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took some time tonight to stand outside and look in the sky. the clouds have lifted and we've got an amazingly clear night. the stars were amazing. it was almost just dark enough that if you looked past the little glittering gems into the great blackness to realise that behind them were even more stars. the last time i saw the milky way was 3 years ago, when i visited elisa's in perth. out there in the bush, the milky way stood out in stark relief to the dark shapes of looming gum trees.
last week of glyndebourne, and a few close friends have decided to confide their problems to me. i appreciate that they trust me enough to tell me their secrets but i have to admit, it was pretty difficult for me to listen to some of them. i suppose as a neutral party, i would be their human equivalent of the wailing wall, hiding their secrets for them. it's not been easy to bear the knowledge and i'll never look at some of them again in the same way.
looking at the stars made me think about the paradox of our existence. to see such grandeur was to see how small all of us were in the grand schema, but it also reminded me that each and everyone of us carries a universe entire behind our eyes. no problem is so small that it will not affect someone else around us. all we have to do is beyond the darkness to see that there are many other wondrous moments that make up our reality.
sleep beckons.
last week of glyndebourne, and a few close friends have decided to confide their problems to me. i appreciate that they trust me enough to tell me their secrets but i have to admit, it was pretty difficult for me to listen to some of them. i suppose as a neutral party, i would be their human equivalent of the wailing wall, hiding their secrets for them. it's not been easy to bear the knowledge and i'll never look at some of them again in the same way.
looking at the stars made me think about the paradox of our existence. to see such grandeur was to see how small all of us were in the grand schema, but it also reminded me that each and everyone of us carries a universe entire behind our eyes. no problem is so small that it will not affect someone else around us. all we have to do is beyond the darkness to see that there are many other wondrous moments that make up our reality.
sleep beckons.