... so I thought I'd head down to make my own "Coney Island Passage" for 2007!
Hmm... could this palm tree on the beach be a sign of climate change?
If we could see the North Pole move back through time, we could follow it back to the rainforests that have left giant tree fossils still remaining in today's thawing Arctic tundra.
Will signs of this tree remain in another 65 millions years? Good thing digital photos don't fade over time!
"There's definitely definitely no logic... to human behaviour... but oh to be involved in the exchange... of human emotion"
This amusement park has seen better days...
... but these Brooklyn dudes were cool!
At the subway station, this NYPD cop and I had an engaging conversation about keeping the peace amidst climate chaos...
Most people on the train from Brooklyn to Manhattan wanted to know "What's the special event?" and I'd reply "The ice caps are melting". Several commuters expressed surprise that I wasn't affiliated with a sponsor, brand or product, and this "broke the ice" for amusingly serious candid conversations. If you saw this face on the train, what would you ask?
The subway station at Battery Park felt like a bunkerrific interactive security agency world's fair exhibit, with an oldschool hip hop feel. Pre-recorded voices broadcast imperatives like "Face forward while on the escalator" while I descended to the platform. Access to and from the train was restricted by chain fence and retractable metal grids that locked the train into place and rhythm. Everything was eerily quiet but the sound had nowhere to go.
Outside at the southern tip of Manhattan, beautiful sunny morning beneath the advancing giant skyscraper glacier edge...
As a nomad, I offer my respects to all old and new world people.
I happen upon a metal globe-in-hand sculpture with crushed polar region, restored from the WTC wreckage following "9/11". Pondering the relative risks of terrorism and climate change...
Within seconds of being denied entry to this sightseeing bus for lack of "money", I became a part of the concrete crevasse sightseeing tour as I overheard the tour guide announce to the tourists that they were "passing the polar bear on the right".
"Why did the polar bear cross the road?" Because the ice was melting!
Finally, I arrive at my hotel.
photography by Karey Shinn ©
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