While I am truly enjoying all that this city has to offer, I have to admit, I'm a little homesick. I miss my friends, family.. the comfort of enjoying a conversation without effort.
I took a day off today. I really needed it, I think. I'm getting sick-- so I really need to take better care of myself. I slept in, then stayed in bed until about noon, which was GREAT. Then I treated myself to lunch out (ie: real food) and a latte at moonbean with Melville and his White Whale. Afterwards, I explored the library and found this! American Turk's-cap Lily, or Lilium superbum. What struck me at first were the amazing colors-- the red-orange golden petals contrasting with the aubergine stalk. Then I noticed the name, which made it even better.
Speaking of Turks... I don't think Melville had a very high opinion of them. Historically speaking, I suppose we're not the gentlest of peoples, but he writes "No turbaned Turk, no hired Venetian or Malay, could have smote him with more seeming malice," elucidating the ill-will of the whale. Ouch.
I didn't go to conditioning class today. Which I feel a little twinge of guilt about, but really, I think it's ok. I needed today. Ha. I spent that time reading up about circus at the library. A little something from my studies,
I like that. It's natural... much like Ishmael's desire to take to sea, or my desire to travel. It's human nature to challenge oneself and the concept of the "impossible."
I took a day off today. I really needed it, I think. I'm getting sick-- so I really need to take better care of myself. I slept in, then stayed in bed until about noon, which was GREAT. Then I treated myself to lunch out (ie: real food) and a latte at moonbean with Melville and his White Whale. Afterwards, I explored the library and found this! American Turk's-cap Lily, or Lilium superbum. What struck me at first were the amazing colors-- the red-orange golden petals contrasting with the aubergine stalk. Then I noticed the name, which made it even better.
Speaking of Turks... I don't think Melville had a very high opinion of them. Historically speaking, I suppose we're not the gentlest of peoples, but he writes "No turbaned Turk, no hired Venetian or Malay, could have smote him with more seeming malice," elucidating the ill-will of the whale. Ouch.
I didn't go to conditioning class today. Which I feel a little twinge of guilt about, but really, I think it's ok. I needed today. Ha. I spent that time reading up about circus at the library. A little something from my studies,
"Here is the ensemble work that has come to be one of the hallmarks of contemporary circus, presented in a style that is both joyous and graceful, suggesting in its supreme effortlessness that circus is a natural extension of mankind's love of challenge taken to the level of art"(Albrecht, Contemporary Circus).
I like that. It's natural... much like Ishmael's desire to take to sea, or my desire to travel. It's human nature to challenge oneself and the concept of the "impossible."
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