3/30/2007

Gaudi-like Taiwanese tombs



What comes to your mind when you saw this pic? A Taiwanese cemetery with messy tombs? Many Taiwan people would say that. We usually avoid going there, let alone have any connection with beauty in mind.

But let's see this one. It's Park Güell at Barcelona, one of the spectacular creation of Antoni Gaudí. Does it look familiar to you? As one of my Australian friend told me, the Taiwanese cemetery looks amazing to him. It's just like a Gaudi architecture with people being able to walk on it. This statement really surprises me. Maybe I just take my surroundings for granted and the culture I grow up in affect my attitude toward them. Thus I ignored the beauty implicated in my surroundings. Who can say our messy, over-developed cities are far from artistic?