emergence

i have just realized one of the more peculiar side-effects of my summer job [night-watchman for a housing development].

for only the third time in my life, i am regularly awake for the sunrise. the other two times were when i was attending 5.30 a.m. swimming practices in high school. the second time was when i was going to a zero period class called "theory of knowledge."

the startling difference, however, is that i am seeing sun rise at the end of my day instead of at the beginning.

still, i am growing in appreciation for the beauty of the morning. i can see now why many people enjoy awakening before the sun is up.

for me, it's because the sky does weird things. it turns from black to deep blue, and then the eastern horizon diffuses into a deep green which progressively lightens. the clouds turn from black patches on a dark sky to eerily illuminated dark grays, and then to purples, and then to lilac.

then, as the sun emerges to illuminate the day, the bright white stars begin to fade into the deepening hues of blue which the sky displays.

truly a glorious sight.

[to sunrise]
brian