Week 9: Illegal Action While Driving

Last week was an intense week for California. It rained three days in a row, which almost NEVER happens. (Sorry you missed it Karyn) And I was actually really just beside myself on the first day that it rained because my right rain boot broke and decided not to keep out the wet, while my left foot stayed dry. I was lopsided.

Anyway, after rehearsal for Blood Wedding, with Gabri is designing for us, I drove home. Sleeping overnight in my car was tempting, but dangerous driving in the rain with a bunch of idiots on the 405 seemed more appealing. So, as I exit my off ramp towards home, and notice several cop cars, I look out front window and am almost blinded by the amount of red light reflecting off of every surface due to the water. Did someone really just decide to take R26 at 100% and shine it into my face?

And then I look to my left and my goodness, I was being blinded by a much cooler almost silvery white light. I don't think as green as L201, but definitely somewhere within that colour range. However, it was also easier to look at than the red. The red just burnt my soul and eyes and made it so that I had to close my eyes and wait for the inside of my eyelids to change colour with the stoplight.










And then I did something illegal. I rolled down my window, with a cop on the opposite corner of where I was taking my photograph, and took three pictures. One of the red, one of the white, and a panorama of it all. I don't know exactly why, but there was really very little colour mixing taking place. You can see a little hint of amber down the middle, but it's almost like the vertical cyc that Dan created for one of his projects, where the colours just split down the middle. It's really enhanced by the rain and even moreso by the quality of the photograph, obviously, but even so. And then the light turned green and I drove past the officer while singing Taylor Swift's song "Blank Space".

Like a badass.