Bypass the Falls

First towpath
Canal system
In North America

George Washington was involved in the development of this transportation waterway.

“If there’s nothing wrong with me… maybe there’s something wrong with the universe!” – Beverly Crusher

Mirror Surface

Adjacent high-rise
Building reflectance
Golden light

The “Gold Building” in downtown Hartford features a gold tinted glass curtain wall exterior that illuminates nearby structures by reflection.

“Sometimes truths are what we run from, and sometimes they are what we seek.” – R.D. Ronald

Fall Line

River running
Right through
Downtown

The James River contains many interesting historical remnants within dynamic proceedings.

“By Poetry I mean, not the particular art which consists in writing verses, but a process both more general :and more primary: that intercommunication between the inner being of things and the inner being of the human Self.” – Jacques Maritain

Agees

City breaking
Everybody shaking
Staying alive

Early morning sunlight in an alley demands attention.

“As long as you’re having fun, that’s the key. The moment it becomes a grind, it’s over.” – Barry Gibb

Fenced In

Circumscribed
Nervous breakdown
In the city

Spiritual entities lurk in protected locations.

“Everything is only as it is.” – Yuki Urishibara

For the Roses

Running duality
Sensual indulgence
Human spirit

Messages in the city occasionally evoke fascinating feelings.

“I heard it in the wind last night, it sounded like applause.” – Joni Mitchell

North Main

Instinctively recognized
Unifying characteristics
Pervade thoughts

The brain integrates various wavelengths of light from the surrounding world into coherent objects.

“In this sense-perception we are aware of something which is not thought and which is self-contained for thought.” – Henri Bergson

Lowdown

Putting business
In the street
Come back around

A red whisper of passion is located in unlikely environs.

“Now while my lips are living their words must stay unsaid, and will my soul remember to speak when I am dead?” – Sara Teasdale

Approaching the City

Immanent perception
Context of memory
Justified expectation

A flash of sensation is captured at high speed on the way to Carytown.

“Even “unconscious” lived experiences are integrated in the context, which itself is given by way of perception and the directly grasping consciousness, or else the context is supplemented through such “unconscious” lived experiences.” – Edmund Husserl

Downtown

No finer place
Everything’s waiting
Forget all troubles

River City sits at the fall line of the James River.

“A city always contains more than any inhabitant can know, and a great city always makes the unknown and the possible spurs to the imagination.” – Rebecca Solnit

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