Friday, October 11, 2013

the morning commute



One of my souvenirs from Prague was the book Letters from Prison, by Milan Šimečka, a dissident against the Communist regime in former Czechoslovakia. I read this a long while ago, but one of the concepts which stuck with me was a link that he noticed whilst imprisoned, between the lack of nature and depravity.

Since leaving Istanbul, the weight on my chest has lightened. My morning commute is now twenty-five minutes through foggy fields, spiderweb sparkling with dew, grebes on the lake— instead of an hour or two of aggravated drivers in grey gridlock.

I'm so glad I left the city.

3 comments:

Sue Marrazzo Fine Art said...

AWESOME Photos.

Unknown said...

Beautiful photos.

I'm so pleased the change of location has helped you so much.

szaza said...

Thank you Sue and Sue!