Rodney Crowell

My father took me to see Hank Williams on December 14th, 1952. I was two years and four months of age. And I remember a little cool eddy of hair hitting my cheek, and I remember the smell of his hair oil, and I remember the mingling tonality of the small talk before the show started. Those are my memories.

Algerian Musician

Victor LaValle

I like America, where believers eddy around each other like currents of air. Even our atheists are devout! To be an American is to be a believer. I don't have much faith in institutions, but I still believe in people.

American Author

Used to describe movements in nature, like rivers or tornadoes.

Natural Phenomena

Commonly found around obstacles in streams or behind boats.

Water Bodies

Refers to a smaller or gentler movement than a whirlpool or vortex.

Subtle Movement

Emphasizes a looping or non-linear motion.

Motion Description

Useful for describing how fluids, gases, or crowds move.

Fluid Movement

Used in creative writing to depict atmosphere or mood.

Atmospheric Imagery

 and, kind of, freedom that I feel. And it's kind of, it's this euphoric and rare thing. And as you take that last stroke, you paddle out of the eddy, that stroke that commits you into paddling a drop, into a decision that you've made wholly on your own

Risk Takers: Extreme...

 So as the universe dissipates energy, there's these upstream eddies that create biological order. Now, the problem with eddies is, they tend to disappear. They shift. They move in rivers. And because of that, when an eddy shifts,

Eddy