Although the arms are wide, this is not any clown anyone would be comfortable embracing.  He really looks like something scary that might pop out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie.  By taking this picture, I frame it, contain it and reign in my own uncomfortable feelings.

April 7, 2005 at 3:04 pm | Austria, Europe, Vienna | No comment

This picture contains morning mist and sunny clarity.  The calm daily ritual of setting the breakfast tables is an integral part of this picture.  Yet just beyond the daily reality, lies romantic mist.

April 7, 2005 at 3:02 pm | Austria, Europe, Vienna | No comment

The graffiti here with the smile on the door speaks to powerful political issues.

April 7, 2005 at 2:59 pm | Austria, Doors, Europe, Vienna | No comment

Although is the National Library of Vienna, it felt just like a cathedral to me.  In fact, all libraries feel like cathedrals to me.

April 7, 2005 at 2:56 pm | Austria, Europe, Vienna | No comment

Although this looks like architecture (which it is), for me this was about the smallness of man compared to power of the Austrian Empire.

The comfort of pattern and repetition.

April 7, 2005 at 2:52 pm | Austria, Europe, Vienna | 1 comment

This was a jaw-dropper.  I don’t think I ever saw so much gold at one place in one time.  The concert hall was completely reconstructed after WWII.  It is supported by a volunteer group.

April 7, 2005 at 2:50 pm | Austria, Europe, Vienna | No comment