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2023/05/24

May 24, 2023
A tiny concrete house sits, perched on top of a large boulder. The house has one arched window that takes up most of the wall, and a conical, pointed, shiny roof. To the right of it is a small balcony; the sun blazes overhead in a way that could be construed as hellish. But perhaps the most striking feature is the fact that the boulder the house is on is balanced incredibly precariously on a stack of three other boulders, some large, some small, similar to a hazardously constructed cairn. It looks as though the slightest breeze could send it all toppling.

2023/05/17

May 17, 2023
At first glance, a small, shed-like building with a weathervane on top. The sky is gray and dark; the orange sunlight from an unseen sun comes in at an oddly low angle, as though the sun is either rising or setting. But the strangest thing is the building itself. The perspectives just don't add up. A staircase descends from the right side, extending past the left wall, which is either facing outward or inward, depending on which part of it you're looking at. At the top of the stairs on the right wall stands a small figure, reflecting the sunlight. Peering out of an archway on the left wall stands a very large figure. This took me way too long to do, even longer to explain, and even though I loved Escher as a kid, I'm pretty sure he never attempted any of this on an iPhone.

2023/05/14

May 14, 2023
A single person stands on top of a large, crumbling, concrete tower of indeterminate purpose. The tower has a large number 3 stenciled on the side, the remains of antennas on the top, and two narrow windows on the side. There is also a concrete porch with a tattered chicken-wire fence on it, as well as a pole that seems to have a light or security camera on it. The tower is alone, with no suggestion of a landscape or surrounding natural features. It might as well be in the desert. Above, a few wispy clouds surround it, with a few hawks circling overhead.

2023/05/09

May 9, 2023
A view from the surface of a moon. Not necessarily ours. A vast, barren, rocky landscape with a crater or two. A mountain range is dimly visible in the background. On the right is a cliff, with a few structures on it: something like a lighthouse, or smokestack, and a construction of iron girders. In the sky over the landscape hangs a large planet that is clearly occupied, given the visible outlines of continents formed by pinpoints of light. Another, smaller planet is visible farther away. The sky is filled with stars, forming a Milky-Way-like strip.

2023/05/08

May 8, 2023
A humanoid figure with its back facing us. The profile of its face is visible; one eye glows white. The figure is strangely sinewed, almost as though it is a machine. In the center of its back is a round, green window, through which a shadowy figure looks. Blurry silhouettes in the background suggest numerous similar figures, also with glowing windows on them.

2023/05/07

May 7, 2023
A strangely shaped, pipe-like turret rises from the ocean floor. It's covered with seaweed that stands up like grass in a meadow. In the top-right, the sunlight reflects off the depths of the water. Although the turret appears malformed and broken in some parts, it has a closed, intact window on it, as well as a mailbox fixed to it via a pipe. Someone clearly lives here. No life is seen, ocean or otherwise.

2023/05/05

May 5, 2023
A lonely, sharp mountain top on which stands a small, twisted tree with few branches and no leaves. Hanging from the tree is a mailbox and a red decorative sphere. Built into the branches is a small, spherical dwelling that looks a little like a wasp nest. The dwelling has a circular window in it, brightly lit. Also built into the branches is a platform with several brown cardboard boxes stacked on top of it; the kind that would be delivered from Amazon.

2023/04/25

April 25, 2023
A small, weird house that appears to be growing thick roots. The lower floor of the house has a door with barred windows, and a small, narrow, barred window to the left of the door. The upper floor of the house is occupied by a giant eye. Above the house are white fluffy clouds. The light suggests early evening, when the sun is gone, but the sky is still blue. That time, or thereabouts, is exactly when you would expect to encounter a house like this. (The other time is between midnight and three in the morning.)

2023/04/18

April 18, 2023
A chapel-like building with three tall bearded, robed figures carved into the walls. It has no windows; the walls are covered entirely by the carvings. The doorway is an arched overhang. Below the entrance steps is a large arch over a drainage ditch or something. A figure with horns sits in the ditch, possibly seeking protection from—but, most likely, simply admiring—the vast fireball streaking overhead; the reckoning that those tired old men on the chapel wall failed to prevent.

2023/04/14

April 14, 2023
A house with a clock cupola stands on two legs. The feet of the legs are wearing yellow Chuck Taylor All-Stars. The setting appears to be evening; there is moonlight, but no moon. The house has three windows: two small, on either side of it, and one large. One small window is lit, one is dark. The largest window, in the center, is brightly lit. The silhouette of a human figure with antlers stands looking out.

2023/04/06

April 6, 2023
A vast, flat, desert floor. Rising up from it are huge blocks the size of an apartment building, but they have no windows or doors. They're not arranged in a city grid, or connected by streets; they're placed at random places, in a sort of staggered pattern. One is nearest the viewer, one is a little ways away, and one is barely a ghost in the distance. The sun sits in a partly cloudy sky, at what looks like late afternoon; the buildings cast long shadows. Walking between the buildings, across the desert, is a very small figure, alone, also casting a long shadow. Above, the only other living thing is a large bird circling in the dry heat of the far desert.

2023/04/05

April 5, 2023
A vast rectangular monolith rises out of the desert. On the front of it is the symbol for radioactivity, with a crudely painted horizontal X directly underneath; the overall effect suggests a skull and crossbones. On the side of the monolith is inscribed, vertically, "2067 AD". The sun is partially blocked by the top right corner of the monolith. In front of it, three small figures—desert wanderers, from the looks of them—congregate in front of the monolith. One gestures to it. The characters on the side are meaningless to them, but they have come to know one thing: the dot with the three rays emanating from it signifies one of the bad places; the stretches of desert that, for thousands of years, are known to be cursed.

2023/03/19

March 19, 2023
A sinister figure in a trench coat and hat stands alone on a dark night, the suggestion of an aurora in the sky behind it. On the figure's coat is a set of glowing buttons and dials. Where the figure's face would be is an arched lit window, eerie green, with a cat sitting in it.

2023/03/14

March 14, 2023
Huge, Stonehenge-like obelisks that form an archway that resembles the Greek letter Pi. This is because I'm a nerd and today is March 14. The arch has a layer of snow on top of it, stands in the middle of a snowy field on a gray day; the kind of day where the sky is the gray-white of an incoming blizzard. This was inspired by the fact that there is currently a heavy snowstorm going on outside my apartment. I love this weather and apparently I'm the only one.

2023/03/13

March 13, 2023
A lone figure walks on a moonlit night, pulling a small tenement building seemingly placed in a two-wheeled cart. Most of the windows in the building are lit. A cat is visible in one; a plant is in the other.

2023/03/07

March 7, 2023
A scene in dawn light, with light yellow clouds on a pink sky. A person looks out of the windows of a small cabin with long spindly legs; the effect suggests that maybe it's the person who has long spindly legs, wearing the cabin as though it's a coat or sandwich board.

2023/03/01

March 1, 2023
A set of books on a small shelf in a darkened room. The books are arranged horizontally, as they usually are. The spines, facing the viewer, have brightly lit windows in them, making the books look like those narrow row houses you see in Baltimore.

2023/02/24

February 24, 2023
A giant observatory with two furry legs stands astride a rocky landscape at either dawn or dusk. The horizon is crimson, with pink clouds. The observatory's dome doors are open, telescope fixed on a blazing white object in the sky.

2023/02/22

February 22, 2023
A large furry creature with two large, yellow-lit windows for eyes. Two people stand in the windows; a full moon is above.

2023/02/21

February 21, 2023
A large, misshapen building wall with haphazardly arranged windows and a top that seems to be carved from rock. Being it stands a furry creature with one eye and horns, wearing boots; the wall raised as though the creature is holding it like a shield or facade.

2023/02/19

February 19, 2023
A strange building that looks like a face with three eyeballs, all staring towards each other. It's half a face in profile and half a face viewed from the front. I don't know how to even describe this one.

2023/02/17

February 17, 2023
A large building that resembles a traffic light: two circular windows and a circular door, partially open. The building stands on a rocky hill by the ocean. Next to it, a person takes off into the air wearing a jetpack and carrying a radio controller.

2023/02/10

February 10, 2023
A giant clock the size and shape of an apartment building stands on an island, set against a crimson sky with yellow clouds. A person stands next to the clock.

2023/02/06

February 6, 2023
A giant, furry, horned creature stands on top of a bell tower at night, while below, in the bell chamber, visible via the arched opening, a person sits. Both figures stare at a full moon.

2023/02/03

February 3, 2023
A vast stone obelisk with a face. The mouth is an open cave with a fire burning inside. It is night. The obelisk is illuminated by a moon; an eerie, pale-green scene.

2023/02/02

February 2, 2023
Two masks stacked on top of each other, forming an eerie house. A person stands in the eye/window of the upper one, blowing bubbles.

2023/01/26

January 26, 2023
A lone wanderer stumbles across a tall, concrete building that looks vaguely like an elongated head, with a door in the side. Legends told of something like this, but none had ever seen it...until now.

2023/01/25

January 25, 2023
A giant crimson something sits in the ruins of a tiny house, tail extending through a mouthlike opening at the base of the house. It's night. The scene looks as though it were lit by a moon, but there is no moon. There never is on nights like this.

2023/01/23

January 23, 2023
A huge face with one half of it crumbled away, set in the ground as though it's an abandoned building. Both eyes are round, empty windows. A person stands in one. It is night. The stillness is deafening.

2023/01/22

January 22, 2023
A bridge constructed in a way that would not be physically possible in the real world stands under a full moon

2023/01/20

January 20, 2023
A stone archway comprised of two carved faces, one of which sends to be looking suspiciously at the other, under which stands a stooped figure with a walking stick

2023/01/19

January 19, 2023
A misshapen rocklike face where one eye contains a sphere, one eye is a window, and the mouth is a door

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