Sep 26 2007
‘Hola, mi amor!’
Walking along Boulevard Kukulcan yesterday and looking at the reconstruction of another hotel, I recalled a study about cancer patients’ drawings. It analyzed drawings created by patients in advanced phases of the disease. These visual studies showed a marked flatness and lack of texture. Very little detail was included in the picture. Almost a threadbare view of the world, as that slips further away.
As each new hotel and condomium complex in Cancun nears completion, I look at the flat texture of the walls, the lack of detail. Later on, swirls and signs are added, but the poverty of design leaves one visually desolate.
Although there always is a glimmer of hope. When I stopped to photograph a crew in action, one of the welders waved to me and called “Hola, mi amor!” from atop the steel framework.
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