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[photos] Your Tuesday moment of zen
Your Tuesday moment of zen.
Cathedral Park, under the St. John’s Bridge in North Portland, photographed by me.
© 2006, 2009 by Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
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Posted: 4:44 am Tue September 15 2009 |
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GClugo
September 15th, 2009 at 3:01 pmThanks for the Zen moment. I needed it. Your picture is simply beautiful.
Best,
GC
Jay
September 15th, 2009 at 3:04 pmYou are most welcome
Cora
September 15th, 2009 at 3:51 pmThat’s very beautiful.
Is that a ruined church and if so, what happened? In Europe, gutted church ruins are either the result of WWII bombings or destruction attempts of rival religions/ideologies, but neither makes much sense for the US.
Jay
September 15th, 2009 at 3:53 pmActually, they’re bridge piers, made with that Gothic arch.
Cora
September 15th, 2009 at 7:45 pmThat’s where the cultural disconnect comes in. When I see an image like that, I immediately think “gutted church or abbey”. I’ve just noticed that the caption actually says “bridge”, but I must have read right past it.
Talking of bridges, I assume that this is the bridge which featured quite prominently in Devon Monk’s “Magic to the Bone”, which is set in an (alternate universe) Portland. Good to finally have a visual for it.