MichelleThe Massey Memorial
September 2nd 2007 08:47
Despite Truman's curiosity and desire for the outside world, the producers of the show had successfully impregnated Truman with the fears that many brave travellers are forced to face in order to become their true selves. The fear of water, of heights, of the unknown, of failure and of being wrong. What if there's nothing worthwhile beyond my comfortable life? What if everyone is right and the world is too big for me to conquer, too sinister a place for me to survive? What if I'll regret stepping out? What if? What if?
Driving around the bay toward Shelly Bay, is a favourite spot of mine. I discovered it one night, stumbled across it and the night has stayed with me after all these years. A teenager, I was with a group of friends. Those friends have since dissipated and I couldn't tell you who I was with but we walked up a track on the Miramar Peninsula and come out at the top. The moon was high and it was so close...and this memorial, made completely of marble dominated that rise. It shone under the moon and walking around it, I'll never forget how it felt to touch it, like touching the moon itself. Many years later when I visited the Taj Mahal, I would remember that memorial and only when I got back from my trip to India did I search who that memorial was dedicated to. A politician, a past Prime Minister. How unromantic.
Driving around the bay toward Shelly Bay, is a favourite spot of mine. I discovered it one night, stumbled across it and the night has stayed with me after all these years. A teenager, I was with a group of friends. Those friends have since dissipated and I couldn't tell you who I was with but we walked up a track on the Miramar Peninsula and come out at the top. The moon was high and it was so close...and this memorial, made completely of marble dominated that rise. It shone under the moon and walking around it, I'll never forget how it felt to touch it, like touching the moon itself. Many years later when I visited the Taj Mahal, I would remember that memorial and only when I got back from my trip to India did I search who that memorial was dedicated to. A politician, a past Prime Minister. How unromantic.
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