I've noticed I like to write while I'm outside, in the middle, experiencing what I'm writing about. And right this second I'm standing in a lovely warm, low, winter sun, waiting for a friend, not really enjoying the view (cause it's not that pretty) but definitely enjoying the moment. New York is growing on me...
Just dropped off my friend Harm at the airtrain to JFK. He was passing through the City from a vacation in Costa Rica and Panama. We're friends through the HES - studying the same thing - and he has showed me around NY for a bit AND helped me find things like clothing hangers and sheets...which are hard to find if you're used to the Hema at the Kalverstraat or Gedempte Gracht..He is going to do an internship in Munich, Germany! It was great to have him here:) Human connection is a complex but beautiful thing - a familiar face can change a new, big, scary place into a world ready to be discovered!
So far I've learned that NYC is pretty easy to get around. The way the streets are numbered/named makes it easy to locate where you are. It is finding things, simple things, that make moving to a new city so exhausting. You're "on" 24/7..nothing goes automatic.
By the way, I'm in the subway right now. I don't know what it is - could it be the lighting, the low oxygen or the electricity in the air? - but there is something beautiful about people in subways. Perhaps it's the mixture of sitting still and being in transit, or the way people are turned 'inward' seemingly "cocooning" while being so close to one another physically. I love watching people and wonder what their stories are - and the New York City Subway provides ample opportunity!
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