I Dreamed I Saw The Trees On Fire by CoreyBlack
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When I would get sick, as a child, I would occasionally be subject to very high fevers; the kind that make you hallucinate and go out of your head. I don't remember how many of these episodes I had, but they were always surreal, disturbing, and extremely vivid affairs. Of the two that I can remember, all these years later, the first involved my body melting as I dissolved into the bed. During the second, which occurred at the height of the autumnal turning of the leaves, I imagined that all the trees in our neighborhood were on fire. That was in 1977.
Flash forward 32 years, and I'll be the first person to admit that I like fall, and especially those few weeks when the leaves do their annual flame-out to extinction. But occasionally, when I look at them, in their riot of color, I'll slip back--momentarily--to that fever-dream and imagine, just for a second, that they're on fire. I think it's funny how childhood and illness leave echoes that follow you through the rest of your life.
This picture was made in Oak Park, Illinois on October 18th, 2009.
Comments (14)
zoren
lovely....I remember riding my bike through these fallen autumn leaves.
beachzz
Fall is my least favorite season; I always have a hard time letting go of the summer. But a foto such as this, with the little story you included, is impossible not to like. I love the POV, and understand how things like that can come back to rattle our cages once in a while.
auntietk
This is a beautiful shot, and a wonderful pov. The light really does set the leaves on fire ... this is a really fine image ... most excellent!
mariogiannecchini
Bei colori ! Bel punto di vista !
morningglory
Terrific!!!
NefariousDrO
That is beautiful! I love the angle, because of the contrasting colors and the way the sun lights up the tree. Wonderful!
Rainastorm
This is absolutely beautiful. My favorite time of year is fall...love your POV.
Sea_Dog
Wow, stunning colors and a great POV. Well done.
cfulton
This is a magical point of view, wonderful colours and shadows. Very well done, Clive
durleybeachbum
Wonderful! When I first looked i saw a naked figure whose skirts have fallen to the ground.
tennesseecowgirl
Very pretty...
Chipka
I love Andrea's comment! Now whenever I see this, I think of an exposed, skirtless figure. The POV is fantastic and the colors pop. I remember seeing this on your camera. It looks so much better full sized and not cramped on a little bitty screen. You caught the light perfectly. And as for the commentary you wrote to accompany it; yeah, fever dreams can be pretty intense...sometimes interesting but more often than not, just flat-out bothersome. Like party guests who don't know when to leave. Great work here!
helanker
What a wonderful tree that is and I tell you I LUUVE the fall. I love the colors, the scent in the air and the peace. HEHE to what Andrea wrote, now I see that too.
myrrhluz
I don't have any illness memories that intrude, but I do agree that the way memory works is very curious. I went through a period of very deep inner reflection and for a period remembered all kinds of things from my childhood. As I got out of my not particularly helpful, self obsession, the memories slowly drifted away. I know they are still there, just not on the surface anymore. I really love this image! It entrenched itself so strongly in my brain, that I have managed not to be influenced by Andrea's naked figure. Well not too much anyway. The leaves are beautiful and the thin branches make wonderful designs against them. I love the play of light and shadow on the trunk. I love the fall, though ours is less spectacular then most. It does mean relief from oppressive heat.