Friday, January 27, 2012

I Shall Return

"Lunch Atop a Skyscraper", Charles C. Ebbets (1932)
I had this picture in the first life tab on my profile in SecondLife almost from the start. I cannot remember if I still do, but I think so.

The picture of the Mohawk construction workers taking a lunch break out on a beam has fascinated me since the first time I saw it. It´s not only the fact that they are sitting there completely relaxed high above the New York skyline, but I also try to imagine the balancing acts they do when sitting themselves down or when they get up to go back to work.
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All is well with me, I have just been enveloped in my first life the last days and too tired afterwards to blog or go inworld.

Normal services should - hopefully - be resumed during the weekend.

3 comments :

  1. That picture has been with me all my life too Bock!

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  2. That iconic photograph was taken during the construction of the Empire State Building, which still to me is the world's greatest (but not tallest) skyscraper in the 1930's.

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