Tuesday, May 16, 2006

moody and gloomy in Moscow, the rain brings relief - over the pale building yellows



Moscow as an optical illusion:



Deep breath and a panorama from my window, 6th floor, sweeping from the left to the right (the northern section of central moscow to the north-east as the windows face north-west)



It’s impossible to take a picture of Moscow buildings with them all appearing upright – one or two buildings always look like they’re leaning, or sloped, or off-balance, like in a hall of mirrors.



The haze lets us forget: the sharp california blues and you're ashamed to not be of perfect health.




An example of what I mentioned above:




The long building in the background looks more or less right-side up – the tall building on the right, though, appears at a strong, angle, while a few of the small buildings in the bottom left appear to be falling to the opposite direction.


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