I think my posts about NYC are mostly my way of "squawking" as R
X puts it, venting my frustrations with the dark side of this life.
Because usually, when I'm done, I feel much better about things and am able to see the advantages of living here. I'm still not going to romanticize it though...
One pattern I've noticed is about tolerance and energy. On the way back from getting a cup of iced coffee, I was walking past an older woman sitting on the stoop, and got the immediate impression
she's beautiful... now, in a static sense, if she were unconscious and lying on a white canvas, that might not have been true... she had wrinkles in her eyes, and slightly flabby arms, but she was adorned well, and projected an energy of being alive, vibrant and happy that made her beautiful to me as I passed by. Immediately I began to feel better myself.
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