sublime decay: 2005

Sunday, December 18, 2005

Death and decay

I saw this dead bird on the sidewalk near work and thought it was easily the most beautiful thing I had seen all day.

Peeling paint on garage door in Brooklyn

Abandoned Factory in Dumbo, Brooklyn

Factory, Detail

Sunday, November 20, 2005

on Grand Street, Soho

In NYC, you're constantly assaulted by advertising on cabs, subway cars, bustops, billboards, store fronts, even sidewalks sell Sex and City DVDs nowadays. As a result, in a sort of self-defense mechanism, we become blind to this constant onslaught and then begin to ignore all the hidden details of the city. I guess that's the point of this blog, to begin to unearth the small things that are forgotten and ignored. To pay special attention to the things in life that have become a part of the background.

on Mercer Street just above Houston. One of the more beautiful examples I've seen in a long time.

One of the wonderful things about paper graffiti is that with time, it degrades and begins to peel off walls. So from the moment it's put up, it changes. Sometimes, all you'll see of paper graffiti are the small traces left behind. A hand. A lone shoulder.

Dumbo, Brooklyn

Sunday, November 06, 2005

Oregon Trip

Ahhh...fresh air and nature. Something this city girl doesn't get enough of.

The redwood forests! The trees are amazing. It's impossible to capture how impossibly big they are on a puny camera.

Helpful sign.

Requisite tourist crap. I love cheesy tourist crap. This one was particularly good because Paul Bunyan's head moved and talked. Very cool. And wait...is Paul wearing a sweater? No, silly! That's pure manly chest hair, baby.