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oil slick, adrift

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Halifax, 2004.07.15

Today I saw something amazing. There was an "oil slick" (I'm starting to think that these are really drabs of gasoline, not oil) on the street as I passed through the intersection. But it wasn't a normal stationary slick - this one was riding a few-millimetre film of water down the gentle grade of the road. As it went, its colours roiled and inverted, like an early 90's screen saver. Only with infinite colour and variability and an almost organic set of patterns. It was pretty cool.

rand()m quote

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.

—Dr. Seuss