Wednesday 4 November 2009

Sensory Perceptions


"Direct experience

is an evasion,

or hiding place,

for those

without

any imagination."

Quoted from
"The Book of Disquiet"
by Fernando Pessoa

Images:
1, 4 ,7 Strudlhof Steps
2 Payergasse
3 Farmers' Market, Yppen-Platz
5 Staudigl, Wollzeile
6 Lower Austria
© By Merisi
Picture Thinker



19 comments:

  1. Yes! Good point. Great pictures by Merisi the picture thinker!
    Thanks for your comments on my blog.

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  2. So glad to be reading your lovely posts again

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  3. Wow...I could walk right down the path and into that house...
    Sandi

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  4. My favorite was the one from Wollzeile. I could see curling up here with coffee and good book.

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  5. Gorgeous -- that first picture and that beautiful color -- and the second with the mysterious sheer curtain -- and the leas with the snow - - and - - and --

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  6. such an IMAGINATIVE (and lovely) collection of images.

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  7. Beautiful images, beautiful words. Pessoa keeps appearing here in blogworld. I will have to find his work. Thank you, Merisi! (love that first door--or is it a window?)

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  8. @ ds:
    "The Book of Disquiet" is available as a Penguin Classics paperback. Good to have on hand, not only in moments of disquiet. ;-)

    "I am astonished by my capacity for anxiety.
    (Pessoa - of course)

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  9. @ lakeviewer,
    you are welcome,
    and thank you!

    @ Gypsy Purple,
    good to have you back! :-)

    @ Sandi McBride,
    I was going to answer that it's a lovely sleepy hollow, but that could be misunderstood. ;-)
    Just past that house I drove right into the clouds, or fog. I had an eerie feeling, I confess. ;-)

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  10. @ Hexe,
    I'll show you the place during your next visit to Vienna.
    You'd sit a floor above the pavement, looking down. *grin*

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  11. @ Vicki Lane,
    yes, that first picture,
    the beloved Strudlhof Steps:
    Any way you turn, beauty.

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  12. @ Tash,
    thank you!
    Sometimes I feel bad about images "left on the cutting floor" - this post was an exercise in finding a connection among just such images. ;-)

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  13. i love the quote. and the top picture is my favourite!

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  14. I really love your Blog! Though I´m living in Vienna, I always see new impressions in your pictures!
    Thanks a lot!
    Ursula

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  15. I like the sound of this book and for sure, I like the photos! ;-)

    Paz

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  16. Loved the quote and the pictures. Many thanks. Great post.

    Greetings from London.

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  17. You are so much fun Merisi. Your imagination well-expressed and lively!

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  18. You know what I LOVE about you?? You are not only a brilliant photographer, but you are also a philosopher/poet!! Simply fantastic, once again! You transport me to Vienna...and I soar through aesthetic paradise!! Love you! Janine XO

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