June 22, 2004
RE: DL QUIZ...Why Coach Lives In LA for a $50 WF Gift Certificate (see DL, June 21)
Coach,
Here's a perspective on your quiz:
When we came out to LA for my intensive in February we
had a sense of why you were in LA and why we were
attracted to it.
In one word -- Beauty. The contradictory Beauty of
the world. It's yin and yang.
You've got the Beauty of LA's topography (natural and
human made).
There's the cultural riches and poverty that comes
along with Hollywood and the like. So you're in the
center of cultural shifts (not just tectonic ones) in
how we present ourselves as a People.
More importantly, though, you have layout of the city
in the midst of beaches and mountains -- right on a
magnificent coast. Head to the beach for surfing and
swimming, ride Grunt up the mountain... and, like
that, you could be snowshoeing or skiing.
You've written about it before, and I experienced it
myself, in a city so flooded with people and other
things, look at that photo! Student Ludgate is only
pictured with trees -- only beautiful trees, melting
snow, and the magnificent vista that the San Bernadino
or the other mountains offer.
You can be (ALONE!) with the Beauty of Nature in no
time.
Gassho,
Bryan