Second Journal 2.0 1/6/19
Jun. 1st, 2019 08:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thislittlebird posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
walkingancientrome_2019So I figured it out. How to say it. Ya know based off my last blog entry, there was stuff I hadn't yet figured out how to put in words, but here it is now: Being in Rome and seeing the Forum Romanum is like traveling to a 5th dimension. It's seeing the world as it is and was, and always will be.
If you don't know what the fifth dimension is, watch Interstellar. But to be kind, haha, basically it means you can experience time, not in the singular one-direction way that we humans are bound to, but all at once. You can see the ruins, then the dirt that was piled on top of that, and the churches built around the ruins and now the ruins re-excavated, but also, simply, as a valley with hills on each side. Through all these different versions of the space, meaning was there for whoever found it and used it. A valley, a forum, a cow pasture, a church, a valley.
Today, separate from me having a lot of time on a bus to think about all the known dimensions in the world, I experienced many emotions and feelings. Excitement, exhaustion, peace, joy, hunger, life, death, and that satisfying feeling after a good meal. Also at times, I felt like crying, and others I felt like jumping out of my seat with excitement. I found comfort in the friendliness of those around me that I've gotten to know, and hurt but things I didn't see coming.
But overall I am glad for this amazing day in Rome and Tarquinia. Looking forward to tomorrow, seeing new sights, and experiencing new things.
Also, something I've learned I'm quite fond of doing is waking up at 7 am and getting ready for the day (showering, picking out fun clothes to wear, making myself a small breakfast of bread, mascarpone, and black cherry jam), then heading out to the street to sit at a nearby cafe bar and order a cappuccino to sip and drink merrily as the passerby's pass by :)
In Vino Veritas
I write this as I'm finishing the first bottle of wine I bought in Italy. It's been one of those days.
Ciao! -Megan Ellingboe
Day:4 Cappuccino:5
If you don't know what the fifth dimension is, watch Interstellar. But to be kind, haha, basically it means you can experience time, not in the singular one-direction way that we humans are bound to, but all at once. You can see the ruins, then the dirt that was piled on top of that, and the churches built around the ruins and now the ruins re-excavated, but also, simply, as a valley with hills on each side. Through all these different versions of the space, meaning was there for whoever found it and used it. A valley, a forum, a cow pasture, a church, a valley.
Today, separate from me having a lot of time on a bus to think about all the known dimensions in the world, I experienced many emotions and feelings. Excitement, exhaustion, peace, joy, hunger, life, death, and that satisfying feeling after a good meal. Also at times, I felt like crying, and others I felt like jumping out of my seat with excitement. I found comfort in the friendliness of those around me that I've gotten to know, and hurt but things I didn't see coming.
But overall I am glad for this amazing day in Rome and Tarquinia. Looking forward to tomorrow, seeing new sights, and experiencing new things.
Also, something I've learned I'm quite fond of doing is waking up at 7 am and getting ready for the day (showering, picking out fun clothes to wear, making myself a small breakfast of bread, mascarpone, and black cherry jam), then heading out to the street to sit at a nearby cafe bar and order a cappuccino to sip and drink merrily as the passerby's pass by :)
In Vino Veritas
I write this as I'm finishing the first bottle of wine I bought in Italy. It's been one of those days.
Ciao! -Megan Ellingboe
Day:4 Cappuccino:5
