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This picture remember me the city of Valdrada described by the character Marco Polo in the book Invisible Cities - by Ítalo Calvino. The aesthetic from the buildings is clearly different, this is a real modern English city, while Valdrada was a city from the 13th century described poetically.
Someone who didn't read this book can be thinking what this two cities have in common after all? They are both duplicated places, the proximity with some water sources made these cities exist twice, first in the reality and after in the mirrored image. The city from the picture is located near to the ocean, so the buildings on the reflected images are figures, sketches of the real ones. This is the perfect combination and how pretend the thinks are and of how they really are. This modern cities, whit concrete skyscrapers and asphalt streets send a message that everything is right, every decision was made, everyone know how they are, what they want. But this isn't true, people are uncertain, have doubts, problems that they don't know how to solve, feelings that they don't recognize.
The image reflected in the sea, shows the soul of the city, where everything is ephemeral and able to change with a wave's movement.
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