Wednesday, October 17, 2007

A luminous day

Maybe that rainbow was a sign and portent because yesterday I had a luminous day, a jewel of a day, the kind of day that makes mundane drudgery disappear and lifts you up into a higher sphere. (oh dear, sounds like the poetic muse is calling -- not today, dear, go away!)

First of all, I had the chance to spend golden hours with a friend who lives very far from me. And the autumn day was all golden too. Then we were surrounded by beauty, specifically, the wonders of one of the loveliest art galleries in the world. Experiencing the architecture, appreciating the way each vista had been conceived and carried out -- whew. And then there was the art itself. We ignored the stuff that shouted out or depressed and went for the simply and complicatedly beautiful.

When we walked out of our national gallery, I swear, both of us were floating at least a foot above the sidewalk.

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