journal features

how to look silly – bicycle addition

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2018.01.22

If I ever cared about my appearance, it's not as I start pushing fifty; this is how to look silly on your bike, in the name of safety.

First, you cover it with jarringly colored tape that's lined with mircospheres.

Then you ride it at night!

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

—Vincent Van Gogh