Getting caught up in documenting the traces of fall I realized something. I like less-than-perfect much better perfect. Just like a perfect singing voice can be infinately boring. Decay in any form brings out a much more interesting personality than pure beauty.
Camera in hand and the sun hidden behind clouds I revisited the places on Christianshavn I had shot in August.
On this mild October morning I had an hour to spend on Christianshavn before the start of my mindfulness class. It was a grey day though no rain to threaten my camera. I don’t know where the idea came from to photograph what came after the lovely flowers, but I got so caught up I was almost late for class.
Two months earlier it looked like this:
Remember the gorgous hollyhocks from Christianshavn? Such as this one…
Well, they look a little different in late fall.
The interesting question to me is: How does this make you feel? My first reaction was a melancholic feeling of sadness. But try to look at it a little closer. Once I detached from the idea that flowers need to be colorfull and in bloom I began seeing this as truly beautiful. Less flashy, to be sure, but no less beautiful.
The Round Tower (Rundetårn) in Copenhagen is 38.5 meters high and was built by King Christian IV between 1637 and 1642. It is unual in that there are no stairs inside but a spiral ramp that leads you to the top of the oldest functioning astronomy observatory in Europe.
Last shot from Dublin! Historic church spires rising into the sky…
A detail from Dublin Castle – I love brass, especially as a contrast to the forbidding stones.
Fall was showing off its finest colours at Dublin Castle on our way to the Chester Beatty Library.
Last shot from the Temple Bar district in Dublin. I’m a sucker for graphic colours.
Karins Fotos 