AIR
The air cannot be owned. It cannot be con-
trolled. It cannot be contained. It has no
borders or boundaries. It is hot or cold,
thick or thin, heavy or light, wet or dry as it
pleases. It appears and disappears at will.
It spins, rises, falls, swirls, spurts, mounts
up, swoops down, expands, contracts,
tumbles, jets, sprays, mixes, flows, sinks,
stays, or rests. … It changes the world, it
changes the fate of creatures and the des-
tiny of peoples.
William Bryant Logan
Air, the Restless Shaper of the World,
2012
Sarasota News Leader April 25, 2014 Page 86
