Dominican College of San Rafael - Firebrand Yearbook (San Rafael, CA)

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THE LOST AND FOUND Absolute zero QKelvin, my love, Kelvinj-heads or tails on this one was impossible. Have you ever walked a long, long way alone? Walked so far that you don,t even think about your arrival be- cause you are so alone, so within, so yourself? lt's being lost to everyone, to your SELF, lost in thought. Have you ever wondered about your mind? About what it does when you are consciously living. It becomes clut- tered wilh the small, petty musings of unhappy people. Bigotry, a lot of that, but mostly just lack of caring about each other. Have you ever wondered about your mind? About what it does when you let it roll on? A11 the filminess of hate and hurt is blown away. And you find that the every- day world becomes a world of Hmoons and Junes and ferris wheels. Mostly this happens on a long, long walk. Alone. At night, on the beach, or during the day, in the hills, minds are thrown open to unknown directions and dimensions. Songs are written in moments like this: moments of total freedom, to involvement, total universality. There's a Word, ectoplasmic, spirit materializationg that's how to describe a long, long walk alone. So I walk. Lost to the world, found within. MARY KAY SPEAKMAN '72 I73

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FLIGHT fOn the death of a professional iceskaterj Sweet bird of youth, your passage short and swift Was talent's gay and brilliant gift of death. Your silver wings fell silent, without lift, And gored the earth-a bright and fiery cleft. Kaleidoscope of blue and orange light, Now gray and dusty ashes without life, The mercy angels scorned you on that uightg No more the winged blades' competing strife! CYNTHIA MOBRAATEN I74