Downtown Tampa By Brooke Rivera
"The City" - Constantine P. Cavafy
Time this took: 6 hours
Inspiration:
I took this picture myself. While thinking about what I wanted to do for my Digital Media project I editing my photos from this shoot the other night. I decided to do an outline of Tampa's skyline because I love the city. I chose "The City" because it's a beautiful poem that I discovered a few months ago.
You said, "I will go to another land, I will go to another sea.Another city will be found, a better one than this.Every effort of mine is a condemnation of fate;and my heart is -- like a corpse -- buried.How long will my mind remain in this wasteland.Wherever I turn my eyes, wherever I may lookI see black ruins of my life here,where I spent so many years destroying and wasting."
You will find no new lands, you will find no other seas.The city will follow you. You will roam the samestreets. And you will age in the same neighborhoods;and you will grow gray in these same houses.Always you will arrive in this city. Do not hope for any other --There is no ship for you, there is no road.As you have destroyed your life herein this little corner, you have ruinded it in the entire world.
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