Top Spin

 

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Round and round and round it goes.

Where it stops nobody knows, the stripes blurring together as it spins and spins turning into a line that rises and falls, rises and falls, gaining speed and momentum while it twistwirls on the shiny floor, its reflection like a cyclone captured on video for broadcasters to loop on the Weather Channel. 

Pumped with energy, it wavers here, jettisons there, shoots unpredictably elsewhere don't let it go by the stairs! Move your feet or you'll stop it! Whoa! That was close! Come on! Let's keep it going!

Do you watch with awe and wonder at the mind-boggling magic in the pump of a lever? Or do you observe, understanding the torque that gave birth to the motion and the centrifugal force that keeps it alive?

Sometimes it's important to do both.

I'm learning.

Comments

[Lindsay S.]

That's great Cath! I had to reread it a few times and think about it. It applies to many things.

Great new picture by the way.

[Karen Hill]

Hi - I was going to say great new picture also.