Monday, March 30, 2009

Tout le monde

I've been studying the way Chinese folk seem to seal themselves off into individual psychic bubbles as a way to cope with the 1.3+ billion people in this country. I think I'm developing some of those skills. On Friday I had to make my way through a sea of human beings to get on a train to Pingyao. Beijing West station was nothing but a mess of travelers thronging the train platforms. Thankfully, deep yogic breathing has been getting me very far, even in the worst situations in this city.

1 comment:

elon said...

I give you credit, Jean. That would have caused me to carry my new beer basket along (I take it everywhere now)to create a different sort of individual psychic bubble.