Journals from the Jungle XI: If you only turn around and glance back, you’ll catch it … being

... it will captivate you like a spell, cause you to stop, and also be.

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The following are journal excerpts—a series of stories from my recent travels.

5/21/24

I fall asleep hard and fast and wake up thinking about how the sea, and surfing, are like a metaphor for life. This is the break—the being pummeled by waves and tumbled underwater, the rough between the inside and the outside. If I trust, hold on, don’t panic, and keep paddling, I’ll break through.

Midday: I walk to

the beach, taking in the scene I’ve yearned for from NYC for …