Martina Birnbaum/Getty“Savannah is a pretty place to be in pain,” I decided—although my judgment on everything was colored by that last part. The pain never really goes away; in my life, every beautiful landscape seems colored by my body’s desire to return home and lie down. But as pain sealed itself into my moment-by-moment experience, I lost my perception that the two had ever been separable. Like traveling, moshing confronts me with my physical and psychical helplessness; it also gives me a sense of freedom. The pain was there when I woke up, as it is all mornings, just hotter this time after such an active, long day.

Source: CNN May 13, 2024 21:16 UTC