There is no big secret that I love to read. In fact, the greatest torture for me is to be stuck somewhere (a doctor’s office, a bus stop, you name it) without any reading material. Sometimes I’ll even settle for a Thai magazine if there’s nothing else around.
Last Wednesday was one such case. I had just finished the last page of Letters from Thailand (review coming soon, I hope) and looked around for some new reading material, when I happened to see a Thai fashion magazine. So I started leafing through it. No, I can’t read the language but I can look at the pictures. Then I saw this:
“Alone with myself
The trees bend to caress me
The shade hugs my heart.”
(Candy Polgar)
Who is Candy Polgar?
It always amazes me where just a few lines convey such poignancy. And yes my first reaction was who is she and why does she feel this way, and then further re-reads place me there as well.