http://www.psfk.com/2007/07/urban-explorers-finding-beauty-amidst-the-grime.html Ideas & Trends Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:24:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.psfk.com/2007/07/urban-explorers-finding-beauty-amidst-the-grime.html/comment-page-1#comment-6473 Christine Huang Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:29:10 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2007/07/urban-explorers-finding-beauty-amidst-the-grime.html#comment-6473 A thought-provoking post. it's strange to think that years from now, when the ice caps are melted and forests gone, these urban graveyards might be the most accessible (if not only) places we'll be able to find silence, sanctity, romance. yet here are people risking their lives to seek them out now. when i first read the article, i wanted to yell, "go to the mountains! swim in the ocean!" but these explorers are proving that beauty is not finite, and when we're left with nothing but the cityscape, the ability to see some sort of purity in the constructed/ dilapidated is a blessing. A thought-provoking post. it’s strange to think that years from now, when the ice caps are melted and forests gone, these urban graveyards might be the most accessible (if not only) places we’ll be able to find silence, sanctity, romance. yet here are people risking their lives to seek them out now. when i first read the article, i wanted to yell, “go to the mountains! swim in the ocean!” but these explorers are proving that beauty is not finite, and when we’re left with nothing but the cityscape, the ability to see some sort of purity in the constructed/ dilapidated is a blessing.

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