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Bodie, CA. June 2015
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I had some good and scary times in this little town named Bodie.
Pleasant walks in its desert streets made of dust.
Quiet moment feeling the warm air from the meadows around.
I really love this place. I mean really. But also, I have some mixed feelings about this place.
I shivered too in the streets of this nowhere town, thinking about the death blow that haunts this place... Or I'd rather say, The madness who crawls like a disease through the building of this old city.
From one day to another they came and they left for one thing gold...
Fools gold..
So many different names for it today...
But a same effect.
The one that turns masses into blind sheeps, the one that beats down the need for the celebration of the vain want.
They didn't know what they want but they knew how to get it.
Windows like mirrors...
But you don't see who you are.
Windows like screen..
BUt you won't see the truth.
Just ghosts on the both side of the same world...
Poor Bodie, Even your Curse sounds too material...
When you don't believe in Gold.
Anyway I love you Bodie...
Holga Lens - 60mm - f/8
Happy window Wednesday! This is a shot of the window in a jail door on display at Chateau d'Oiron in Western France. This Chateau is a marvelous museum and I highly recommend if you are traveling in France. I will be posting more from this wonderful place.
The Chateau was built from the 16th century by the Seigneurial family Les Gouffiers, the Château d’Oiron today houses the contemporary art collection Curios & Mirabilia, loosely based on the theme of the curiosity cabinet in reference to the fabulous art collection of Claude Gouffier, master of King Henry II of France's stables.
Artists reinterpret an exceptional place and original décor - galleries of Renaissance wall paintings in the School of Fontainebleau style, painted panelling and carved woodwork from the 17th century. Visitors are invited to explore "curiosities" and "marvels" following in the footsteps of the Marquis de Carabas - or Puss in Boots, who, it is said, was based on Claude Gouffier.
The Dancing House (Czech: Tančící dům) is the nickname (another nickname is "Drunk House") given to an office building in downtown Prague, Czech Republic at Rašínovo nábřeží 80, 120 00 Praha 2. It was designed by Croatian-born Czech architect Vlado Milunić in co-operation with Canadian architect Frank Gehry on a vacant riverfront plot (where the previous building had been destroyed during the Bombing of Prague in 1945). The construction started in 1994 and was finished in 1996
The very non-traditional design was controversial at the time. Czech president Václav Havel, who lived for decades next to the site, had supported it, hoping that the building would become a center of cultural activity.
Originally named Fred and Ginger (after Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - the house vaguely resembles a pair of dancers) the house stands out among the Neo-Baroque, Neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau buildings for which Prague is famous.
On the roof is a French restaurant with magnificent views of the city. The building's other tenants include several multinational firms. (The plans for a cultural center were not realized.) Because it is situated next to a very busy road it depends on forced air circulation, making the interior somewhat less pleasant for its occupants.
Wish I could remember where I found this half finished house. It might be near enough to go back to see it finished.
Better viewed large, and thank you for your favourites. :)
“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.” ~ Dale Carnegie
Another from our fall trip to the Tetons...this was taken inside the old historic Cunningham cabin....how glorious it must have been to wake up to this sight every morning :-)
Have a great Wednesday....many thanks for all your visits!!!!
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These windows are of the Aria hotel in Las Vegas it is a very modern hotel with lots of lines and the building also curves around.
"That's just the way it is
And some things'll never change
But that's just the way it is
That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is"
"The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby and the Range from their 1986 album The Way It Is