Piper in the Woods (2022)
Kamera: Ondu 6x6 Rise
Film: Rollei Retro 400S
Kjemi: Rodinal (1:100 / 60 min. Semi-Stand @ 20°C)
[...]
”Can you hear me, Mr. Bradshaw?” the image asked.
“Yes.”
“What is your name?”
“Robert C. Bradshaw.”
“What is your position?”
“Chief Biologist at the check-station on Y-3.”
“Are you there now?”
“No, I’m back on Terra. In a hospital.”
“Why?”
“Because I admitted to the Garrison Chief that I had become a plant.”
“Is that true? That you are a plant.”
“Yes, in a non-biological sense. I retain the physiology of a human being, of course.”
“What do you mean, then, that you’re a plant?”
“The reference is to attitudinal response, to Weltanschauung.”
“Go on.”
“It is possible for a warm-blooded animal, an upper primate, to adopt the psychology of a plant, to some extent.”
“Yes?”
“I refer to this.”
“And the others? They refer to this also?”
“Yes.”
“How did this occur, your adopting this attitude?”
Bradshaw’s image hesitated, the lips twitching. “See?” Harris said to Cox. “Strong conflict. He wouldn’t have gone on, if he had been fully conscious.”
“I—”
“Yes?”
“I was taught to become a plant.”
The image of Harris showed surprise and interest. “What do you mean, you were taught to become a plant?”
“They realized my problems and taught me to become a plant. Now I’m free from them, the problems.”
“Who? Who taught you?”
“The Pipers.”
“Who? The Pipers? Who are the Pipers?”
There was no answer.
“Mr. Bradshaw, who are the Pipers?”
After a long, agonized pause, the heavy lips parted. “They live in the woods. …”
[...]
- Philip K. Dick: Piper in the Woods (1953)
Piper in the Woods (2022)
Kamera: Ondu 6x6 Rise
Film: Rollei Retro 400S
Kjemi: Rodinal (1:100 / 60 min. Semi-Stand @ 20°C)
[...]
”Can you hear me, Mr. Bradshaw?” the image asked.
“Yes.”
“What is your name?”
“Robert C. Bradshaw.”
“What is your position?”
“Chief Biologist at the check-station on Y-3.”
“Are you there now?”
“No, I’m back on Terra. In a hospital.”
“Why?”
“Because I admitted to the Garrison Chief that I had become a plant.”
“Is that true? That you are a plant.”
“Yes, in a non-biological sense. I retain the physiology of a human being, of course.”
“What do you mean, then, that you’re a plant?”
“The reference is to attitudinal response, to Weltanschauung.”
“Go on.”
“It is possible for a warm-blooded animal, an upper primate, to adopt the psychology of a plant, to some extent.”
“Yes?”
“I refer to this.”
“And the others? They refer to this also?”
“Yes.”
“How did this occur, your adopting this attitude?”
Bradshaw’s image hesitated, the lips twitching. “See?” Harris said to Cox. “Strong conflict. He wouldn’t have gone on, if he had been fully conscious.”
“I—”
“Yes?”
“I was taught to become a plant.”
The image of Harris showed surprise and interest. “What do you mean, you were taught to become a plant?”
“They realized my problems and taught me to become a plant. Now I’m free from them, the problems.”
“Who? Who taught you?”
“The Pipers.”
“Who? The Pipers? Who are the Pipers?”
There was no answer.
“Mr. Bradshaw, who are the Pipers?”
After a long, agonized pause, the heavy lips parted. “They live in the woods. …”
[...]
- Philip K. Dick: Piper in the Woods (1953)