Battle and Meditation

Fort Jay

"New York is so big that a battle might go on at one end, and poets meditate sonnets at another."
Wallace Stevens, Letters of Wallace Stevens

Walking on Mirrors

Times Square

"New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests — undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal. Everybody is looking at everybody else — a foolish crowd walking on mirrors."
Wallace Stevens, Letters of Wallace Stevens