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Referring to the native american resurrection ritual, he named the van ghost dancing. I laughed at the absurdity of the photographs and then realized i, too, was rolling effortlessly along, turning the windshield into a movie screen in which i, the viewer, did the moving while the subject held still. Moving without going anywhere, taking a trip instead of making one. Blue highways discussion temp galesburg public library.
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