dawn

It's a wonderful time of day, and the half-light has magic in it, and the magic bounces off of everything it illuminates and back to you, if you look at it. The only requirements are to be up early and not be blind. If you are awake for dawn, go outside.

I'm just sayin'.

Makes me think of one of my favourite Pulp lyrics, about approaching dawn from the other direction:

"You've been awake all night long and you feel like crashing out at dawn
But you've been awake all night, so why should you crash out at dawn?"

ya

My dawn, this morning:

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I might not be in my apt much longer but one of the best things about it is that my window is 5' wide and the sun comes up right outside it. I wouldn't mind if all my windows faced east for the rest of my life, I don't think.

Sunsets are fine too but I think I actually prefer risings.

ῥοδο-δάκτυλος Ἠώς

In Homer her saffron-colored robe is embroidered or woven with flowers; rosy-fingered and with golden arms, she is pictured on Attic vases as a supernaturally beautiful woman, crowned with a tiara or diadem and with the large white-feathered wings of a bird.

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