with a bit of time to kill waiting for a train, i decided to wander the little town in which i reside with my camera to take a "new look" at it. it was a dreary day, overcast, trees leafless, streets empty: really a perfect day to examine the patient—no pretense.
white river junction has always struck me as an odd place. there is something charming about it but at the same time it seems always just a bit off, a little tawdry, a little bent. this is what i love about it.
looking at it through my super wide angle lens, i saw some things i've never noticed before, perspectives and vantage points i've never considered. it occured to me how much driving eliminates this experience (wandering) and how much it restricts one's perspetive, or rather, replaces the walking perspective and sense of time with a very different experience. i've whizzed around the downtown block hundreds of times without taking note of the myriad perspectives, vistas, juxtapositions created by buildings, streets and other municipal affects. they've been there all along. it took a bleak day to point them out to me. perhaps it was the lack of any activity whatsoever, plant or animal, that made the town's structure stand out. in any case, i'm coming away with a much greater appreciation of the town's peculiar nature as well as its potential. there are some spatial gems hiding amongst the chaos!
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