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Kuchu Tiein Observatory in Umeda Sky Building. Osaka, Japan

Hiroshi Hara, the architect who designed this Umeda Sky Building, looked back on his work and said "The design of the circular aperture was the key issue when visualizing the Mid-air Garden". He went on to say, "I made a mortar-shaped glass surface because a person's reflection surrounded by the... read more

Winds of Change

"Peculiar the wind. Gives vestige of life passed, yet delivering grace for new ambition."                                                —Stephen P. I took this photo of a memorable tree I believe a few Octobers ago luckily right before it was unbeknown to me and chopped down... (edited) read more

Very Verbose

“Voila! In view humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the “vox populi” now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed... (edited) read more

Have mercy on yourself and on your fellow man, for your mistakes and for theirs.

For all the horrible things beset by you and upon you. It is done, all of it. It will never be forgotten. Never undone. All you can do is let it go and move on. It is only human to error, to mistake. Fall prey to regret an' despair. To lose track of the straight and narrow. Let go of the shame, if... read more

Quotations

(My professor insisted that this counts as poetry, so I went with it. But it's difficult to believe since none of the following words are my own! I merely arranged them in an "original fashion".) "Trust can be easy to destroy, but it takes time to build." (Slade Wilson) "Victory at the... (edited) read more

Winter's Fangs

The frigid winter howls, sending echoes through a sea of frozen pine - Darts of icy air strike at your numbed chin. Still you hammer lifeless appendages towards the forest line - towards an uncharted fate. What was once an unyielding howling fades. Staring skyward toward the tips of lumbering... read more