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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: Lane3 who wrote (34029)10/18/2001 2:24:19 PM
From: bonnuss_in_austin  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
kholt: I'm wondering if you recognize as I am ...

... realizing now how powerful the symbolism of U.S. city skylines has influenced us.

As long as I've lived -- my parents before me, as well -- I've felt personally energized to simply observe big city skylines.

The achievement of getting them built ... just one aspect.

It's hard for me to express.

Many facets to it. I'm trying to dissect my emotions regarding. Number one, it's just awesome to drive into Houston, for example, from any direction -- thirty miles out, because the land is totally flat, the towers of the downtown skyline loom ... those wonderful buildings ... they're always there ... magnificent in their silence. Buildings can't speak. Don't need to. The grandeur of their sheer existence.

(LOL. I'm not much of a creative writer as I majored in journalism ... not English. I know enough to get by in the practical sense, but really struggle with self-expression. Obviously).

How do you and others here who are so much more articulate feel about the significance in our psyches of these skylines? These engineering marvels?

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