Learning things.
Or rather, understanding concepts that I knew were there, but never ever could grasp.
It feels like standing on one foot. And then jumping up and down. And then spinning in a circle while jumping up and down on one foot. And then pinwheeling one arm around while keeping the other one stiff. While jumping up and down and spinning on one foot.
That's how it feels. Dizzy and joyful and wind and joy.
I know this because I suddenly understood things, and kept reading, and then understood more, and I ran out of the reading room and into the library bathroom and started jumping and spinning and falling over myself dizzy. Because that was the only way I could contain myself, and the only way I could explain to myself how it felt.
If you have never tried standing on one foot and jumping up and down and spinning in a circle and pinwheeling only one arm, I suggest you do so now.
It feels like standing on one foot. And then jumping up and down. And then spinning in a circle while jumping up and down on one foot. And then pinwheeling one arm around while keeping the other one stiff. While jumping up and down and spinning on one foot.
That's how it feels. Dizzy and joyful and wind and joy.
I know this because I suddenly understood things, and kept reading, and then understood more, and I ran out of the reading room and into the library bathroom and started jumping and spinning and falling over myself dizzy. Because that was the only way I could contain myself, and the only way I could explain to myself how it felt.
If you have never tried standing on one foot and jumping up and down and spinning in a circle and pinwheeling only one arm, I suggest you do so now.