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All the World is Draped in Precious Hues

All the World is Draped in Precious Hues

July 6, 2002 (Sat)

As most of you probably know, I’m home from Europe. Times were good, some times were great, and some times were less than mediocre. Typical traveling experience, no?

Europe has inspired me. I feel like picking up a bunch of foreign language books and start learning Italian, French, and German. I need history books and encyclopedias to fill in all the gaps in my knowledge that resurfaced on this trip. “A likely story,” you might say. “Kevin will get over that crap as soon as he gets in the habit of staring at the television screen again.” Maybe, maybe not. There’s still a world full of possibilities out there. That’s the most important lesson I learned during my vacation. Look at the majestic cathedral of Notre Dame, the endless murals in the Sistine Chapel, or the Pantheon in Rome and then talk to me about what’s possible and what isn’t. It just goes to show that humans, equipped with stout ambition (and perhaps hundreds of thousands of slaves at their disposal), can accomplish almost anything. Though our measly race is plagued with boundless stupidity, there is still something to be said about human tenacity and all of the possibilities that it creates. Whether it’s the completion of a sculpture or a vibrant mural, the creation of timeless literature, the construction of a towering monument, or even the budding of young love—all events point to the endless array of possibilities that hovers just within our reach. They begin as dreams, only to find their completion in wondrous forms, beautiful and unique.

This trip has restored my belief in possibilities. I guess it wasn’t so ordinary after all.