FACT No.1: The peanut butter and jam toast phenomenon is the tendency of the piece of bread, when it falls, to land PBJ-side down in the majority of instances. Whilst this was once considered to represent mere pessimism, a form of Murphy’s law, scientific evidence for the phenomenon has been found.
I’ve seen this architectural phenomenon many times on my way to Cranleigh. It caught my attention right away because, well, a gate that refuses to be a gate makes me question the very base of my studies.
So this little ‘attention door’ cannot be told what a gate should do. Separating and connecting at the same time, for instance. (How poetic of a few pieces of brick and some cement!) But this one only stands by the road, not separating nor connecting, just looking very mysterious. Even suspicious if You ask me. But I guess, that’s just the way portals to other dimensions are nowadays…
Photos: Bramley, UK (2016) and Miami beach, USA (2010)
I used to store my jewellery in a box which wasn’t the most practical place for them. They would easily get tangled and it was hard to fish out the particular piece I needed without having to pour all of them out.
One day I came across a picture of a branch that was hung up on the wall and bracelets and necklaces were put on it. The whole composition was silver and still, it didn’t come across tacky at all. For a magpie like myself the thought of being able to stare at my whole jewellery collection any time was very inviting.
I wish. I wish gravity and rainwater didn’t make it so hard to create freely. Experimenting with masses, materials, textures and surfaces without having to think about heat insulation or load bearing beams sounds like a dream come true. And then there is electricity to consider, heating and God forbid plumbing with all the wires, pipes and those fairly unattractive chimneys and bathroom windows that end the façade fairytale. Unfortunately though these things are quite handy on an everyday basis when you are a human being, not a cow.
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