Gary Winter!!
Long-time reader of Shanti-town, diligent student of yoga, playwright and all-around great guy. Read below for his amazing description of yoga...one of the best I've ever heard. Congratulations, Gary!!
Long-time reader of Shanti-town, diligent student of yoga, playwright and all-around great guy. Read below for his amazing description of yoga...one of the best I've ever heard. Congratulations, Gary!!
"I don't have any photos of me doing yoga-and if I did I assure you I wouldn't show them to anyone--but when you said I could submit a photo of something that embodies the spirit of yoga I thought of this picture of my father and uncle after a day of tuna fishing in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn (my uncle was a boat captain).
For me yoga is about the blissful calm after the storm of intense physicality, and I can feel that in these two guys. After a day of hauling in these fish, I love the sense of calm and pride on their faces and in their posture. Fishing is all about activity and quiet; sometimes the activity is long and hard, and you long for the calm, and when the fish ain't biting there is too much calm and you long for activity, but still, there's nothing like being out on the water and staring at the horizon."
- Gary
So beautiful, Gary.... I love this so much!
2 comments:
Awww thanks Lia. You are my yoga guru, if that's what they call it. At least my inspiration for getting into this pretzel.
And to think there used to be bug tuna off the shores of Brooklyn!
Peace-
gary
Gary, it is so deserved! You totally got what I was going for, and your description of the peace after physical exertion is just so beautiful. Yay, you!
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