This week I found it difficult to come up with a profound thought or observation concerning life in New York City. Initially, I attributed this difficulty to a lack on insight on my part (which it may well be), but then it dawned upon me that perhaps this void is due to the fact that I am becoming accustomed to the City. When I first arrived, everything was foreign to me. Every aspect of my experience here was a stark contrast to what I had known in both Connecticut and at Hamilton College. But after spending a month here, I have begun to incorporate New York City culture into my world. I am no longer observing this unique environment and comparing it to my familiar environments. Instead, I am identifying New York City as an integral part of my personal experience. I have included this fast-paced, diverse population filled with people clad in black into my homogeneous, pink, green, and khaki-wearing world. So as I continue to experience more of New York City, everything unusual begins to lose the element of the "new" and simply becomes part of the fabric of my world.
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