Just Your Everyday Office Building

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If you had asked me a couple years ago whether the modern art movement ruined art or not, I would've said yes. I've read many articles and watched many videos saying in the last 100 years we've seen the downfall of beauty thanks to things like brutalism. And then SUDDENLY, my mind changed. I started to become more curious about modern art movements thanks to music like vaporwave. It's a genre that has this retro-futurism feel to it. I remember two years ago I started going to the mall with my pseudo-retro music on to appreciate the skylights and shiny floors.

So when I passed by this unassuming office building I pulled over and got out my camera. I loved the dramatic shadows that the geometric shapes were making on this cloudy day. This was part of a square cutout in the building, centered around this staircase. You can walk underneath the second floor and sit on benches.

To me the great thing about art is highlighting the beauty in ordinary things like this. These kinds of buildings are everywhere. We drive past them, we work in them. A lot of them can be kind of ugly and neglected. But through some I can see what the modern architects were going for - clean, minimal shapes. When done right they give me a feeling of peace and calm.

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