2F1

I love living in a tenement building in Edinburgh. Walking up the two flights to my flat, past three others, is such an intriguing experience. The smells of incense behind 1F1, the noise of cooking from 1F2, the seeming non-existence of the residents of 1F3. We live in such close proximity, yet know so little about each other. The music, the smells, the noises, they are but tiny clues as to what my neighbours lives might be.

I also think that there can be such beauty in these spirals, be it in the delicate tile work, the hodge podge of bicycles chained to the banisters, the worn down portions where hundreds of feet have tread before us. Especially the railings themselves. Take a minute the next time you are tempted to tear up the flights, two at a time, and appreciate the art all around you.