Monday, March 16, 2009

The business of sadness

One beautiful thing I experienced today:

Shadows, because of what they do to light in an overhang of trees. The light is softer, gentle, even in the beating heat. The green it illuminates is softer because of it; light that invites rest and reflection, shadows as sweet as an apology to silence.

Other:

Music that makes you see the world in movie frames: yellow caution tape torn away from a muddy, flooded trench; the obstinate scowl of a boy who doesn't want to turn around on the trail and follow his mother; the old woman in the green shirt with the word "slave" on the back; the thin slice of a bicycle tire in mud, the onion blossoms dotting the trail.

More:

Heat, sun on my shoulders because it reminds me what it feels like to be in the moment, to live, to enjoy.

Listening: Bon Iver, "Bracket, WI"

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