16 Responses to whale fall (a long funeral)

1. Green Speck says:

   July 9, 2012 at 6:18 pm

   Beautifully rendered !!!
   • Susan L Daniels says:

     July 9, 2012 at 6:19 pm

     Thank you.
2. Jeremy Nathan Marks says:

   July 9, 2012 at 6:18 pm

   What I like most about this is the way it moves in a gentle arc from death to feeding to beyond.
   • Susan L Daniels says:

     July 9, 2012 at 6:21 pm

     Yes–one of the things I love most about the ocean is how there is no waste–everything is consumed, and in this case (speaking only of the physical) how one death can sustain generations of smaller things.
     • Jeremy Nathan Marks says:

       July 9, 2012 at 6:29 pm

       One of the things I love about the ocean is how it can act as the soothing immensity. You wade into it or swim and it relaxes you to the point of sleep. It could kill you just as easily but it also loosens you up.

       Everything else that is so large and powerful we tend to be afraid of. But of all those other things is there any other -at least physical form- that has this power?
       • Susan L Daniels says:

         July 9, 2012 at 6:34 pm

         Not anything that I can think of that we would walk into willingly–the ocean has an intimacy to it, a relationship offered, if that makes any sense.
3. Rhonda says:

   July 9, 2012 at 6:53 pm

   I agree with Jeremy. What else has such power? Beautifully written Susan and makes me feel grateful for the world I live in knowing that in death we can give life, still. Let’s just keep working to make sure this world survives us, huh?
   • Susan L Daniels says:

     July 9, 2012 at 9:13 pm

     Yes, let’s do that!
4. BroadBlogs says:

   July 9, 2012 at 7:15 pm

   I’d never thought a whale’s death could be made beautiful.
   • Susan L Daniels says:

     July 9, 2012 at 9:13 pm

     Thank you, Georgia…neither did I, until I saw films of it.
5. nelle says:

   July 9, 2012 at 7:23 pm

   I imagine this through time lapse photography…
   • Susan L Daniels says:

     July 9, 2012 at 9:13 pm

     That is exactly what inspired this 🙂
6. I HAVE A VOICE says:

   July 9, 2012 at 11:27 pm

   Described descent ! Marvelous !
   • Susan L Daniels says:

     July 9, 2012 at 11:29 pm

     Thanks, Deb!
7. Ian Moone says:

   July 10, 2012 at 5:06 am

   Nice write, did the film include those weird worms that bite and then twist, darn creepy things
   • Susan L Daniels says:

     July 10, 2012 at 5:08 am

     Thanks, Ian–yes, it did–and they were creepy.

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