Town Thought in the Urban Twilight by sandra46
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A few metres from my home there is this majestic tree, just in front of the traffic lights. In my opinion it's at its best in winter, with its bare frame against the sky. It looks a huge, naked giant dwarfing the buildings and the poplars around, but it's an optical illusion. Actually they are beyond the railway tracks, and can be seen only because there is a huge hole in the middle. The hole once was occupied by a number of tokens of urban decay, among them an abandoned brick warehouse, turned into a homeless shelter until a drug-addict girl was killed inside years ago, and the building was knocked down. Then the developers started reclaiming it, but at a snail pace because of the construction crisis. This image and its story made me think of the words by Yeats, one of the leaders of the Celtic Twilight.
It seemed as if the ancient world lay all about us with its freedom of imagination, its delight
in good stories, in man's force and woman's beauty, and that all we had to do was to make the
town think as the country felt; yet we soon discovered that the town could only think town
thought. (W.B Yeats)
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (51)
flaviok
Captura magnifica e texto soberbo minha amiga, excelente, aplausos (5)
jayfar
Nice work Sandra it looks beautiful.
flora-crassella
FANTASTIC picture with GREAT mood!!!! Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meisiekind
Wonderful effect and a great image!
brycek
Beautiful work, Sandra!!
dakotabluemoon
Wow this is really pretty love the way u have done this one.
jclP
looks beautiful.superb effect
durleybeachbum
Marvellous, and what a super quote!
alessimarco
~Very beautifully captured and presented!~
dochtersions
Wonderful photo and atmosphere, Sandra.
gonzojr
What a wonderful image! Excellent shot!
claude19
excellent and fantastic view about trees !
bazza
Fabulous capture Sandra the tree looks huge, great illusion..
drifterlee
Gorgeous image, Sandra!!!!!!
eekdog
looks super in winter Sandra, great shot indeed, hope you take a capture of this during spring also.
DananJaya_Chef
lyron
Fascinating colors. Excellent!!!
mariogiannecchini
Ottimo lavoro di questo albero sopravvissuto al progresso !
alanwilliams
the whole treatment is wonderful
tennesseecowgirl
Very pretty!
Vialliy
A very special tree and sky. Weird history Sandra! Thanks for your posting.
jeroni
Fantastic light and mood
magnus073
Sandra, this is such a beautiful capture and your thoughts behind it really made for a uplifting experience. Bless your heart for looking for the postives around us, and then using your talents to promote and share them. While some people would only look at this and see a tree, you look and see a reason to be inspired.
Faemike55
Very beautiful capture
mickeyrony
At first glance I saw a cemetery .... lol But no. Beautiful arrangement my Beatiful . Thank you for sharing ((5 + +)) À première vue je voyais un cimetière lol.... Mais non . Superbe cet arrangement ma Belle . Merci de partager ((5++))
Radar_rad-dude
A most magnificent capture! Fantastic photo!!!!!!
Umbetro38
As always such a beautiful job and I'm happy you're so creativ - have nice day
MOSKETON
ME GUSTA.
wysiwig
A stunning image! The tree looks solarized. Outstanding mood and atmosphere. The color of the sky and the bare tree generate an apocalyptic feeling.
renecyberdoc
excellent depiction the buildings in the back look awesome.