Tuesday, November 17, 2009

There are many small monuments in the premises of Humayun's tomb. Of these, a square tomb with a double-dome called Nai Ka Gumbad or the Barber's tomb, built for emperor's favorite barber is an outstanding structure.



In many small Canadian towns and cities, there are small monuments, often near churches or legions, honouring the sacrifice of community members.



The walkway proposal would be patterned after the Sagan Planet Walk, which begins on the Commons and ends at the Sciencenter and is guided by small monuments and plaques describing the sun and planets in the solar system.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

You wake up gasping, shivering, overarched, like a fish caught in a riptide. Sweat on your brow, moisture in the sheets, water spilling out of pipes, tumbling through the ceiling, dripping down the slick, shivering walls of white plaster.

You know that somewhere at sometime there was a rippling current of silver and moss that was tossed in the tides of an depthless, endless ocean that hugged the belly of the world and which today, right now, lies hanging above you, suspending in the dark.