Kaitlyn Greene First Draft

[:00] String music plays. Shots of the earth, sun, and nature are shown; text appears on screen:

Where does, the Dance Begin, And Where, Does it End?

[:25] Over a shot of a waterfall; text appears on screen:

Don’t call this world adorable or useful, that’s not it

[:34] Over a shot of a school of fish swimming; text appears on screen:

it’s frisky and a theater for more than fair winds.

[:45] Shots of lightning in the sky; text appears on screen: 

The eyelash of lightning is neither good nor evil.

[1:00] A shot of a raging fire; text appears on screen:

the struck tree burns like a pillar of gold.

[1:07] Panoramic shot of tall trees; text appears on screen:

But the blue rain sinks straight to the foot of the white trees, whose mouths open.

[1:19] Shot of cattails in a field; text appears on screen: 

Doesn’t the wind, turning in circles, invent the dance?

[1:30] Shot of deer in a pond; text appears on screen: 

Haven’t the flowers moved slowly across Asia then Europe until at last now

[1:43] Shot of children playing soccer in a field; text appears on screen:

they shine in your own yard?

[1:53] Shot of mountain ruins; text appears on screen:

Don’t call this world an explanation or even an education. When the Sufi poet whirled was he looking outward

[2:06] A man’s face begins to fade in; text appears on screen: 

outward to the mountains so solidly there in a white-capped ring or was he looking

[2:14] Blank screen; text appears on screen: 

to the center of

[2:17] Cosmic explosion; text appears on screen:

everything

[2:20] Shot of a plant growing quickly through the dirt; text appears on screen

the seed

[2:21] A robin hatching from an egg; text appears on screen:

the egg

[2:22] Closeup of a human eye; text appears on screen: 

the idea

[2:24] Two hands touching; text appears on screen:

that was also there, beautiful as a thumb, curved and touching the finger tenderly, little love-ring

[2:37] Shot of ocean waves; text appears on screen: 

As he whirled, oh jug of breath

[2:45] Shot of sand dunes; text appears on screen

in the garden of dust?