Lying Flat

In 2024, there was always an electric guitar onstage, lying flat on an equipment case against the back wall; it was both frustrating and tantalizing because he could pick it up at any time, and yet sadly, he did not.

After finding a comfortable position, stargazers should set aside half an hour or more for lying flat on their backs while looking upward.

Tangping, or “lying flat,” became a ubiquitous term for opting out of the rat race, not unlike the term “quiet quitting” in the U.S.

Meet Zia, my dilute calico who enjoys chasing droplets of water in the tub and lying flat on her back, like a fluffy rug in a log cabin.

We didn’t know it at the time, but the gunman was perhaps 150m away from where we stood, lying flat on the roof of a shed and firing at least six rounds using an AR-15 rifle at the former president and terrifed spectators.