On the platform, reading

On the platform, reading

Originally uploaded by moriza

I’ve been sifting through Flickr lately looking for images of people reading. This one stood out as I’ve found myself doing the same thing: waiting for a train, engrossed in a book… but usually much nearer the train. On the yellow line, if I’m honest.

There’s a particular moment that occurs as the train enters the station. The pages of the book often flap ever so slightly at first. Then they wave wildly as the machine zips by.

Amidst all this–the speeding train and the flapping pages–the reader somehow finds stillness.

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