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Tarmac Meditations #96: The Day After

By | Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 7:30 am | Leave a Comment

“Running is good for me but I don’t run to work off angst or pain. I don’t grind out miles or race to prove my worth. I don’t think pain is noble or suffering is necessary to be a better person. I am already a good person. I run as an expression of joy and freedom. Running sharpens the focus on life and intensifies the emotions. Is there any better reason to do anything?” ~ from Chi Running

Running had helped me to see, to seek the light, to see the shadows, to be more than a number on an age chart, a scale, a measuring tape…to stand on my own feet and have my life…I no longer have to confuse or explain who I am and what I do, at least not to myself and really, that is all that matters. Running this morning with Merlin, watching the stars fade and the sun rise, letting the day come as it must…the day after Atonement, a bright and beautiful beginning. Once again.

 

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I write and take pictures because it is my way of telling stories. I run because it reminds me, everyday, that I am here. I have no idea where the writing comes from.

What I do know is that I start with what I know and imagine the rest. In the end some of it is true and some of it is made up; memory plus time equals semi-fiction, others call it creative non fiction. And if the “I” in the piece has a different name than mine, it is fiction through and through.

My photography tells a story in a very different way. The pictures seem to come from who I was and what I care about. When the words are coming honestly and the pictures are sharp and knowing, the stories tell me who I am today.

I also write at Running Before Daylight and my photography can be seen at The Long Run Picture Company

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