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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Noticed: Visual Appreciation

Roaming the Cemetery

My classmates and I visited the Olšany Cemetery, which was built in the 17th century during the Plague. This cemetery was very cool because of the historic background and I really appreciated its unkempt appearance. The small details such as crumbling cement, ivy growing on the headstones, and tilted headstones gave an ancient feel to it. I felt an inner peace here because it was very quiet and serene. Although about fifteen of my classmates were roaming around I did not seem to see a single person while I was walking, which made the experience more calm and I appreciated everything I saw just a little more. The giant trees created a canopy over the cemetery and every now and then the sun would shine through on the most perfect spot, like on a teal cross painted on a wall. I like cemeteries because you are celebrating a person’s life just by remembering them, by looking at their name. For all the names on the gravestones that I read I wonder about who they were and what they were like. Were they kind? Were they funny? Usually only famous or important people get remembered after they die, but at a cemetery every common folk is remembered. I could have spent a lot of time just walking around all over the cemetery and contemplating but we only stayed for an hour and this cemetery never seemed to end. It was a good experience and a beautiful place, even though it was just a cemetery.

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I am a student at the University of Texan at Austin studying abroad and am documenting life in Prague, Czech Republic through photography. Each day I blog about one of the nine assigned categories Morning Glory, Weekend Miser, The Nocturnalist, Wish You Were Here, Small Wonder, Noticed, Around Here, Facts of Life, and Angels in the Architecture. I hope to learn about another culture and learn important lessons in photography with this experience.

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