Goethe & Goetze/Facing Acrophobia/Happy New Year!

A thought for the new year:

"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own."

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Here is a December slideshow, quite long and street art heavy by Jason & Tracy. (That's right, Jason took a few of these--he's quite good.) The music is provided by Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze with a song called Lountang. This song contains some of the loveliest sounds I've heard in a long while. That trumpet, you guys....that trumpet! And the kora! And Cissoko's voice! BEAUTIFUL. Oh, and in the slideshow you will see some nice (except for the glare) pictures from our trip to the top of the tallest building in Melbourne, the Eureka Tower, which is also the world's tallest residential building. This little adventure involved me facing one of my biggest fears! The way I see it, people have no business being that high up. In more ways than one, it's for the birds! We took the fastest lift in the Southern Hemisphere, traveling at more than 9 metres per second up to the 88th floor for some fantastic views of the city. The building also has the world's first Edge experience, a glass cube which projects 3 metres out of the building, 300 metres up, with you inside of it. We did not do the Edge! It was enough for me just being up that high. I didn't feel the need to risk my life any further. Baby steps...baby steps. I did promise to do it when Jay & Barbra come, though!! I have several months to mentally prepare myself. I was convinced the building was going to fall over or collapse at any moment. Seriously, the floor felt very unsteady to me. The top of the tower can flex up to 600mm in high winds! Dad, you would have been freakin' out! No one else seemed to be concerned, though and Jason gently told me how irrational I was being, so I eventually chillaxed and enjoyed the views. It was scary and awesome at the same time! But I was definitely relieved when my feet were back on Earth where they belong. It's good to face fears every now and then, I suppose. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the sights and sounds! And Happy New Year!

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