this is the christmas tree at rockerfeller center. i was there on christmas eve. it was hard for me to be in the christmas spirit at this particular moment (not that i'm a scrooge or anything like that --- far from it) because i was carrying my bassoon on my back and the streets were closed off due to the ridiculous amount of people around. but i stopped and took a picture of it for a few reasons.it really is a sight. at that moment, i realized that in all my time living in new york (now and as a kid) i had never come to see it. it felt odd being there because it was when i saw it that i noticed that i was there. i stumbled upon it. it was like i had no idea as to where my feet were taking me. and it is vast and huge --- not really the best looking tree, the epitome of trees, one would say but it is massive. but the big thing was i felt all alone right then, as if i wasn't surrounded by the thousands of people that were milling about on the streets. it was just me and the tree. but the tree acts as something bigger, obviously. and so, in a very unbecoming manner for a new yorker, i stopped and took this picture.
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