09/04/2015
Lyfe-Lesson #2 from Community
HOW TO CRUISE
Extract from ‘The Cruise’
by Speed Levitch
"I think that my favorite victory is the ability to feel. There’s such insincerity! It’s incredible! I mean, if the Cruise is anything, be it appreciation, be it a voyage, be it an adventure that leads back to ourselves, be it a cartwheel or a somersault, if you find the Cruise in a piece of carrot cake, if you find the Cruise in a topless bar, the one thing the Cruise always is, I think, is sincere. And sincerity is one of my favorite victories in this lifetime. I mean, how much rebellion did I have to experience, how much fighting did I do, how many times did I have to ignore my father’s inability to emote? How we all ignore our father’s inability to emote in our presence? How much air conditioning did I have to transcend and the comfort that goes along with it, the comfortable couches, the television, the magnitude of static that surrounds us? I mean, how much daily fighting, infighting, strategizing, evading and running did I have to do to have the ability to feel, for the ability to emote, for the simple moments when I feel actual passion?"