it just popped in my head as soon as i clicked on it. i guess it's because it's so RED, in the rubbish, forgotten, it looks so unnatural, so anomalous, so died, er, dyed. it's like this is where the scare of red dye #2 ended up along with itself.
such grandeur! and so dramatic! exploding with that particular shade of green, a delightfully eerie aura envelops the every square inch of the room.
take deep breaths....
~soundtrack~
summer, one of four concerti
(vivaldi, the four seasons)
just listen to the violins (or uli j. roths screaming electric sky guitar, omg, i actually wept at his show, definitely a major influence of mine as he's always been) slashing through the silence, resonating from wall to wall. savor the amazing acoustics echoing in that cavernous room. note the shadows change as the sun traverses across the sky. feel your heart pounding against your ribcage in anticipation of sheer climactic pleasure. experience the euphoric dream of another world. let yourself go and keep a couple of cigarettes on hand.
motts, your title says it all. and your position at the bottom of the stairs pointing your camera upward does give the impression of looking up onto the sky. and with the real sky peeking in from the window lending it's light to the walls, you gotta admire the irony. the peeling paint are deranged clouds trying in vain to imitate the the real thing tantalizing them through that window. in reality, it is those very same elements that cause the walls to be that way so it vaguely has the ring of truth. it's all in the was you look at it. very cleverly done, my friend. many thanks!
i don't know. i actually find this room comforting. i have, um, "seen" the sleeping quarters of another hospital which consisted of a cramped row of beds in large community type rooms. there is no peace, no privacy. and when one is feeling weird on some strange medication, the last thing one needs is a perceived audience or someone on massive antipsychotics staring at you. one would give anything for a room like this one! and what a window!!!
i think that's what appeals to me most in this photograph... the abundance of sunlight streaming in through this impressive window. a window like that can really open up a small room. it actually makes such close quarters appear larger than it really is.