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Stopping and watching the world by me. watching the sky and the fog embracing slightly San Francisco like nature has started a non-violent protest against us. observing the big buildings in Union Square and the huge skyscrapers protecting them from the outside. Looking at the people, the 1000 different gazes in their eyes. Love, Freedom, Purity, Excitement, Balance, Emptiness, Perdition, Sadness, disruption. Looking at the core of the plaza, looking at that woman. Perpetually marbled. She looks like she doesn't care about us all, the continuous life that goes on and on and ends up in a fully depressive and disappointing nothingness. She will be ready for us in the moment of need with her trident. She's the most profound part of our Unconsciousness. Leaving again, being part of the flood of people that visits Union Square. A little sparkle, quite invisible, a thinking lost in the wind.
Food Area
Participated companies: Azuma Foods | Onigilly | Shige Sushi | Moffle Waffle
Photo by Roberto Sosa
Someone at Cooper Union is growing these tomatoes as part of an urban agriculture project. Apparently they're nourished using steam.
I still remember what I was doing on the evening of September 25, 1979. I was watching an episode of "Taxi." Along with millions of others, I learned the answer to this question: What does a yellow light mean? (It means "slow down!") There are times when I try to understand something that is just a little "over my head." As I struggle to comprehend the Union Square "Metronome," I can relate to Reverend Jim's hilarious attempt to pass his written driver's test:)
The famour Union Square Farmers Market. Lots of great stuff and lots of photographers selling their wares.
Look at these clowns, Ryan aka Mr Serious face, Will is out of control , and Bo is ready to fall over...
Several years ago (2006?), I danced as a summer street performer at Union Square in San Francisco. An illustrator named Allan Burch took photos and later made a painting based on his photos. He just stumbled across my contact info, and e-mailed me a link.
Pretty cool, eh?
Based on his description of his artistic process, I think he tweaked the photo to make my shoulders more uneven "to give it a little extra movement." I find this kind of funny, because as a bellydancer, uneven shoulders is a flaw in the posture and technique of this move (looks like I was doing Mayan Hips)--the movement should be concentrated in the hips, without reaching the shoulders.
Painting copyright Allan Burch 2007
a delectable meal at buk kyung with a most delectable companion.
plus, the presence of fellow (homogenously korean) diners.
dumpling soup, miso soup, jajangmyun (black bean paste noodles with pork), and dduk bok-ki (chewy rice cakes in a sassy sauce). and of course, all this accompanied by the bevy of pickled bites.
so satisfying.
Dewey Monument (1903)
Sculpture: Robert Ingersoll Aitken
Union Square, San Francisco
The monument memorializes Admiral George Dewey's victory in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. The figure of Victory holds a trident representing Dewey and a wreath representing then president William McKinley.
The model for the sculpture was Alma de Bretteville (1881–1968). While modeling for this statue she met her future husband, sugar magnet Adolph Spreckels (1857–1924). It was through her interest and effort (and the Spreckels fortune) that the California Palace of the Legion of Honor (1924) was built.
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