Day 5

The Huntington, possibly one of the coolest museums i've ever been to in the space between the world's two largest oceans. Ridiculous gardens and grounds surrounding beautiful buildings encompassing classics.

[alien cactus garden]

[bonsai garden]

roses and roses and roses

The Library is one of the most all-encompassing research libraries in the united states. And it was fucking epic to walk through. To see an original John Locke letter, the hand that helped form the very basis of our society, helped hash out the principles that formed the standard for democracy.

Seeing one of the first Shakespeare folio's, the world's theatre would never be the same. And Bukowski's hand editing the fucked-up scenes straight off his typewriter. Smiling thinking of a mad man drilling away at the paper.

Smiling at the encompassing knowledge spinning around that exhibit, the endless hours and tireless work that went into helping spread knowledge in this world, that went into helping engrain it in society, worldwide, until it became as fundamental as breathing to our daily routines.

I smiled as I opened the paper on the plane home, just thinking it's so normal in our lives, and I'm so thankful everyday for that. It was a good trip.