Author: Fayaz
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The 7 train from Manhattan to Queens carries the weight of the whole world
The 7 train from Grand Central to the US Open at Flushing Meadows. Thirty minutes. Every face a closed country. Every station a moment where everything could have gone differently — if you had lifted your foot and placed it elsewhere before the doors closed. I have been thinking about it for weeks. Read more
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Something strange happens to the human body when it believes it is about to die.
I was walking the entire length of Manhattan when it happened. I had started that morning on the Upper East Side, moving south through the long grid of the city on a summer’s day, and by the time I reached the streets of lower Manhattan, the light had changed. The buildings pressed closer. I could… Read more
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Wimbledon: Where History and Tennis Merge
Every great Wimbledon champion has described the same moment, where conscious thought stops and something else takes over. No coach has ever taught this. It can only be found. And 149 years of finding it on the same ground may have left something behind. Read more
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Every culture on earth believes in spirits. That is not a coincidence.
I was walking through a heavily wooded forest, many years ago, when I first understood it. There are some understandings that you feel inside, and this was one of those. It’s the way that you understand cold water or a sudden drop in altitude. I was walking through a forest when I first felt it.… Read more