The Leaping Thought: Found Sunday

From David Rakoff's Essay - Hidden People

It isn't pleasant to have my bluff as thoroughly called. My idle claim of being a translucent-skinned neurasthenic who cares nothing for sunlight is incontrovertibly shattered after a mere ten minutes of ambling through the duty-free shop at Keflavík airport in Iceland at ten in the morning. The November sky outside is still as dark as four a.m., precisely the time it would be for me if I were still back in New York. But I am not back in New York and should, by all rights, be enjoying that cognitive dissonance that is the happy dividend of transatlantic air travel: the European day, brightly risen and well under way six hours before its time. I find myself existentially, spirit-robbingly sad as I look over the shelves of vacuum-packed salmon, tinned smoked puffin, lumpfish caviar, and licorice, waiting for a ride in Reykjavík. By the time I have been in Iceland for an hour I am a walking Edvard Munch lithograph. All is blackness in my heart as well as outside the windows of the bus during the hour-long trip into town. The vehicle fishtails wildly, buffeted by inhospitable winds. When I get back to New York, I think to myself, I shall never again denigrate the light. I will start a letter-writing campaign to institute National Photosynthesis Day. I will join a tanning salon.

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

e.e. cummings (1894-1962) American poet, painter, essayist author and playwright.
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To kiss a forehead is to erase worry

To kiss a forehead is to erase worry.
I kiss your forehead.

To kiss the eyes is to lift sleeplessness.
I kiss your eyes.

To kiss the lips is to drink water.
I kiss your lips.

To kiss a forehead is to erase memory.
I kiss your forehead.

Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) Russian poet and writer.
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"You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help."
Bill Watterson.

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"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."
Mae West

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Some quotes by Terry Pratchett

"It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living."

"They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance."

"It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing."

"Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages."

"In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this."

21.2.10

Found Sunday

"...The most beautiful PSA they've ever seen"

When I tripped upon this via The Live Feed, that line was there - some viewers are calling it the most beautiful PSA they've ever seen - I wasn't precisely skeptical but you know, one should always take things with a grain of salt right? Well, I was 40 seconds in when the tears just sprang and my breath hitched. It is indeed one of the loveliest commercials I've ever seen. What do you think? Is it the most beautiful?

9 comments:

AnonymousFebruary 22, 2010 at 1:06 AM
I am an easy cry, but this one affected me in a deeper way having survived a single car accident at sixteen while driving too fast and not wearing a seatbelt. Thanks for passing it on.
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AnonymousFebruary 26, 2010 at 9:14 AM
Thank you my good lady!

I have made it a rule to attach my seatbelt even if I'm going a block away. However I have failed about 10 times in the last 10 years, I don't ever think I will fail again!

Joe Peach
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AnonymousFebruary 26, 2010 at 4:18 PM
WOW!

This video has been on my mind all day,

(and probably forever)!

TY again!

Joe Peach
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Gypsy at HeartFebruary 27, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Gifts of the Journey: I can only imagine how watching this might have affected you. Sorry for the reminder since I am utterly sure that if there is someone who can envision the moment portrayed, that would be you. I'm glad you are still here. Milena

JP: It has stuck in my head too. Can't seem to shake it either. Pretty powerful stuff this commercial. Keep wearing the seatbelt no matter how short the trip. Let's make it a no failure rate in the next ten years. ;-)
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