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© Photos by Kay Davies and Richard Schear, April, 2011 |
Following a visit in 1963, the Catalan surrealist artist Salvador Dalí declared Perpignan's railway station the centre of the universe, saying he always got his best ideas while sitting in the waiting room.
In the 1965 painting below, Dalí shows the vision of the universe that came to him while reflecting on the subject in the Perpignan train station.
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22 comments:
Quite a unique looking train station, eal and reflected... but centre of the universe...? Afraid my world view doesn't match Dali's :-D
The reflection in the second photo isvery beautiful. How nice that your friends are going to spend their holiday on a narrow boat. I wish I could do the same. I also wish you a great stay on one of the boats. Please take ,many photos and share them with us! Love, Wil.
Wow, lovely reflections! :)
What an amazing building. I really like the reflection in your first shot Kay, a somewhat surreal effect Dali might have liked.
Double Wow! such a great expanse of reflection - the colourings are gorgeous.
Have a wonderful week-end Kay. xx
Interesting station and reflection!
Re you comment on my St. Malo post, I think it's Cartier too. Maybe not.
this is so beautiful...!!!
Love that first shot, Kay!
Dali did have an interesting view of the world. For some reason this one reminded me of one of the books in Stephen King's "Dark Tower" books.
A very colorful reflection. Love it!
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Lovely, different train station and what terrific, colorful reflections! Great post, Kay, and marvelous captures as always! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Sylvia
Fantastic reflections in your pictures, the station is modern , I like a lot this acupuncture. I need to visit Perpignan some day, looks adorable!
hugs
Léia
Congratulations is a very interesting blog.
Regards from Creativity and imagination photos of Jose Ramon
I love the photo and I love Dali!
Interesting thoughts of this Dali guy... :)
God bless you!
Cezar
Intriguing building! The first photo looks like a jig saw puzzle image! Great photos!
Great pictures. Just wonder catalan language? I thought catalan was spanish I am probably confused. Thanks for visiting :)
I've been in Perpignan once, but it was a long time ago. Nice to see your pictures!
This is exactly the kind of story that makes me think of the mind of an artist. Dali saw and conveyed in his painting, that we might never. The train station is more colorful than any I can think of. Thanks for sharing!
what a fantastic structure
a feast of reflections
HI Kay! I just wanted to stop by and say hello.
Thank you so much for your visits. I'm still so horribly jet lagged. I don't know what's the matter with me. I'm trying to get through the thousands of photos that were taken by three cameras and it's exhausting! Sigh.
My energy level is way down and I'm having a hard time doing what I need to do. I'll be catching up with everybody in a week. I hope.
The architecture is fantastic, as are the reflections!
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