Texture and Travel

This summer, I was lucky enough to travel to Israel for the first time. TelAviv is one of the cities I was able to experience. This photo was taken outside the Suzanne Dellal Center, which for those of you who love Batsheva Dance Company will know this is where their home studios are. This is the main courtyard to the entrance of the theaters. It was midday, and it struck me how crisp the shadows were on the ground. I was so capture by the texture, that I did not realize what was making the shape, at first. I just assumed there were umbrellas overhead. There was a street in Jerusalem covered in umbrellas, just like there is in many cities around the world. I assumed overhead was nothing more spectacular than what I saw on the ground. When I looked up, I realized the umbrellas were actually dancer legs wearing tutus. How appropriate! :) I do not think I have ever seen such an exact edge on a texture found in "nature", it's a city but you get what I mean. The shadows show the zig zag edge of the tutus overhead, which is pretty amazing. The sun just happened to be in the perfect place and the focal points lined up just right, to create such a fun texture on the ground. The ground has impressively evenly placed polka dots. I appreciated the whimsy and fun of this design and how it interacted with the sun throughout the day.