the humongous road sign

hola amigos.

just came back from eydhafushi after a little work. not little in a more realistic sense. tiring & tanning but fun. & i gotta tell ya it's an intriguing island.

Bottomline: very colourful.

the image is testimony. when i first saw the place i thought "wtf?" as in a positively shocked sense.

have you ever seen anything quite like this? well, i haven't.

& love that wheelbarrow which adds to the abstractness.

The painting would've been tough & taken some while to complete. but it does pay off in more ways than one. it's attractive, unique & most of all manages to create a bit of sensation.

one commented that it's likely to cause accidents in another country as it looks like a road sign to turn left.

another asked why they left the doors in blue. Maybe they're supporters of Valencia! loyalists of Victory would've probably chosen red to go along with yellow.

A good friend of mine just said it looked ugly. Ugly??? now that's straightforward. well, she felt the colours didnt go well with a house & i said it wasnt likely to be a house. well, it was adjacent to a house & a shop both on either side but chances are it's the shop's warehouse. she then responded by something along the lines of she didnt like the colours anywayz as she's more into pastel. i guess she's 'seeing the softness'...

colours aside, island life is always a breath of fresh air literally & figuratively. well, for those who live in male'. the tranquility, kids roaming around outside freely with no hesitation or threat to their lives, the elderly getting together & reminiscing life on holhu ashi, fishermen at sunrise, the chirping crows etc. & what's more soothing than a hot afternoon's beauty nap on a joalifathi in the shades of a smothering tree whilst gentle breezes caress your skin...

p.s. more photos of eydhafushi here