Monday, August 07, 2006

Seasons

much of my journey in Los Angeles, has been a search for beauty. Tonight I discovered or rediscovered a beauty in los angeles. Twilight. There may not be seasons in los angeles, when the leaves turn bright colors, or crocuses bloom through the snow that make you realize that you are on a celestial ball whose life is dependent on the distance and angle of the sun. But we do have twilight, where the sun sinks lower, and the sky deepens in shades of red and orange and lavender and then deep deep purple, twilight where I saw the almost full moon rise.

Usually when i run around the track at usc i always imagining the ucsc track and how there can not be a more beautiful place on earth than that. But tonight, i just enjoyed how each time i turned around the track the moon was a bit higher and brighter, the sky a bit darker. The palm tree stood as silouhettes. It reminded me of what is bigger than me, and that is the sky and the one who paints the sky these gradients of color that change minute for minute.

I got a runner's high, and inspired by sweat I ran one extra lap at a faster pace. Breathing and flying, almost.

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