dylan! The Ultimate Mercurial, the Quintessential Chameleon? Unless it's the Tempest's Ariel..?

am said...

Bob has had so many faces. I wonder if each person who has a image of Bob Dylan in their mind has a different image. When I think of him now, I think of him as he looks in the photo I posted a few days ago.

I saw some of the film footage from "He's Not There" on YouTube. Cate Blanchett "acts" like Bob Dylan as he appeared as a very young man, body language and all. That's pretty close to "looking" like him.

I wonder what Bob Dylan sees when he looks in a mirror. For Bob Dylan, there is no image of a "Bob Dylan" who has influenced him in the way he has influenced so many people. That sets him apart.

I like the idea of Bob looking like Ariel from "The Tempest" . . .

The Solitary Walker said...

...or Caliban, for they are two sides of the same. I-and-I. But these days he's more like Prospero. Sorry if my Mid-Life, Mid-Nite Ramblings are rather opaque!