~ssabrina
Wed, Sep 4, 1996 (04:56)
seed
It starts out:
On I-80 east out of El Paso at 6 p.m. there is hardly another car on the road.
Except for the occasional whoosh of a truck blowing past, there is not a
sound, not even the chirp of cicadas at the side of the road. The sky is
immense up ahead, rising from the thin sliver of road, dark blue clouds
strung across it like a ragged clothesline.
Suddenly, amid the clouds I see a light so intense I think it's a neon sign,
but it's the moon, a deep gold harvest moon with tufts of clouds falling
across it like hair, I think of a face I have seen before, head thrown back,
hair trailing over the brow.
( continued at http://www.spring.com/~ssabrina )
4 new of
~terry
Wed, Sep 4, 1996 (05:03)
#1
This makes sense if you click over to Janis' website and read it, it's one of those narratives thats hard to stop reading. And then come back over here to discuss. I ran into Janis in the fitness conference on the WELL and got a series of emails from here on her fascinating journey across the South. Her Volvo started getting unruly around San Antonio, so she never made by Austin and her planned workout at the Q Club. Maybe next trip! Anyway, this topic seemed like a good fit for the newly born cultur
s conference.
~william
Thu, Sep 5, 1996 (06:01)
#2
I take it this is the physical fitness culture? Well, I can dig it. It's close enough to the yoga culture I participate in.�The sweating workout and the hot-tub spaceout are very familiar. Though this narrative had signs of being hastily edited and assembled (at least I hope that accounts for the loose, repetitive structure), it was still quite engaging, even riveting. Couldn't get behind�some of the more elaborate metaphorical images, but the general flow kept the attention from flagging anyway. Now that
the reader's attention has been seized, where is it all going, what does it matter, and is it worth it?
~terry
Thu, Sep 5, 1996 (13:20)
#3
From what I understand, Janis has landed in Gainesville, Florida to go to college and will taking some html courses. So this website is just a glimmer of what's to come.
You're right, we've got fitness culture here. I sweat it out every night at the Q club in Austin and usually wind up sweating it out in the sauna/hot tub. I think it was put together quickly because Janis wrote in on the road. I also found it compelling to read and I hope that she continues the story with her latest happenings from her new home.
~terry
Fri, Dec 13, 1996 (13:13)
#4
I'm going to email Janis and see what's happened to her:
mailto://ssabrina@well.com
She's been pretty quiet lately.