🦋 Twin Towers
Kathy's inaugural post at The Edge of the American West makes me wonder how much of the relevant history Sylvia knows about. I don't believe we've talked about it at any length with her; but she has made references to it. Maybe we should go over it some, she's getting old enough. (The events took place just a few days after we had come home from China.)
Not sure if it's a coincidence or what; but on this day, on this date, I find myself wanting to post some tower imagery. Below the fold for more.
Today, the NY Times prints some before (1978) and after (2008) pictures of the World Trade Center, shot from various perspectives:
In 1928, M.C. Escher painted a Tower of Babel. It does not have the errors of logic that I have been conditioned to expect seeing in an Escher painting. It is very beautiful:
And hundreds of years before that, Pieter Brueghel the Elder painted his own twin towers:
(Oh and let's not forget number 16 of the major arcana! Thanks Ms. Pamela Colman Smith.)
posted afternoon of Thursday, September 11th, 2008 ➳ More posts about Sylvia ➳ More posts about Pretty Pictures ➳ More posts about M.C. Escher
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