{"id":499,"date":"2018-06-27T20:49:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T20:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/?p=499"},"modified":"2020-07-20T00:22:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T00:22:26","slug":"london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/?p=499","title":{"rendered":"Respecting Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On my first walkabout Liverpool, I noticed the seagull-pooped pavement and men homeless on the streets. In the following days of exploration, the character of the city came into view and the dirt disappeared. After eight days, I discovered that Liverpool was teeming with fascinating sights and engaging folks. I only left because my brother was in London. We passed a good time there, Skip and I, (the musical Hamilton, extraordinary!) and then he was off to work.<\/p>\n<p>On former visits to London, enchantment greeted me at every turn. This time, there is a disconnect. I am flotsam on a mass of motion without emotion. People pass by in a blur of the impersonal.\u00a0 In Liverpool, as one day rolled into eight, I became inflated, buoyant. Here in London, in the same amount of time, I feel as deflated as an abandoned bicycle tyre. What&#8217;s the matter with me?! This is one of the most stimulating international cities on the planet! I am so fortunate to be here. What in the world?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it&#8217;s similar to when I was younger and thought that a book once started, had to be finished. Like it or not, persevere. &#8220;Ah, but I was so much older then, I&#8217;m younger than that now&#8221; and Time holds different meaning. After giving the author a respectful amount of pages, if it doesn&#8217;t speak to me, I lay the book down. It&#8217;s simply not our&#8230;Time. Kinda like London today, our alignment is off. And it&#8217;s all right!\u00a0 It is what it is.\u00a0 And then there appears a glorious moment of the sublime:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_529\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-529\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-529\" src=\"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_1740-e1530098081485-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_1740-e1530098081485-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_1740-e1530098081485.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Man with Horn and Flame<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_530\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-530\" src=\"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_1742-e1530098065710-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_1742-e1530098065710-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_1742-e1530098065710.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire charmer<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just outside one of the entrances to\u00a0 the fantabulous covered outdoor Burough Market, a musician plays a fire-breathing tuba! blowing me away&#8230;to stay. Sitting aside a brightly-painted visage of Shakespeare, the gentleman&#8217;s dapper demeanor evokes a musical nostalgia. A tip box lay open twenty feet in front of him (protection from the flame?). I drop in a couple pound coins and mouth &#8220;Thank You&#8221; with a big smile. He pauses, and tips his hat as he nods his head. His curly white mustache rises and he poses with charm. A slight yet lovely connection, and I am warmed.<\/p>\n<p>Respectfully, it&#8217;s time. Onward&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such a mass of motion, do not know where it goes, I move with the movement and, I have the touch&#8230;wanting contact, I&#8217;m wanting contact, I&#8217;m wanting contact with you.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8212; Peter Gabriel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On my first walkabout Liverpool, I noticed the seagull-pooped pavement and men homeless on the streets. 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