elucidation

it was mentioned tonight at our girly dinner (without our beloved anna) that it's hard to even conceive of blogging, or even talking, about the spring break we spent in new york. just now however, i was reading the names, a novel by don delillio i randomly selected at b&n solely based on the cover art, and i found this passage that encapsulates how i feel about new york: 

"no matter how remote you are, how far into the mountains or islands, how deep-ended you are, how much you want to disappear, there is still the element of shared culture, the feeling that we know these people, come from these people.  something beyond this is familiar as well, some mystery. often i feel i'm on the edge of knowing what it is." 

the whole time were were there i just felt such community.  and it could be that physically i was surrounded by people all the time.  but i also think there was such a beautiful comfort in going to somewhere so far removed from my own geographical experience and still feeling connected to and of that place.

and i honestly can't tell say why.