From The Great Northwest

[Aragorn]

Granted, it was not for everyone, though. It was a film noir version of a (partly) supernatural story, and — typical for David Lynch — the story ended in a rather unsatisfactory way.

Like many things I didn't see it until much later, I think it was part deux that I saw first. Without knowing who the director was I watched 'Eraserhead' when prompted to do so, by a 'weird' video shop owner. The proprietor was dressed as a vampire when I shopped there (my hick small town). Eraserhead is still far and away the strangest movie I've ever seen. The chances that I would watch it twice are nil...

David Lynch has sure made some weird movies, that's a given. The original "Dune" movie from 1980 was directed by him, and was somewhat weird too. And then there were "Lost Highway" and "Mulholland Drive", which both had seemingly illogical/irrational/bizarre plots.

[Wind]

David Lynch has sure made some weird movies, that's a given. The original "Dune" movie from 1980 was directed by him, and was somewhat weird too. And then there were "Lost Highway" and "Mulholland Drive", which both had seemingly illogical/irrational/bizarre plots.

How about the Elephant Man?


Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxb_1457gGs


I've only really seen Twin Peaks, the original series and mostly loved it. Although the creepy horror parts really were creepy.

People have described Lynch's movies as dreamlike or nightmarish and I'd agree, but from what I've seen the new ones are really weird.

Lynch had very little control over Dune and he hates it so much because he thinks the studio butchered his vision. To this date he refuses to really talk about it and hasn't even wanted to see the new Dune movie. Some people however claim that Lynch would have captured the feeling of the Dune book better than Denis Villeneuve. The best version of the old movie can be seen here as I've made a thread about it.

[Gio]

Imagine ...

Somewhere in the world a tree sprouted on the day
you were born and has been growing alongside you ...


A View From Mt. Spokane

[Emil El Zapato]

How about the Elephant Man?


Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxb_1457gGs


I've only really seen Twin Peaks, the original series and mostly loved it. Although the creepy horror parts really were creepy.

People have described Lynch's movies as dreamlike or nightmarish and I'd agree, but from what I've seen the new ones are really weird.

Lynch had very little control over Dune and he hates it so much because he thinks the studio butchered his vision. To this date he refuses to really talk about it and hasn't even wanted to see the new Dune movie. Some people however claim that Lynch would have captured the feeling of the Dune book better than Denis Villeneuve. The best version of the old movie can be seen here as I've made a thread about it.

yes, I've seen the Elephant Man and sure enough, it was 'weird'.

[Emil El Zapato]

Imagine ...

Somewhere in the world a tree sprouted on the day
you were born and has been growing alongside you ...


A View From Mt. Spokane

I won a tree in an art contest when I was in kindergarten (5 years old). I planted it and it died...I've felt dirty ever since. Seriously, sinful, like Cain. (I even liked Cain's name better than Abel).

[Gio]

Occurring ...

Crisis in the Northwest: Drugs leave rural areas
to rot in the shadows

Fox News

Feb 10, 2024
With all eyes on Portland’s fentanyl crisis, many rural Oregon communities dealing with their own opioid and homelessness epidemics feel abandoned by policy makers.

7:32 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObDBf2NQiN0

[Gio]

Pay heed ...

Living ALONE

Reflections on life

Feb 18, 2023
The world is more connected than it's ever been before. We can communicate instantly with our friends and family who live miles apart, thanks to the power of social media. And yet... why do so many of us still feel lonely?

Feeling lonely is a normal human experience - it is something we all go through. And it's not simply a function of being alone. You can feel lonely in a crowd. Because loneliness is a feeling of being alienated from others, not feeling understood or connected - it’s a feeling that something is missing.

But loneliness is also a message that our body sends us, letting us know that we are important, and we need to become friends with ourselves again. When we feel isolated or alone, we can choose to have compassion for ourselves. We can recognise our emotions without judging them. When we accept where we are at and what we are struggling against, without berating ourselves, we can then begin to change.

In order to defeat loneliness, we have to listen to its message - You are complete, nobody is needed, you are enough!

Filmed in Groot-Marico, South Africa.
[Featuring Johann Moolman

9:07 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfgWldeGsIQ

[Gio]

Lots of memories there ...

The Way Out West

Michael Tomlinson

On a cloudy Northwest afternoon in August, my sweetheart, Patricia, and I drove out to the Snoqualmie River, at the edge of the Cascade Mountains, and filmed this song. We found a beautiful oasis of trees and grass next to the river and spent the early evening singing ...

5:01 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JywHfVxs3I

[Gio]

One of my fav's from down in Oregon ...

The Asher House

I can't stop falling in love with
our special needs boy, Elvis | Lee Asher

About
Here to help people have better days & give animals the best life in the world. Thank you for being a part of it.

Feb 20, 2024

5:54 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2kTaMRtij4

[Gio]

Will share this here ...

Why "Nobody" Lives In Eastern Oregon,
Eastern Washington, or Idaho

Geography By Geoff

Mar 5, 2024

The Pacific Northwest is known for its vast expanse of forests, cool rainy climate, and its larger cities of Portland and Seattle. But that only makes up a small portion of the region at large. In fact, if you travel to the east over the Cascade Mountain Range, you'll find yourself in an area that looks and feels completely different! It's also remarkably empty compared to its western, smaller (in area size) half. So why don't more people live in the "empty" Pacific Northwest?

13:56 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GWLQhbJxD0

[Gio]

Will share this here ...

#TheRealDeal #TroutLake


Gifford Pinchot National Forest w/ Mt Adams in the background


A Flash Of Beauty: Bigfoot Revealed

Mel Skahan

Feb 10, 2024
Growing up on the Yakama Reservation, Mel Skahan carried a lifelong fascination for the mysterious forest entities commonly known as Bigfoot. As he transitioned into adulthood, his curiosity intensified during his early involvement with the tribe's forestry program. Seeking to broaden his perspectives, Mel proactively engaged with and eventually became a significant contributor to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO). Recent experiences have further opened Mel Skahan's mind to diverse possibilities, linking Sasquatch not only to the physical realm but also to the spiritual dimension, a connection recognized by many Native communities.

1:18:38 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGlLju364gI

[Gio]

"The eruption is said to have been 40 to 50 times as powerful as that of Mount St. Helens in 1980."

April 04, 2024

Thousands of years ago, Mount Mazama stood at
12,000 feet; then it blew its top, leaving behind
North America's deepest lake

By Knute Berger


Oregon's Crater Lake

"This is one of the most spectacular gems of the Cascades — an extraordinary blue mountain lake at an altitude of 6,000 feet that is also the deepest lake in North America.

Many natural wonders are the result of natural disasters. Standing on the rim of Crater Lake, it's hard to picture the massive cataclysm that made it. Some 7,800 years ago — more than 3,000 years before the Egyptian pyramids were built — a super-volcano, Mount Mazama, blew its top. It was the greatest Cascades explosion in the past 600,000 years.

Over the millennia, volcanic hotspots and cones have spewed lava and ash from this spot. Volcanic violence and glacier action carved the area. Smaller volcanoes came and went. The eruptive activity coalesced into what we call Mount Mazama. Thousands of years ago, it stood some 12,000 feet high. Then one autumn day eight millennia ago, it exploded on an epic scale.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the blast took off the top of the mountain and the cone collapsed inward, creating a huge caldera 5 miles across. Ash and debris covered much of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of California, Nevada, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, British Columbia and Alberta. Some traces of Mazama ash have even been found as far away as Greenland.

The eruption is said to have been 40 to 50 times as powerful as that of Mount St. Helens in 1980. If you've seen film or TV footage from that eruption, you know how devastating the ash, floods, pyroclastic flows and blast zone could be. So too with Mazama. Its eruption lasted many days, burned forests, turned day into night and choked the air. It buried some areas in 14 feet of ash.

The cataclysm left an indelible mark where its debris fell, creating in many places a timeline in the soil, a distinct layer of before and after.

"The Northwest was already long occupied by Indigenous people. Evidence is found below the ash layer that has helped push dates of human occupation back to the Ice Age. At the Paisley Caves in Oregon, evidence shows people were sheltering more than 14,000 years ago. There's evidence that Mazama ash may have snuffed out ancient hearths. Stone tools and flakes found in Redmond, Washington, below the distinct Mazama ash layer have been dated back about 14,000 years. Evidence of Indigenous occupation above the ash layer is nearly as old as the eruption.

In Alberta, researchers say that for days a "dry snow" of fallout buried prairies in ash. Game, including herds of buffalo, were displaced along with those who hunted them. Centuries passed before people returned. Eruptions of the Mazama scale are rare but have the potential to impact climate, disrupt ecosystems and devastate communities.

Those who lived within view of the mountain recorded what occurred in oral stories and traditions that scientists say track closely with the geologic record. The Klamath people of southern Oregon remembered smaller eruptions over time before the mountain finally blew and ejected massive hot rocks and pumice "as big as hills and burning ash falling like rain." People were said to have retreated into water for protection. They remembered that the mountain fell in on itself and eventually rain and snow filled the deep hole left behind.

Some said that the disaster was punishment for bad human behavior. Crater Lake "came from a battle between spirits... and when the people saw what happened there, they had to run into the water to keep from being burned up," a Klamath elder has recounted. "They were being punished for forgetting the right way to live. I heard this story from a lot of the old people when I was a kid."

Crater Lake became a sacred place for many, a place for supernatural beings, shamans and vision-seekers. The lake's existence was kept secret from the first white settlers. It continues to have sacred significance for the Klamath people today whose ancestral knowledge has been passed down for hundreds of generations.

One historian has written, "As the ash clouds settled and the rumbling ceased, the caldera became a place of pronounced historical and moral significance to the peoples living in all directions."

For its extraordinary blue waters and its uniqueness, Crater Lake was designated a National Park in 1902 — the fifth one after Yellowstone, Sequoia, Yosemite and Rainier.

Crater Lake is not a finished product. Geologists say it could erupt again someday. On crystal-clear nights, the stars above reflect in its still waters, a mirror of the galaxy set in high-altitude silence.

One can reflect on the miracle of nature and its power to transform the catastrophic into the sublime. And ponder how lucky we are to get to witness this part of Mazama's story."



Spokane Inlander/Source

[Gio]

It is pretty much the same East/West divide here
in Washington state as well ...


Division in Oregon highlights growing political
rift between rural and urban areas

PBS NewsHour

Apr 10, 2024
The divide between rural and urban areas in the United States has been growing in recent decades with grievances and political consequences on both sides. Judy Woodruff traveled across Oregon to learn more about that rift for her series, America at a Crossroads.

11:47 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IDJKevdnMY

[Gio]

This is a good follow up to the above
Mount Mazama (aka Crater Lake) post ...

Unearthing the lost stories of Mount St. Helens

| Oregon Field Guide
Oregon Public Broadcasting

March, 2024
Amateur archeologists set out to uncover new details about what happened on Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980. Can they find the rumored "bootlegger caves" of Harry Truman, the innkeeper of Spirit Lake Lodge? What stories do the rusted relics found hiding in the ash still have to tell? Scott Kemery and his group of volunteers search the rugged post-eruption volcanic landscape in a quest for answers.

31:51 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OESf5Y2dpCU