Graduation
Today has been an astonishing oscillation of the shitty and the sublime, in such rapid succession as to give me whiplash.
But my first sight of the morning, when I was out for (another!) good run with Dorrie, was a line of flowers and teddy bears in boxes being unloaded across the street from Lehman College for their graduation ceremony. I actually stopped and screwed around with the camera on this new phone for a minute to capture it, and the image stayed in my head all day through good and bad. A little on the rainbowy side, but I needed that, and to think about all those city kids feeling like they accomplished something and psyching themselves up for whatever comes next. I was talking to a friend tonight about inertia, how it just takes the smallest nudge to set a body in motion and how kindly it wants to stay in motion once that happens.
It's been many years since I graduated from anything, but there is motion. And that'll do.
But my first sight of the morning, when I was out for (another!) good run with Dorrie, was a line of flowers and teddy bears in boxes being unloaded across the street from Lehman College for their graduation ceremony. I actually stopped and screwed around with the camera on this new phone for a minute to capture it, and the image stayed in my head all day through good and bad. A little on the rainbowy side, but I needed that, and to think about all those city kids feeling like they accomplished something and psyching themselves up for whatever comes next. I was talking to a friend tonight about inertia, how it just takes the smallest nudge to set a body in motion and how kindly it wants to stay in motion once that happens.It's been many years since I graduated from anything, but there is motion. And that'll do.
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posted by Lisa at 10:07 PM
2 Comments:
There is nothing like a run to put you in rainbowy mood - every time you finish a run you graduate to the next level and a better self, IMHO. As the annoying cheerleading onlookers at the races say, "Keep going - looking good!"
Sorry about the oscillation to the shitty side, honey. Some days are like roller coasters, yes?
Here's to movement and momentum and a better day.
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