london, you've got the love

You've Got to Love London from Alex Silver on Vimeo.

I love London. After spending nearly 3 months in England, I jumped in to London in her prime while summer sunshine reflected off her stunning goldlit buildings and bringing that natural glow to the otherwise white faces on a nation often swimming in its tears. London she played me and I played London.

In 2009 I wrote a blogpost aptly titled: London vs Sydney. it continues to get more hits than anything else I have written and frankly, I don't even feel the writing's that impressive. Nevertheless the title suggests something and of course it talks to our natural wish to compare. Whether we compare ourselves, jobs, homes, cars or the city we live in. Personally I feel a little stumped now when asked to make a comparison. I left London pale, overweight and stressed fed up with a lousy graduate job that hardly paid me enough to sustain myself and I was in the world of the corporate costumes; the ocean of black woollen jackets. A tough gig for colourful me.

Now in hindsight; I didn't give London a chance. She's a bad-ass when she wants to be and has an incredible art and culture scene. When the sun does disperse the clouds, London is a giant theme park for those that work hard enough to earn their playtime. And sometime's it feels that way. Living in major cities is no picnic especially in places where the sky sits so low, however, in my case, I skipped the shoddy weather and caught her in her prime. English summertime with real sunshine. People high as kites on life because they're seeing something they haven't seen for so long.

I can't compare two places anymore. It seems foolish to do so. I just think home is where you are happy. And what everyone is looking for is different. So I am delighted that after reconnecting with an old home, I am in love with London again and I look forward to visiting again in the future. Distance really does make the heart grow fonder.

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." - T. S. Eliot

I am dedicating this post to one of the great inspirations in my life Fern Trelfa who is the yogini behind Super Cape-Abilities. I am proud to call her my friend and loved playing with her in shining London. We've always been a magical pair...