Your framing reminded me of some unpublished musings about traveling across Japan by local train where I describe passing through cities and towns as dipping into gravity wells. I agree that you can feel the shifting gravity when at slower speeds and changing among trains.
Your framing reminded me of some unpublished musings about traveling across Japan by local train where I describe passing through cities and towns as dipping into gravity wells. I agree that you can feel the shifting gravity when at slower speeds and changing among trains.
Thanks Sam! Dipping into a gravity well, that feels pretty accurate :-) Certainly, something holds onto me in every one of those small towns!
I like all the local train changes. It sounds like a long day, but even the pace of the essay is unhurried, matching you. Lovely finale!
Thank you, Professor ;-) I do try to lean into the slow areas of life. Sometimes I fall in.