She’s like an adolescent ocelot, leaping and twisting in the air in pursuit of a dragon fly, not so much interested in catching it as flying with it. I don’t know a lot about figure skating. I watch it with great interest every four years. And that was the best performance I’ve ever seen by far. It was an unmatched fusion of agility, grace, and sequins. And the best part is, unlike many of the others, she was just havin’ fun out there. Watching an artist or an athlete, or in this case, both, take such joy in their craft, nearly always reinforces my opinion that mankind might just make it after all.
