A lovely post – I totally agree. And look at the light in that picture! I have driven through that area myself on many many occasions – and found it “strangely beautiful” in an industrialized dehumanized almost De Chirico way … especially at dawn or sunset, when the light is stark, clear, and long.
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My God. I don’t know why, but the photo makes me want to cry a little.
My father was an accountant for Goodyear for many many years, Goodyear has its plant on the east side of Houston, in Beaumont, which is the equivalent to this section of New Jersey the post is about…Beaumont is known for its…unique…odors…and for the warren after warren of ‘cat-crackers’ (catalyst-crackers), vessels, tanks, and tangled network of pipes and leads (you do realize I know this kind of terminology because my husband works in this kind of industry – albeit as an instrumentation designer, but the lingo is all the same throughout )…anyway, I grew up seeing this industrial fairy world – not because I lived in that part of town, but because of my dad’s career.
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ANWAY – I LOVE that photo – its an odd juxtaposition with the natural light of the sunset and the absolute machinery of it all. The refineries at night can be dazzling, but blue hours like this one are just as beautiful.