Foggy Architectural Mandalas

These three architectural mandalas are derived from foggy photos in Chicago. The fog created a bit more subtle patterns compared to the nice bold sunny day photos of architecture.

This first building is the Equitable building right across from the Wrigley building on the Magnificent mile in downtown Chicago. You can also see the glass fishbowl Apple store in the lower right. For most of the year the weather is foggy like this in Chicago. In winter it gets really cold here and the wind coming off the lake makes the temperature drop even more. This harsh winter environment was more than the fancy schmancy Apple store architect from California designed for. Many of the curved glass panels of the store froze then cracked the first year it was open. They had to replace the expensive curved glass with thicker expensive heat treated glass that was more durable for winter.

This is what the Equitable building turned into. The foggy sky made it more pastel than usual and I color adjusted it to be a bit more sepia. Perhaps it represents a harsh cold polar vortex snowflake coming to crack the glass of the Apple store lol.

Nature can be a cruel beast that could care less about a fancy modern fishbowl building. It crushes those things for fun.

Here is the 77 West Wacker building disappearing in the fog. This building is full of corporate offices mostly of law firms and the ADM corporation. The building to the right is mostly residential condos with great views of the city. The only problem is those condos are super tiny and you have long claustrophobic hallways to navigate through with a bunch of tiny little dogs barking at you from behind their doors as they hear you walk by. Fancy little boxes to live in with high association fees, not my cup of tea.

77 Wacker turned into another snowflake looking mandala. It goes well with the harsh winter in Chicago. As I walk along Wacker to go to the office the cold winter wind creates a blasting tunnel along this open road. You have to wear winter goggles out here to be able to see past the subzero wind chill. I usually try and walk through roads that are blocked by skyscrapers to cut down the wind chill. There is also an underground pedestrian walkway but that place is full of scary looking people lol. I would rather face the subzero winds above ground.

I animated the mandala to turn to a warm color. Wishful thinking while dealing with the winter downtown. Better try the Wim Hoff technique to survive the walk to the train station lol.

Here is a view looking out of my office space. Middle of a building in the middle of a bunch of tall buildings. The fog rolls in nicely creating an ominous tone.

This mandala went through quite a few layers to reach this point. This one could be some sort of album cover for a post/neu rock band. Or possibly a Russian doomer band.

Time to crank up some molach doma while watching this thing pulsate.

Thanks for looking :-)