“This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath.”
Brett Callero: Visual Artist
Cultural Perception In Full Color
Brett Callero: Visual Artist 
Beautiful thoughts.
In my primitive mind I associate this with the Stratosphere ride, The Big Shot in Las Vegas. The moment of breathlessness at the pinnacle. Not quite as deep but cool memory none the less.
I think those are great analogies!