Lafayette High School - Marquis Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Lie Spontaneous, Split-Second, Blurred Events by ALAN G-ROGAN l.iTe is an endless series oT consecuTive, energeTic, TranTic, almosT Trenzied acTions, emoTions, and reacTions. Each sponTaneous evenT generaTes iTs own degree oT signiTicance as iT bursTs TorTh upon The scene oT our lives wiTh no warning. One may miss The mosT beauTiTul porTion oT The TlighT oT a hummingbird wiTh a simple soliTary blinlc oT an eye. Through a laclc oT involvemenT, Through unpreparedness, Through a laclc oT concern, we oTTen Tail To grasp The signiTicance oT our experiences. Three years oT high school are a minuTe TracTion oT one's liTeTime. No sooner Than one says, l wonder if I'II ever geT ouT oT high school, he Tinds himselT on The sTage aT Memorial Coliseum receiving his diploma. Thinking, IT seems like only yesTerday ThaT l was sTarTing VNV sophomore year. WiTh Time moving so quickly. iT is no wonder ThaT each individual incidenT is diTTiculT TO grasp. As muf The came Tle peice ol llie col physical ii aclive wil procluclio emolions., lliouqlils unclerslan Wills T pace ol li TlaT is po Tlie opppi unable, w 0PP0rluni We mi Sponlanea lnlurred ei Gif minrlsu Dllllurgl N l5lCllJre in Cdlegoryi depressin. lledllllli We be 5 proper llelf sig We il member lleT Q0

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series ol clions, lachions, Each inh qenerales ii iqnilicance as T i The scene ol warning. The mosl V oh The hliflll C' 'ilh a simple U GY9- 1 'ellf1955i Wi We ollen ldll ihicdfhe 0 high Sllco hour hgh? Ol 0neS ef illdn one 'llle ver Gel GHG' i Q helIUll5 gealllema qhisllllll ,hle ll V has 0fl slafllllq nf! sob C ihiiiiliwlll l 1' , Y 4 if New As much escapes The eye oT The camera, much also escapes The percepTion and recollecTion oT The conscious mind. Even in physical idleness our minds are acTiye wiTh The perpeTual producTion oT ideas and emoTions. These memorable ThoughTs are also necessary To undersTand and grasp. WiTh The increasingly TasT pace oT liTe, we musT grasp all ThaT is possible when aTTorded The opporTuniTy. IT we are unable, we musT TorTeiT The opporTuniTy indeTiniTely. We musT TransTorm each sponTaneous, spliT-second, blurred eyenT ThaT Tlashes pasT our minds inTo a clearly Tocused picTure. We musT Tile each picTure inTo iTs appropriaTe caTegory, wheTher iT be exciTing, depressing, ioyous, groTesgue, or beauTiTul. Then and only Then will we be able To puT each in iTs proper perspecTiye, deTermine Their signiTicance, and Truly grasp The meaning oT each member oT The series oT eyenTs ThaT compose our lives. - Ig V We s5.f,jf.7 W 55,5 , , W s ff M Q , ff J f