In theory, my favorite thing is to get up early and go for a run, but in reality I've been waiting until the late afternoon, when the light is similarly beautiful.
According to the internet, Ronald Reagan's 1984 political ad 'Morning in America' is considered by many to be the 'most successful presidential ad campaign in history.'
But 'Sunset in America' feels like a better metaphor for what's happening around the world right now. (It also would have been a better metaphor in 1984.)
Sometimes I wonder if I exaggerate my fears. After all, this perfect path has existed for as long as I've lived in Washington Heights. What more evidence do I need?
But I also understand how much work it takes to maintain the park, and how -- in any garden, no matter how healthy -- there are always warning signs. What will this park look like in two or twenty or forty years?
Have I been too fixated on the warning signs?
I sometimes feel like my past is littered with wreckage: failed ventures, broken relationships, financial precarity, uncounted hours wasted on the subway. It's like that Weyes Blood line from their latest album: 'We tend to live long, that's why so many things go wrong.' But I can also look at my life now and say that not all of the things have gone wrong. So what's the answer?
Something tells me that we're about to find out.
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