of the rising sun...

Although mankind has been fascinated by the natural phenomenon of sunrise and sunset since the beginning of time, human contemplation of the sun's apparent daily journey around the earth has changed throughout the ages. From pagan rituals celebrating life and changes of seasons to the western romanticism of sunset at the beach, many are the ways to be mesmerized by the influence that the sun brings to our life.

My latest experience with a sun came unexpectedly during last weekend. I was sitting in BerlinHbf train station waiting for the train back to Potsdam. I saw at distance a man sitting on a bench, he was leaning forward in a strange position, apparently the night had not gone well for him. On the background, rooftops of Berlin start to gain freshly painted colors and the company of a morning mist.

The human construction (train station), the human element (man on the bench) and the observer (Ich) stayed motionless for about one minute. Then the train came and broke the silence with its raging breaks spitting chorus of metallic sounds. The man was gone, I was leaving but the sun remained ever rising.

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I made two pictures. The black and white one that I show here and a colored one. If you would like to have any of them in better resolution so you can freely use let me know...