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Rhine sunset Photos by Carina Sibila © 2023 Carina Sibila
unconvetional parking
So let’s work backwards from here.Connecting to what I was saying earlier, I was in Cologne (obviously) on a trip tying in to those musical endeavours I occasionally yap about. I was hoping to see the cathedral hiding into more of a mist. In order to avoid the unnerving buzz of the christmas markets I turned towards the Rhine and was directly happy to not have been met by the aforementioned mist. Some yin and yang bullshit right there in that story. I’m still not happy about certain artefacts of digital photography that are visible in this shot but I tried to hide them as much as my editing skills will allow, thus making for a look more analogous to my analogue shots... I hope
We had the most opulent fogs last Sunday.
scenes from a quarantine
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“But whether we want to take the challenge or not, whether we seek the truth or take refuge in illusion, our self-(mis)understandings shape what we feel. This is the sense in which man is a self-interpreting animal.”
Charles Taylor - Self-Interpreting Animals
pandemic restrictions got lifted some weeks back ... celebrating being allowed outside at night again
Today's hike. A tough stretch with a lot of literal ups and downs. The first picture is of a view I enjoyed while listening to Manowar. I felt very metal, walking through the German forests with the Kings of Metal album blasting through my head. It also sped me up a bit, leaving me completely exhausted when I reached the top. The next two pictures are of a plant that always reminds me of dinosaurs. I don't know why, but every time I see it, that's what pops into my head. I have this memory of either reading or someone telling me that during the time that dinosaurs were alive, these plants also existed. And then I saw a lizard! I kept snapping pictures of it, while going steadily closer to it, afraid it might run away. When I finally got this close, I started getting worried it might pounce on me and that it might be poisonous. I know pretty much nothing about lizards (salamanders?) so as ridiculous as the fear felt, I still drew away and walked on. Then there are some pictures of the trail. Someone pointed out to me that the strange square rocks in a previous post might be caused by natural erosion. So I had to look up what goes into building trails. If you want to know more, just Google it. Basically, I couldn't find any information on a rock-carving machine, but in a lot of places the trail looks like a wedge cut out of the rock in order to form a level road. And then on some dirt roads, like in the picture, the rock seems smoothed down to the level of the dirt. I have no idea how old these roads are, so it could be natural in some places and man-made in others. Or both. But one thing I figured out was the use of the metal ditches dug into the trail. They're to lead the water away from the trail, so the trail doesn't become the next river. I admit, this seems fairly obvious, but I hadn't really given it much thought beside "strange." I honestly don't think very deeply while hiking. My mind seems to clog with the exhaustion. At one point I couldn't remember how to tie my shoelaces. I really had to stop and think about it for what felt like a full minute before I could recall what goes where. As in, how to tie a knot. It was a hot day. And the last is an uplifting photo of Chanel rolling in something that's most likely very gross.
