maybe one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen:
(bbc has a really great little clip of it in sacremento that we found yesterday, but it lacked a roman lightpost).
today on the bus, i watched a couple having an argument in sign language, and it was fascinating. when i get mad, i tend to make a lot of noise, and here was this supremely silent fight, lacking none of the intensity that mine always possess. whenever the woman didn't want to know what he was saying, she just shut her eyes, which (of course) drove him crazy. and i wondered, when your disagreements are expressed through your hands, do you choose your words more carefully? is there something about tangibly and physically forming insults and terse phrases that reminds you not to be rash? or do you still have that day-after, 'i wish i hadn't said that' moment? i guess i've never thought about the danger of silently signing things you will later regret.
by the end of my ride, they were smiling, and if you hadn't been paying attention, you might not have ever noticed that a near-crisis had been averted...
love,
j
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amazing.
ReplyDeletei'm just starting to have an awareness of birds like never before.....
i was going to write it in my blog today, but didnt......but taking an exit off the highway yesterday, there was a huge hawk just sitting on the exit sign, wings outstretched, and frozen.
i definitely felt like i was on the right road.