Loud Music
Current sign language exchanges because of loud music There is this charged ambiance like a Tesla generator Horsing around, prancing, making friends and enemies Condensed emotions of life for two days and three nights Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2014 Carnival Gallery
Standing against the flow of the revelers, snapping portraits Catching the spirit as the mood comes from the sidelines, a trickle of the trifle An anchor still clinging to reality against a drifting dream ready to run amok A couple passes by, holding their beer cans like a compass, the flash of a tired glance […]
Young tropical dancer biting her nails The loud music, the substances and spirits Induce some kind of contagious euphoria And the prancing revelers spread in the streets Colorful shirts and wristbands identify each ‘mas’ They get food and drinks from the band’s rigs Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery
As the revelers scatter down the hill Girls pose for a quick melancholic picture Bright colors spill out of the of the flags They reflect in the eyes like faraway islands In the hazing of loud music and strong spirits Carnival is like a monster swallowing the crowds The Geryon of Dante’s Inferno Hugh Ardoin […]