Mount Cook

People I know always desire to see things that are different. Thus they like traveling, sometimes just to have a escape from daily life and touch another world. Maybe some people are like me. We have a kind of feeling, or even a image inside our mind, representing something that we hope one day could become reality, and we can see it with our real eyes.

When I was in US, there was one afternoon with a cloudy sky outside. I was browsing in Google Earth. Then I discovered Mount Cook, in the South Island of New Zealand. Totally and helplessly attracted by the landscape in the movies "The Lord of the Rings", I always strongly admire the great beauty of New Zealand. Long ago I told myself, this is one of the places that I should not miss in my short life.

Also several days ago I got to know a song, Closer by Dido. Every time I listen to it, the melody reminds me that there is so much in life to enjoy. Actually from one aspect, life is simple. We always want to improve the world; yet to an individual like every single one of us, no matter how much we may achieve, at the bottom line our life is about finding something we like doing, finding someone we love, and moving to somewhere we dream of.

To write this blog, I spent a lot of time trying to find the very best one picture that could describe how I felt about Mount Cook in that cloudy afternoon, but it's in vain. No single picture is able to convey the feeling of navigating through probably hundreds of images that depicted Mt Cook from different angles, time, and distances. They created an atmosphere. They told me of Mt Cook in rain, in snow, in sunshine, and in shadow of the clouds.

But I did save one picture that's great in itself (below).

Later I searched the lyrics of Closer by Dido:

So leave your taxi waiting 

And turn and close my door 

And sit back down where you were sitting 

A little closer than before

When you look that serious 

It just makes me want you more 

And I've been needing to tell you

The closer you get, the better I feel 

The closer you are, the more I see 

Why everyone says that I look happier 

When you're around 

The closer you get, the better I feel

And yes I know you're nervous 

Never seen you so unsure 

You haven't touched your food tonight 

And you're drinking more and more

And there's no need to hurry 

Taking time I'll still be here 

And I've been needing to tell you

The closer you get, the better I feel 

The closer you are, the more I see 

Why everyone says that I look happier 

When you're around

better I feel

The closer you get, better you see

The closer you are, more I see

Why everyone says that I look happier

When you're around 

The closer you get, better I feel 

Better I feel 

We've been circling for time baby 

We're coming down to land tonight 

The wait is over and now it's easy 

Everything is fine 

The closer you get, better I feel

The closer you are, more I see

Why everyone says that I look happier

When you're around, better I feel

The closer you get, better you see

The closer you are, more I see

Why everyone says that I look happier

When you're around 

The closer you get

Better I feel

(End)

Simply great. It's expressive, considerate, and comforting.