Cultural Musings of the Known World.

The facade

In Chicago, Facades are usually all buildings that are deemed important. The building I work in and the ones around mostly have gleaming aesthetically pleasing facades. When you go inside sometimes the story changes. Because of the era in which some of the buildings were built (before or after the Chicago fire), they are generally stone and are crumbling bit by bit.

I pass these buildings with the lonely snowflakes falling on my head, accompanying me to a new destination.

I ask myself what kind of facade do I put up and how well are it’s defenses against the loneliness and despair that the world has to offer.

Perhaps I’m crumbling too.