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| Charis Carmichael Braun, Between 23rd Ely and Queens Plaza, Dec 3, 2009, pen on paper, 6x9in. |
My husband was deliberating the merits of pursuing a job away from the City. I was meditating on something a friend had said:
"People who leave New York don't miss the life they had in New York. They miss the life they thought they could have had in New York."I thought about this project, how I hadn't started it yet and how difficult it would be to complete if I left the weaving web of the subway tunnels and sifting streets of the city blocks and the many, many colors and shapes and sizes and spirits of people I wouldn't be able to see again... I considered abandoning the hope that I would find kindred spirits among them - finding a connection I could have had.
But we haven't left yet.
And I haven't started the project, really, yet. (Well, kindof.)
Do you think that this web of subways and tunnels reflects life in a way? Think of it: all the different ways you could go and then you finally get comfortable with "your way"? Life is rich Charis; life has so many different ways to go.
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