Archive for January, 2010
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Coney Island 3: The Island Strikes Back
By midday the shore becomes clogged with people and I have to start being very still. I don’t like being still and I often start to count the hours. I listen for the sound of the shore and the laughter and crying of the children. The shore becomes second hands counting the day for me […]
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
Coney Island: Continuation
Before I knew it, it was summer. Children had begun to play under the pier. In the early mornings they would be silent. skittering around the edges of the shore, staying clearly away from me who had learned during the days of fog how to fold into the crevices of the pier and the shore. […]
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
Coney Island: A Start of Something
Coney Island. NYCSummers underneath the boardwalk would be easy. I noticed this the first time that I ever set foot in Coney Island. I stepped off the train into the foggy streets of southern Brooklyn and stepped into a ghost town, something out of an old western. The boardwalk provided the perfect liminal space, perfectly […]
