yoran doesn’t know where to look first when we pass the Santa Cruz fire department. the fire-fighters see yoran’s eyes and invite us in…
his adventures don’t end. today lotte and wim and the children visit the mystery spot. when he comes back, i ask him what he saw. i try to imagine the concrete things he might have seen, like a crooked house and furniture that doesn’t quite stand straight, and all the other constructions they make to frame the optical illusion.
“so did you see the house, yoran, what did you see?”
he looks a bit disturbed at me, why is she talking about things as trivial as a house, and all the graveness in the world he answers: “no, i saw gravity.”
(and gravity sure on the little boy’s mind. some months ago, wim tells me, yoran’s teacher let a glass slip through her hands. yoran comforts her: “don’t worry, it’s only gravity.”)