Architectural Abstract: Descent

Designed by architect Josef Paul Kleihues, the stairwell at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art is magnificent! This is a view from the top of the stairwell, looking down.

Architectural Abstract: Ascent

Designed by architect Josef Paul Kleihues, the stairwell at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art is magnificent! This is a view from the bottom of the stairwell, looking up.

Architectural Abstract: Shapeshifter

Architect Frank Gehry's wonderful Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago, with a skyscraper backdrop.

Archetypal Gold

Photographed at The Alcazar, in Sevilla, Spain, this area is known as Los Banos de Dona Maria de Padilla, or the Royal Baths.

Cordoba Windows

If you've visited Cordoba, Spain, then you've probably seen these beautiful windows. Here's my favorite part: in the lower right-hand window, there is a bird cage containing a bird that is the same orange color as the curtains in the rest of the windows. Which came first? Did the owners buy the bird to match the curtains, or buy the curtains to match the bird?!

Poor Workmanship

Photographed at the Gladding McBean Factory in Lincoln, California

The Haunted Mother

Photographed at the Gladding McBean Factory in Lincoln, California

Keep Closed

I loved stumbling upon this scene at the Gladding McBean factory in Lincoln, CA. The open door with "Keep Closed" scrawled on it in chalk, the golden light streaming from the room...this photograph is full of metaphor. May the door marked "Keep Closed" in your life be flung wide open!

Broken Mother

Photographed at the Gladding McBean Factory in Lincoln, California

Guide to the Fabled Lands

Photographed at the Gladding McBean Factory in Lincoln, California. You never know what you're going to find when you open a book!

Relics

Photographed at the Gladding McBean Factory in Lincoln, California

Bliss Dance

"Bliss Dance" by Marco Cochrane, Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA. (This spirited artwork has since been moved to Las Vegas, NV). You'll want to see more of Marco Cochrane's sculptures, which you can do here: https://www.marcocochranesculpture.net/