१८ ऑक्टोबर, २००६

Reflecting table.

Yesterday's photos were two chairs, so let today be two tables. The first was my office desk. Then there's this:

Reflective table

I liked the reflection in this glass-topped table in a beautiful, old room at the University of Saint Louis School of Law, where I was a week ago.

१५ टिप्पण्या:

Maxine Weiss म्हणाले...

What does the eye see?

The drudgery of endless cleanups, spills, fingerprints, smudges, waxy yellow-buildup. Schmutz. Dirt. Everywhere.

Mirrored glass is the hardest to keep clean.

Glass table-top =
Losing battle with endless Windex.

Peace, Maxine

Joan म्हणाले...

Jeez Maxine you are such a downer sometimes! May I suggest you take your jaundiced eye for a drink and help it unwind a bit? My eye didn't see anything remotely resembling waxy yellow buildup. Or schmutz. Or dirt -- anywhere. Obviously, this room is impeccably maintained.

I covet that woodwork (and the staff that maintains it.) What a beautiful, beautiful room!

Maxine Weiss म्हणाले...

But Joan, that's what my eye sees?

Should I lie and pretend like I see something I don't?

The eye sees what it sees.

And my eye sees dirt---at every turn.

New pair eyes?

Peace, Maxine

Joan म्हणाले...

Maxine: New pair eyes?

When's the last time you cleaned your monitor?

Revenant म्हणाले...

Nice shot.

Did you study photography in college, or is it something you learned on your own?

Maxine Weiss म्हणाले...

Are you saying there's no dirt in St. Louis?

St. Louis has dirt just like anyone else.

Maybe they hide it better, but it's there.

Peace, Maxine

अनामित म्हणाले...

Maxine -- I can confirm we do have dirt here. And we don't hide it.

Ann -- It may be different for the Law School, but the undergrad institution goes by SLU ("sloo").

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Rev: Thanks. No, I never studied photography. I'm using automatic settings, then tweaking in iPhoto, which is easy. The main skill is picking a subject and framing it. That's purely mental.

अनामित म्हणाले...

A lovely room. I think that everything you see above the doorframe (reflected upside down in the tabletop)is made of plaster. The cartouche running up the wall with the urns and acanthus leaves intertwined prolly is too.

chuck b. म्हणाले...

wow, you have really intense crown moulding. That's gotta get dusty.

chuck b. म्हणाले...

Oh, that's not yours. nevermind. I'm drunk.

chuck b. म्हणाले...

Also, I want to say that I don't like glass top tables. Or white carpet.

mtrobertsattorney म्हणाले...

Ann, was this the room where you tangled with Prof. Fallon?

SWBarns म्हणाले...
ब्लॉग प्रशासकाने ही टिप्पण्णी हटविली आहे.
Diane म्हणाले...

Gosh, I wish I had known you were going to be in St. Louis.