Some observations on the way.....
Overheard on the train - Ticket inspector to smartly dressed young Asian man caught fare-dodging: What's your Christian name? - Mohammed. And your last name? - Ali.
Going through the ticket hall at Bow Road tube station, I witnessed a group of 6 ticket inspectors going through the turnstiles - one of them had his Oyster card refused. I wondered idly what the collective noun for a group of ticket inspectors would be. A dodge, perhaps?
Climbing the stairs at Upton Park tube, the home of West Ham football ground, I was met with the incongruous sound of soothing Classical piano music coming from the loudspeakers in the entrance hall. It doesn't do to have preconceived ideas about a place - life is full of surprises.
By chance I landed on this blog today- and I'm pleased to see new observations from your last London journey! Wonderful observations! My favourite is nr. 2: oriental flair and I could imagine strolling again through a Jerusalem shuk! Funny the long hair tail of una rossa the long white beard of the oriental seller does match in some way! - and fine the a bit fading Caravaggio- copy (Jesus in Emmaus) whose bright colours in original (what a red!) I saw in in Amsterdam two years ago. I very like it that you mentioned some sounds - because the sounds and different voices belong to the very important ingredients of our cities- but sadly, here are the limits of photography -unless you would take a video/film. Yes, you are absolutely right: "Life is full of surprises" ( if we are using all senses...)
ReplyDelete"life is full of surprises" - the last phase of your journey reminds me a bit of Alice's adventourous journey - new words- new things- new expereinces -"...had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-of.the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way." I think you didn't go on in the common way!
ReplyDeleteMy congratulations to your Magister of Artium in Photography- and the award for the really brilliant book about the finds and serendipities in red -given by such an excellent internatonal magazine for photography - some photos can be seen on the cover page! You should be proud of yourself!
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