Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Mystery Spot, Santa Cruz

It was an option for us to visit this place on our way back to Los Angeles from San Francisco. And by golly, thank godness we opted to check this out. It is a perfect example of how amazing certain laws of persistence affect our being.


It starts with the legend of how the area came to be known; how the peasants were more than willing to part with the land since it was a bearer of mis-fortune, etc. What is striking is the sparseness of the enterprise which later makes logical sense. The twisted trees, the oddly balanced and designed cabin and the lack of vertical and horizontal references. Once you are in the midst of a forest hill where objects provide a different symmetry and there is no artificial level to gauge by, the mind starts falling prey to visual stimuli. Thats all that I could manage to force my brains to agree with. Since the visuals and the feeling is too loaded for the mind to understand, I gave up trying. Some of the snaps here leave you with that funny feeling.



What was more shocking was the apparent difference in heights of two people depending on where they stand. When the places of the two people are exchanged, all logic goes missing. Check these out!



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