Wednesday, November 20, 2024

STARKNESS


 I thought it was more recent, but apparently Belgrade's BRUTALIST ARCHITURE (sorry, 'ARCHITECTURE'; can't fix the spelling) dates as far back as 1948 (actually, I date that far back, too...) although the apartment buildings in the above photo date from the 1960s. They look pretty grim here facing a couryard that no one ever uses and plants have never seen, but the apartments were built to last and have withstood the test of time. 

IT' NOT WHAT YOU LOOK AT......

 Henry David Thoreau, American naturalist and essayist said in his journal in August 1851, "The question is not what you look at, but w...