Do you begin and end your day with the world framed by a window or windscreen? Maybe it’s your own or perhaps it is the fingerprint smeared one of the bus or train. Do you run? Or cycle? Do you stare ahead, focussed on the point of horizon, enjoying the sensation of the landmarks flying past you? Or do you walk? Head dead ahead. Music sounding. Telephone chattering. Daydreaming.
Have you walked or driven the same route for as long as you can remember? Have you one day, for whatever reason, looked up and seen something that surprised you? A building above a shop perhaps? A blue plaque? A piece of graffiti impossibly high up? A flag. This blog is about what you can see when you tilt your chin and see a different view of your everyday world.
Look up.
You might enjoy it.
You might see something good.
@lookupblog
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Non-Greek Frieze
A strange unity
Tin men
'Just make your way down to The Crown & Anchor'
Monday, 30 January 2012
All the streets just look the same...
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Lairy Fairy
Anti-Establishment
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Nearly that time of the year again...
Religious Lightenment
Sometimes...
Another Amsterdam graffiti find- this time in the form of a sticker. Not sure I agree with this sentiment- on the contrary I think the More you know the better...but I can understand how some people think the ignorance can be bliss-at least in the short term.
More Shutter Action
I included a picture a couple of months back of some shutters near St Paul's, commenting on how Dutch they looked. Now here is the real deal in all its glory. I saw loads on my visit but this one, being the largest building I saw them on, seemed like the most striking.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Sexxxy
Marker Pen Politics
Whiskys Galore
Amsterdam Metro
Happy New Year!! and all that... Hope it's been a good one. Mine was particularly good which is unusual (new year is inevitably very disappointing) as I spent it with my boyfriend in Amsterdam. I only got back yesterday and so there is due to be a flurry of holiday snaps. These first two are from inside the first metro carriage I got on on the way to the hotel. Each metro is decorated with a different design and, whilst a bit bizarre, are pretty cool.