La Gente

Today was so bright and sunny I just couldn't get enough of it. I can seriously feel spring almost bursting up from the ground but its still bitterly cold out! Blerg!

Like I said, I live on Arthur Avenue in the most delightfully early 20th century establishment filled with colorful people. Theres this one window I look out a lot as I'm brushing my teeth, or talking on the phone, or just when I'm musing about my daily occurrences.

What I like most about what's outside this window is the complexity of the different apartments that I see. For example, the apartment in the forefront of the picture on the left is my neighbors' (4A) wall, the apartment roof below is my next door neighbor's roof, the apartment with the red fire escape is entirely separate from the one next to it, and then the three houses after that are all separate from each other. The large monstrosity in the background of the photo is the back of a building across the street from me.

Its all very confusing, but I feel like its a sort of apartment jigsaw puzzle. All these homes were built at different times, but they fit so perfectly together and I just love looking at them and imaging what people are doing inside of them. Hence the title of the photo "La Gente" which means "the people" in Spanish. When I look at these buildings I see the people that inhabit their insides instead of the outsides that protect their people. (hahaha logic fun!)

Excluding the wall of my neighbor, Mr. 4A, I feel like the building with the red fire escape is the Dad, the building next to it is the mom, and the three buildings next to that are their daughters; they are the Coyle family, and my parents and my two sisters watch me brush my teeth, chit chat, and ponder all day long.