Sunday Focus: Float Like Ali

Photo by Meg Boscov

[Editor’s Note: This ongoing Sunday feature pairs photographs from Meg Boscov with a thought (or two) from the managing editor about focusing on tiny things to find something significant. Click on the picture itself to view at full size.]

 

 

In the signed postcard I have from Muhammad Ali, he drew a picture of a boxing ring, then wrote The Greatest of All Times. With a smiley face.

 

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see.

 

This image asks you to be inspired by the man who floats like butterflies, stings like bees. Braggin’ is when a person says something and can’t do it. I do what I say. Take on an impossible battle. Brag a little. Create a rhyme about yourself. Take back your name. Give away your titles for something larger.

 

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

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Meg Boscov is a photographer who lives and works outside of Philadelphia where she continues to pursue her careers in animal-assisted education and dog training. She can be reached on instagram at megboscov.

Check out the write-up of the journal in The Writer.

Matter Press recently released titles from Meg Boscov, Abby Frucht, Robert McBrearty, Tori Bond, Kathy Fish, and Christopher Allen. Click here.

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