Poetry In (loco)motion

I like this image because the lights are blurred, as though they are moving...life is really more like this than a focused still shot.

The Sufi's known as 'whirling dervishes' believe that if you can plant one foot in one secure spot, then the rest of the world (and you) can spin and spin without losing your balance.

Med school is a film, not a still life painting. In fact, life just won't ever sit still (that condition is usually known as death)

Where do you plant your toe?...

Whirled Peas

Who knew that one of my classmates and his med school 'Big Bro' would find the solution for peace in the Middle East, possibly the world. Clearly illustrated above is the fact that an Israeli Jew and and Egyptian Muslim have only negligible differences once they both put on matching tiny pink tank tops, black boxers and low-ridin' jeans. Leaders of the world, take note.

In other fashion news, I went roller-blading this afternoon in the park. My housemate received this news with...silence....followed by shock and chagrin and promptly said "who rollerblades?...that is so 90's". Well, I rollerblade. Derby Queens, be kind to me, I am not ready for the hairspray or tattoos just yet, but I do look awesome in knee pads (yeah!).

History

It depends on what you are looking for.









My thought with these two images is that you can focus on different areas, which change your experience. On the left, you can focus on the skeleton, or the body in orange. On the right you can focus on the narrow viewpoint available between the brick walls of the fire escape, or on the rooftop, tree, and building, visible through the opening. I think that History, whether personal or shared, is like this. By adjusting your viewpoint, the size of your viewfinder or the type of vision you use (x-ray, etc) the whole scene changes. Of course, Quantum physics tells us that just by looking at something we change it. But didn't literature and history already show us that? Sometimes, shifting perspective is amusing, and other times life changing. Trying to imagine another viewpoint is worth doing...if nothing else, it helps to prevent dementia.