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“Freedom’s just another word for…”

(“…nothing left to lose.”  – for the 10 people who don’t know Kris Kristofferson’s iconic song).

So, I woke up this morning with an overwhelming urge to jump on my motorcycle and blast down the road.  Destination unknown.  Return? Undecided.  But, you see, I haven’t built it yet.  It’s simply a figment of my fervent imagination.  All bits of unpolished aluminum, black powdercoat, and red leather.  Mere fragments of thought.  Machine sex love thoughts, but thoughts nonetheless.

I really hate and really love this stage of my projects.  It’s when I’ve imagined plenty enough for it to feel real.  That is, be real to me.  But, I haven’t pulled out the welder.  I haven’t bought an engine.  I haven’t stripped the frame.  There is no red leather seat for me to test my position in the saddle.  No grease that I can’t scrub out – but must cut out – of my nails.  I’m caught between wonder and action, creativity and reality, dreaming and awakening.  Ugh….

It’s like porn – but in my head – and starring a 1200 V-Twin instead of Sasha Grey.  As the details unfold, dissatisfaction with inaction grows in my muscle.  A tipping point looms and sweat, spit, muscle and heart will pour into steel, and leather, and copper and chrome.

And then…

…Until then…

…I ride.

 

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Washington Square Park

It is a bit cool this day in Washington Square Park.  But infinitely warmer than yesterday, who’s cold wind and falling snow kept even the birds hiding.  Spring took a day off.  Despite the Fahrenheit reading, warm does not describe it well.  Occasional drops of rain tease and warn of the day’s potential.   It is bright, sunny.  If given a chance, it might even be warm, but each breeze knocks all strength from the sun.

Young, fresh faces criss-cross the park, some lounging in the bright coldness, hoping for more.  Warmth can only be glimpsed but not embraced.  Washington Square Park, well, more concrete really than “Park.”  In this “park,” grass and trees have a place, but it’s not their place.  The place is owned by bricks, concrete, statues and an archway.  And, a central fountain, not yet awake from it’s waterless winter, dominates the scenery.  The youth own the park in a way that grass and trees or bricks and concrete never could.  They transform it. (more…)