Scene 5 : Sandcastles
Time : dusk
Place : beach in Hawaii
Music : only the sound of waves and surf with faint tinkling of bells heard
Abu , sitting under the shade of the Gingo tree from previous scene , is now joined by Olivia , who is seen carrying a transistor radio and holding the hand of little Peggy ( first appearance here in scene 5 ) . Nearby , Baby Blue Samsonite ( Sammy ) is almost asleep until Peggy steps onto her , climbing into the swaying hammock … the scent of plumeria bushes , a sweet aroma , drifts sweetly like the gentle mist on naked skin of a rainbow low in the heavens . See here the moon , rolling down the boulevard in the sky lighting up this hazy scene .
note to cameraman : 3 min. Close-up of Peggy as she falls asleep while the following lullaby is playing on the transistor radio .
Goodnight My Angel
Goodnight my angel ,
Time to close your eyes
And save those questions for another day
I think I know what you’ve been asking me
I think you know what I’ve been trying to say
I promised I would never leave you
And you should always know
Wherever you may go
No matter where you are
i never will be away .
Goodnight my angel
Now it’s time to sleep
And still so many things I want to say
Remember all the songs you sang for me
When we went sailing on an emerald bay
And like a boat out on the ocean
Im rocking you to sleep
The waters dark
And deep inside this ancient heart
Youll always be a part of me .
Goodnight my angel
Now it’s time to dream
And dream how wonderful your life will be
Someday your child may cry
And if you sing this lullabye
Then in your heart
There will always be a part of me .
Someday well all be gone
But lullabies go on and on …
They never die
Thats how you
And I
Will be .
written and sung by Billy Joel
Cameraman : focus on Olivia where only the universal rhythm of the waves are heard.
Olivia , once again , sees beyond the breakers , waves that bleed from grey to white , a white horizon where everything melts into everything else , like a ghost in the night . Bells chime , “she is here to bear witness “. And now , a single , unattached to a house , window appears like a vision with Olivia looking in , out at the sea and then 1000 miles down to the seabed .
Cameraman : long underwater scenes with sea life , dolphins and coral until there lies Peggy , looking up from underneath , peaceful in the deep cathedral of the ocean .
Music : Harp playing with the passionate voice of Florence + the Machine singing
This scene fades away to Tavisha at the distant end of the beach walking towards them after writing her lost loves name in the sand .
She is talking to herself . The alchemy of her own salty ocean tears begins to drop onto her toes , nails colored pink , pink like the inside of oyster shells , feet still like those of her girlhood .
Narrator ( Abu ) : Earlier on this day , when the beach had been noisy with families and children , Tavisha had often stopped in wonder , awe , and admiration for the pathway of sand castles being created . Ones with delicate peeks and well thought out moats above dug out rivers , others larger and strong with fish , stars and mermaid intricately designed . But now this world is changing from sunny noon bright heat to twilight where a dolphin is suddenly seen jumping out of the waves and the sound of the pounding hoofs of Waipios wild horses is heard in the dusk of the distant valley .
Music playing from Dire Staits ( Alchemy Album )
Abu continues narration :
Tavisha swims into the rolling waters and when she emerges cleansed , back to shore she is weeping , weeping for her lost youth … gone now . A heart bruised and a body broken , tired more , aging fast , sleeping more , crying more , life meaning more . And now see the tears dried from the lovely strong wind and look , look as she sees the sand castles now being washed from the beach as the tide rises . Look , how beautiful they suddenly are ( so much more than before ) . The edges smooth , the forms simple and softened round , no details left … only the hint of a castle now with its soul exposed into something strangely fat and alive making a map to another planets dimension seem only a mile away . Something surreal , surreal with ancient amazing beauty . The wind blows her hair , blows it like the waves blow the sand into a perfection sweet like silky soft baby hair .
Scene closes with window close-up in which a multitude of stars are seen thru the pane and a falling star lands in the eyes of Tavisha , bells tinkling , Baby Blue humming , Peggy sleeping , Olivia silent and the grapefruit moon beaming it’s reflection on the floating windowsill .
Music : ” Closing Time ” instrumental played by Tom Waits
Scene # 6 : Stormy Clouds
Narrator : Abu watching over Peggy as she dreams
She walks to the center of the grassy fields that she use to play in . She is ready . This life is to curl . She wants the storm to wash her away like water does to sand . She is a sandcastle and this is her wave . She is ready to get washed away . Hush , hush , hushing …
to be continued
