There is something liberating about travel. It's a profound and subtle sense of being somewhere else - a metaphysical sensation born from a physical sensation. Travel awakens within me the sense of possibility that is often lacking in the general course of the day. So tonight, I will fall asleep in the arms of possibility.
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"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Travel As Liberation
I'm on a short trip for pleasure. My friend Tony and I are down in Anaheim for Wondercon and other vacation type activities. It was a smooth trip down and as we traveled I wondered about this. When I travel I always wonder why I don't travel more.
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