Banal Conjecture.

I was walking my dog at 6am this morning, as I do every morning. Walking a dog is a seemingly banal exercise. But doing so three times a day in a place as complex as NYC is actually quite stupendous. This morning I stumbled upon this little scibble on the sidewalk. If I had any proclivity towards urban tagging/grafitti/etc., this is what I would write. What a fab use of the beloved landscape.

This word led my mind on a tangent for the remainder of our walk. 'Think' is a powerful word. And how interesting that my little urban hound only stands 18" from the sidewalk where it is written. I'm so much farther away. I'm not saying my dog is smarter than me, although some may argue! But sometimes I wish I could experience our walks from her perspective. She is in a great position to notice subleties. And what, really, adds more brilliance to life than sublety? Possibly only absurdity.