This is a gorgeous account. I think the interspersing of smaller bits of text between the image scrolls is really working well. Your posts are beginning to unify into rhythmic experiences - image to text - illumination to rumination. I felt almost breathless when I finished this.

Plus, your explication of the the cuteness of Murakami and Otterness is brilliant. We discussed yesterday on the phone how you come to love those little figures scattered around the 14th St. station on the 8th ave line. At first I dismissed them as bubbly trifles, but they’ve become something very important to me. We converse every time I’m waiting on the platform. They tell me about exploitation, greed, loneliness, and also pure delight. And once you discover their subversive power, it does not diminish their cute, adorableness - more than anything, they just seem wise.