Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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Tokyo by day has a face that only its mother could love but by night, by night it's transformed into a neon lit paradise. Especially in the rain when the surfaces gain a glowing reflective sheen and the neon lights shimmer like a premonition of heaven.
Today, while walking to the station Pictures Of You by The Cure, came on my headphones as I trudged through the rain and as the glorious two or three minutes of the introduction played out it dawned on me that walking through the neon lit Shinjuku streets was a moment that could be drawn straight from a movie. Beautiful it was and put an extra spring in my step.
It looked a little like this:
My question to you NSC is when have you experienced a moment of cinematic beauty while going about the mundane acts of every day life?
Today, while walking to the station Pictures Of You by The Cure, came on my headphones as I trudged through the rain and as the glorious two or three minutes of the introduction played out it dawned on me that walking through the neon lit Shinjuku streets was a moment that could be drawn straight from a movie. Beautiful it was and put an extra spring in my step.
It looked a little like this:
My question to you NSC is when have you experienced a moment of cinematic beauty while going about the mundane acts of every day life?
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