Have you had this experience?
I'll be sauntering down the street, ipod in my ears, listening to a particularly wonderful piece of Latin music, when all of a sudden, I visualize myself in the arms of some incredibly gifted salsa dancer, there we are moving as one, with extraordinary grace and panache, ultimately causing those who were dancing along with us to stop, stare and, as we do our final twirl, break out in thunderous applause.
I don't dance salsa. But, in my mind's eye…
It's Wimbledon, there I am, on center court, it's a tie breaker, I am returning the last serve of the last set of the last match. Game, set, match. Leaping over the net, raising my hands in victory, waving at the crowd. Deafening cheers.
I haven't picked up a racquet in years. But, in my mind's eye….
Singing an Aria at the Met, winning the Nobel peace prize, a Pulitzer, an Emmy…all in my mind's eye.
With all these examples, it is clear that my mind and my eye have never met.
But why bother to introduce them? When they are in consort, for those brief and fleeting moments, I am invincible.
Go me.
