Look Up: religious

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.

Thursday, 5 January 2012

Religious Lightenment

The first time I left the main station in Amsterdam it was dark and lit up next to the terminal was this sign watching over the city. A bit of a brash claim I think, speaking on behalf of someone else...

Friday, 13 May 2011

there's something on the ceiling

Whenever entering a house of worship or prominence it’s always best to check out what is happening on the ceiling. No doubt this will be the most elaborate of the decor. I’ve never quite worked out why but it always seems so.

The Pantheon, Rome

The Dali Museum, Figueres

Gaudi's Garden, Barcelona

Look Up

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Thursday, 5 January 2012

Religious Lightenment

Friday, 13 May 2011

there's something on the ceiling

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