| nollij update |

1 apr 03. tue. day 12 and no end in sight. been spending time in the clouds and archives and happily uncovered jan morris wanderlust columns: confessions of a hoteloholic, dreaming florence, history and hallucination. which trailed to traveler at large archives (i love the www of hyperlinks!). i am a child again with my favorite childhood activity, spending weekends in this particular room of my parents' house, uncovering dusty boxes of 'artifacts'. i can find anything from rolls of paintings (artistic), film slides (cinema), musical instruments (music), 1976 expedition t-shirts in their original plastic wraps (adventure), wedding video tapes marked with dates and names of people i have never met (previous lives).. to wardrobes of old suits and dresses (fashion), bedcovers (domestic), and a huge panda (wildlife). yeah!

What if everyone decided right and wrong for themselves, without any regard for conventional morality? What if everyone did whatever they wanted to, with the courage to face any consequences? What if everyone feared loveless, lifeless monotony more than they fear taking risks, more than they fear being hungry or cold or in danger? What if everyone set down their "responsibilities" and "common sense," and dared to pursue their wildest dreams, to set the stakes high and live each day as if it were the last? Think what a place the world would be!

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