Look up at the sky

Author: Zhu Yeqing
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Normally, I guess most people wouldn't set aside time to stand in the wilderness and stare blankly at the sky. Society, the environment, street scenes, surroundings, interpersonal relationships, and the interesting or dull aspects of life are enough to captivate one—who would have the leisure to gaze at an empty sky? Who would take the time to stare blankly at the sky? Me. I made up an excuse to look up at the sky whenever I had nothing to do: flying kites. Flying kites is actually a reason specifically designed to make people look up at the sky. Flying kites is a perfectly good reason to look up at the sky. The sky is actually very beautiful—it can be blue or gray, at dawn or dusk, with wind and sand or rain and snow, clear or overcast. In my eyes, the sky is far from empty. Its ever-changing patterns are no less dramatic than the fluctuations of the human mind.