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[orpheusinhades.livejournal.com]

That is incredible.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

thankyou!

[protogeek.livejournal.com]

For some reason that reminds me of this photo I took a year or so ago.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

I can totally see why. That's a great photo! You can tell the water is moving a little bit.

[protogeek.livejournal.com]

I think what attracts me to both photos is the disruption to the normally ordered appearance of a building -- all of those straight lines are mangled, but even the new version has its own sense of order.

[downward--dog.livejournal.com]

Wow, both of these photos are fantastic.

[protogeek.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[pirat-ponton.livejournal.com]

is that the new building at astor place?

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

yes, it is!

I do wish for the return of the Cube, speaking of Astor Place.

[klingrap.livejournal.com]

Where is it? Supposedly it was being washed, but it has been being washed for like a year now. Although it was touched by a lot of crust punks and ravers, it wasn't that dirty!

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

I heard it was being "fixed" or something...but nothing about it needed fixing! It needs to come back!

[pirat-ponton.livejournal.com]

new york magazine says it's supposed to be back by the end of the month (http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/15013/)

[orpheusinhades.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It seems petty, but the lack actually distresses me.

[orpheusinhades.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I feel physically ill when I go there now and it's not there. It's been one of my favorite landmarks for about 20 years now. :(

[downward--dog.livejournal.com]

Have you ever listened to Alamo: A Radio Play?

I think you'd enjoy it.

[orpheusinhades.livejournal.com]

No; I'll have to check it out. Thanks!

I used the cube as a meeting place for the last couple of decades. It was one of the first things I showed my girlfriend when she moved to the city. I also remember, vividly, one time a bunch of young college kids tripping their balls off came up to it cautiously and I (waiting for a friend) explained to them that it could be pushed. I helped them do it, and they started laughing like maniacs with the excitement of actually moving the thing. They were so thankful to me.

[annabelle.livejournal.com]

so cool! photographic cubism. :)

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

I'm a big fan of reflections :)

OT, what does your week look like? I wanted to see if you wanted to hang out at some point!

[annabelle.livejournal.com]

i definitely do want to hang out. the rest of my weekday week is a little full but i have time on saturday day and all sunday.

[blainerunner.livejournal.com]

my mind keeps flashing "max ernst" and "robert williams". the latter, however, strobes less incandescently, and for a shorter period of time. i'm suffering a petit mal of clumsy associative recollection. can anyone tell me which painting this photo reminds me of? which painters work does this resemble (i have a single painting in mind). i hope the post-coffee me will backdate a memo to the current me.

for a photograph, it's pretty darn good.

[pdanielson.livejournal.com]

That's substantially awesome.

[sissyhips.livejournal.com]

this is great!

i was obsessed with this idea for a while too: http://www.herownroom.com/reflections.htm

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

those are amazing.

what were you doing in new york then?

[sissyhips.livejournal.com]

actually, these are shot in Toronto...before the twin towers went down, by about 3 or 4 days.

since you brought up the towers...

[pirat-ponton.livejournal.com]

...here's reflection of a different sort:

Re: since you brought up the towers...

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

I know I've told you this before, but I think that is an amazing photo. Thank you for posting it again.

[goddessspiral.livejournal.com]

Whoa so psychedelic! Awesome!

Fallujah

[downward--dog.livejournal.com]

Totally OT, but I thought you might want to check out this, as a follow up to something we discussed here last year.

meet me on the other side

[polymorphic.livejournal.com]

honey,
now, if I'm honest,
I still don't know
what love is
. . . .
all my sorrow
all my rage
a tear drop falls
on every page
. . . .
we may race
and we may run
it will not undue
what has been done

We’ll not undo what has been done
Or change the moment when it’s gone

beautiful

[msmsgirl.livejournal.com]

Been enjoying your writing for about a year now, through mutual friends incl. missmimesis... just started an lj and wanted to send you a comment asking to be be-friended. I too long for the return of the cube in Astor Place. Encouraged to hear it is scheduled to be returned. I thought they just took it up to make room for that mirrored building. Hope they put it back soon. Take care... msmsgirl.

Re: beautiful

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

But of course! Friended!

Nice to "meet" you :)