When the day is is open in the kind of way that it is while being on the road, we are able to just enjoy being. I mean I stood on top of San Cristobal and looked out over the sprawling smog covered city with towering mountains in the background, but that, even in all its magesty is not as sweet as giggling in a park with your lover.
Maybe that is one of the things wrong with today. Somewhere at the root of the greed and the intolerance, the desire for revenge and the material desires is really just the need to be captivated in a moment of simplicity. Maybe it is the longing to just be swept up in moments of love. in being so starved for these pockets of time and presence, we grasp for the insatiable.
where as we cannot live life forever unattached to the mundane world that we all are slave to, we can take a moment to remember what truly makes us happy.
by the way, santiago has vegan empanadas with carne de soya...who would have thunk it?
this city has been calming even in the bustle of all the feet and the rushing parades of persons passing through lights to get to the other side of the streets. there is a quiet here almost as though being in a dream when you are the third person observer and the characters in your dream all seem to have a point and destination, none of which involves yourself. brushing shoulders but never getting names.
off tomorrow afternoon to Valparaiso. apparently the city of home grown artists and young people on the edge. it looks colorful and charming. we will see...
i hope all is well with everyone. write to me and tell me of your own adventures.
1 comment:
Nicky, I am not surprised that you write with the same beautiful way you look and the same graceful way you move through the world; it is truly a joy to read! (One thing: this editor begs you use spell check).
Your photo of the buttes and canyon looks just like northern New Mexico - where were you when you took it?
I am inspired and look forward to many more of your blog posts and photos! hugs, Aysha
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