The People Look Like Flowers at Last
“Those faces you see every day on the streets were not created entirely without hope: be kind to them: like you they have not escaped.”
― Charles Bukowski, The People Look Like Flowers at Last
“The street to my left was backed up with traffic and I watched the people waiting patiently in the cars. There was almost always a man and a woman, staring straight ahead, not talking. It was, finally, for everyone, a matter of waiting. You waited and you waited – for the hospital, the doctor, the plumber, the madhouse, the jail, papa death himself. First the signal red, then the signal was green. The citizens of the world ate food and watched t.v. and worried about their jobs or lack of the same, while they waited.” ― Charles Bukowski, Women
This has been part 15-17 of my series “Street photos from Israel”. If you have missed out on the previous shots, you’ll find them here:
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Nice to read a bit of Bukowski. All great shots, but numbers two and three are soopoib.
July 18, 2012 at 22:44
Thanks Richard. Street photography is always more fun in big cities.
July 23, 2012 at 16:26
these are cool.
(love the hat).
July 19, 2012 at 00:28
The hat is a winner!
July 23, 2012 at 16:26
The first one is my favourite.
July 19, 2012 at 11:31
Completely immersed in the news.
July 23, 2012 at 16:28
… and I thought that “reading” newspapers was an old folks’ excuse for taking an “unnoticeable” nap
July 24, 2012 at 08:14
Great photos!!
July 19, 2012 at 13:48
Thanks, I had a feeling you would like them
July 23, 2012 at 16:31
Interesting quotes and photos, the heading grabbed me especially – and it’s totally off topic but it made me chuckle none the less because my bf is always saying that my dog has a pretty little flower face and I’ve never heard anyone say anything like that before and now here is that quote saying that the people look like flowers – it’s interesting. I also found it interesting how the author was noticing how the people in traffic weren’t talking and were just looking straight ahead, it reminded me of a bumper sticker someone posted on facebook the other day (I’ve been trying that again) it said “You aren’t in traffic you ARE traffic” both of those things make me so glad I bus or walk 90% of the time. So that’s two things from this post that just kind of grabbed me.
July 20, 2012 at 03:51