The Narrative Image

Traffic on I-205 Coast Stop Coast – roll – roll STOP FAST Sit Wait… (crap!) Bumper Cars at Oaks Park Why don’t they make real cars more like bumper cars? The daily commute would become the highlight of the day and auto insurance companies would quickly go out of business. I tell the Monkey-cam, “It’s a universal intuition. There must be something more to life than driving to and from work.” Old tree at Laurelhurst Park “That’s why on weekends, we go hiking to discover the tell-tale brushstrokes of some transcendent artist.” I added. Trees at Laurelhurst Park Monkey-cam agreed that there were many times when the world seems like a beautiful masterpiece. Bench at East end of duck pond - Laurelhurst Park “Still,” he pantomimed, “isn’t it enough that we’re alive and we can eat bananas and meet girls?” “Well,” I replied, “the culture I was born into thinks it’s important how you do those things. For instance, we’re supposed to meet girls, not so much for fun, but (within the confines ...