Jonathan the Seagull
“For most gulls it was not flying that mattered, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.” - Richard Bach , Jonathan Livingston Seagull Jonathan does not always subscribe to “birds of a feather flock together”. That creates communal friction because Jonathan, you see, is a seagull. I befriended Jonathan on the banks of the Charles River in Boston. I was in Boston for an academic conference. After attending two days worth of tedious sessions, I decided to go for a stroll down to the River. I carried my camera with me to take somewhat random photographs of downtown Boston where I was staying for the conference. I had been in that part of Massachusetts after almost 10 years. Last time I had brought Rayaan, my son; he had been 6-months-old. I distinctly remembered Ayesha and I dedicating a trip to Harvard and while roaming around the grounds we came across the famous statue of the founder. We plopped Rayaan on to that figure ...