Thursday 31st of August 2012, 00:20 hrs. I am driving my car, slowly along a street. A seagull appears on the left side, flying low, same speed of my car. We're about to pass under a bridge and the seagull goes faster, gets right in front of the car, leading the way. I know dolphins and birds like to swim/fly in front of moving vehicles to get the push from the pressure wave... I continue ever so slowly, and the seagull, always in front of the car, starts slowing down, flying lower, slowing down, then touch down! I stop the car, emergency lights on. The seagull turns around, like staring. A few seconds pass in calm, there's no traffic at all. Then, always keeping an eye on the car, the seagull slowly walks towards the pavement, giving me way... I drive on. I cannot tell the person in the passenger seat 'who' this seagull is, I mean, what this apparently meaningless encounter with a seagull means for me. The world often speaks to us in subtle ways, if we are ready to listen…
