Reverence

JANUARY 11, 1991. NEW YORK CITY

It snowed yesterday. Maybe 4 inches. Last night it was nice walking in it. It muffles the sounds of the city, takes the edge off the dirty streets, the loud horns and sirens. Everything covered in a soft, clean, beautiful blanket.

The Grace Church on 10th and Broadway is my favorite place to go on a snowy day. The courtyard is so peaceful when it's covered in snow. I get lost staring at it. I went inside the church for the first time yesterday. It immediately put me in a state of reverence. The enormously high stained-glass windows and domed ceilings    96  Normal  0      false  false  false   EN-US  X-NONE  X-NONE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          /* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}create an entirely different sense of scale. That was the point in building such magnificent churches. To inspire awe. It certainly works.