THERE ARE DAYS,
and then there are days, like the ones i am spending here in southern california… i love coming home. jonah may have mentioned that we’re here for work, like his panel on “WWAI: How is the Web Growing?” or the special session i am participating in, on Extreme Fashion, and we have a DIY wearable challenge running on monday as part of the Guerilla Studio, but this is not what i was really looking forward to when i booked our flights to california. no, i’ve been more interested in chasing the fleeting images of my childhood, taking in sights and sensations that continue to resonate deep within me no matter where else in the world i might go.
right now i am captivated by hazy blue skies slightly opaque; looking like an unfinished canvas of palm trees and clean-angled buildings. the slightly tacky, beach-casual attire that has most people looking like they’re either on their way to the gym or coming from a slumber party charms me. and in the mornings, when involved in the only activity that could possibly wake me before sunrise i sit on my board facing west to the incoming swell the feeling of rolling glass undulating beneath me like the movement of tides, traffic, and the diurnal rhythms of a horizontal metropolis.