Murakami Crane

July 25, 2006

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A few weeks ago I went into the city on a Saturday, which I usually don’t do since I go into the city on every weekday. On the way to BART I saw, two houses down from ours, a paper mache origami crane. Maybe it wasn’t paper mache…but some sort of plaster on a chicken wire frame. I had a few thoughts on seeing such a specific item:

• 1. something mystical and wonderful/terrifying was in my future, along the lines of finding a unicorn’s skull or a talking sheep.
• 2. it was meant for the public garden across the street.

#2 was the obvious answer and since the crane doesn’t even glow at night i realize that i have to put it back on the street soon.

The notable thing in this photo, and I can see it holding no meaning for you since you weren’t there in 1993, but maybe you’ve had a similar experience?, is how it seems to be saying: behold gentle summer! See how it captures a liberating sense of airiness as the sun reflects off the expanse of wooden floor? I wrote a one line poem about it:

• space and comfort; billowiness

I thought back to when K. and A. traveled from Annandale to Brooklyn to look at apartments in the summer of 93. And then it seemed like this summer wasn’t much different:

• Get up early to head to work
• Sometimes, at night, have a cold, refreshing dessert item
• Sometimes, at night, walk and get coffee

Oh, how the nights are the best.