Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas Level 24Level 48Level 59Level 86I was under the age of six,anaconda squeezing my mums handup the steps, we were insideone of the silver twin skyscrapersThe Petronas TowersI protested against goingdue to my intense fear of heights,I could...
Photo: Peter coxhead, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons After getting off the winding corkscrew roadsurrounded by wild packs of zigzaggingBukit Tinggi jungle trees,Paji parked and carried on daytime walking throughthe French-themed resort with my parents and II can...
Photo: Porterhse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A one story cinderblock building sits on a low rise just beyond the park. The row of numbered doors is nearly obscured by overgrown shrubbery and prairie grass grows patchy over the parking lot. The sign out front:...
The building itself seems amusedby the idea of a straight line.Mirrors wink.Tiles grin.A giant wind-up figure pauses,mid-thought.Inside, a bicycle made of spoonsleans confidently against nothing.A visitor laughs,then stops, unsureif laughing is allowed.It is.Paintings...
Photo: ScottyBoy900Q at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The grass is wet, dawn rinsing the sky pale as linen. Brick walls rise carefully,as if the fort does not wishto disturb the water.Cannons point outward,patient as old...
This is an excerpt from the travelogue Baltimore by Annie Marhefka, during which she visits the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM). Order your copy from writerinsites.com. First, I wander and I take no notes while I do, because I am here to be present, to experience...