The Biscuit Song (Inkblot #11)

The Biscuit Song (Inkblot #11)

Production country: 
us
Year: 
2008
Duration: 
9 min
Edition: 
2014
Format: 
film/video
Still from The Biscuit Song (Inkblot #11) by Luther Price
Still from The Biscuit Song (Inkblot #11) by Luther Price

''THE BISCUITS''..................FOR THE PAST DECADE , I'VE DEVOTED MY WORK TO FOUND FOOTAGE.........................AND THIS IS FOR SEVERAL REASONS..................FIRST,......................I WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM MAKING WORK THAT WAS TO CLOSE TO MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY..............I HAD JUST COME FROM MAKING WORK THAT DEALT WITH MY LIFE TOO CLOSE...................AND HAD TO GET AWAY FROM THAT......................BUT WITH FOUND FOOTAGE , I FOUND A WAY TO STILL TALK ABOUT THE CRUEL MISFORTUNE OF LIFE AND THE PAIN AND RUST OF LIFE THAT COMES WITH IT.................WITHOUT PERSONALLY BECOMING THE NEXT VICTIM.........I DECIDE TO SURVIVE .....................I WANT TO LIVE AND SEE ANOTHER DAY TO GET A SENSE AND PLEASURE OF LIFE ........................I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE RELENTLESS DAYS , WE CALL LIFE AND CLAIM SOMETHING OF MY OWN .............BEFORE MY PASSING AND FIND THE COLORS AND FEEL THE TRUE COMPOSITION OF MY OWN SELF WORTH AND HUMAN TRAVEL AND FIND SOME GRACE TO AGE ........................THESE THINGS THAT MY FAMILY NEVER GOT TO EXPERIENCE....................I WILL ,IF I CAN ,LIVE VICARIOUSLY..........THROUGH THEM ...................AND ALSO TELL THEIR STORY................''.THE BISCUITS'' ......SHOW ME THAT LIFE AND THE AGEING OF LIFE IS BOTH HONORABLE................. AND TRAJIC......................OUR FLESH MAY WRINKLE................OUR EYES MAY TIRE AND NOT CATCH THE FIRE FLY SO QUICK IN THE NIGHT ...WHEN ..................WE THOUGHT OF KISSES..............OR MORE.................AND THE BRANCH OF FAMILY ................WHEN THE TIDES WOULD TURN..................AND ALL PURPOSE THE WAKING DY STOOD FOR .................TAKING CARE OF YOUR FAMILY.....................AND BEING STRONG ENOUGH TO SEE THAT YOU FAMILY .....................CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN..............MIGHT FIND A PATH ..............LINED IN SAFETY AND PEACEFUL CONTENT.....................PERHAPS , YOUR FINAL GIFT , SURROUNDED BY LOVED ONES .................KNOWING THE GIRTH OF YOUR LIFE.......................AS YOU LAY WAITING TO LET GO................................'' THE BISCUITS''....................I FOUND 13 PRINTS IN VARRIOUS CONDITIONS.................BACK IN 2003, AFTER MY FAMILY PASSED AWAY.....................I WAS ABLE TO STILL WITH PAIN ....................BUT IT WAS FAR ENOUGH REMOVED SO COULD ,...MOVE ON AND SEE THAT PAIN WAS BEYOND ME AND MY FAMILY AND ALSO BEYOND MY CONTROL .....................IT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE ..THIS IS NOT A UTOPIA.................THIS IS THE WORLD WE HAVE TO LIVE IN ...................BUT THE STRESS AND PAIN OF OTHERS ARE STILL THERE LONG AFTER............MY THOUGHTS LINGER.................LUTHER PRICE (via e-mail)

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