This is the Eads Bridge, completed in 1874, over the Mississippi between St. Louis and East St. Louis. — Bitter Crank
Is that just because I grew up in the midwest?? — Noble Dust
architecture otherwise isn't something I'm drawn to — Noble Dust
It was nothing special to look at but it is a part of me. — Bitter Crank
I love large structures too, like the bridge above, for their structural features out of which comes a beauty. — Bitter Crank
Well, that's all right. You don't have to find architecture fascinating. — Bitter Crank
I'm just trying to suss out what makes it fascinating to you. Because your fascination is fascinating to me. — Noble Dust
I live in the midwest; I have always lived within 100 miles of where I was born (except for 2 years in Boston). — Bitter Crank
Get you closer to what you said you "don't fully get". To me it doesn't seem much different than say music. — Πετροκότσυφας
There are musical structures, kinds of melodies, rythms etc, that I find beautiful or pleasing, without them being "connected to personal experiences and specific life scenarios". In many cases, it is their pleasing nature that leads me to connect them with personal experiences that enhance my appreciation for them. The opposite can happen too. — Πετροκότσυφας
I don't know, it might be the case that my aesthetic appreciation for such features (either musical or spatial) is based on personal experiences and life events, so the latter always precede, but if that's so, it's too subtle to notice. — Πετροκότσυφας
The view I had of Heaven from the back patio of a ranch I was caring for this week — ArguingWAristotleTiff
Not a transaction, not a deal, but a gift. Love is what it's all about, it is an overflowing, it is a passion, the passion. Love is taking pains, and giving without consideration, it is not counting, and so unaccountable. It is what you need, and all you need. Don't expect to catch it in a thread, or limit it to definition. — unenlightened
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