1.31.2015

1.25.2015

The Cage of Freedom

From the very first moment you step foot in NYC you can feel it:
The place can actually swallow you in one bite. No time to think, to hesitate, to realise.
No way you can run, hide, or find a way to feel safe.
This city is going to eat you, anyway. Fecth you and put you behind golden bars of freedom and endless possibilities.

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It's not only the blinding lights, the skyscrapers or the feeling that all the human beings of the world have gathered in that very street with you. 
It's its air. 
It's the smoke, coming out from the drains, reflected by those shining towers.

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You are finally walking the streets of New York City.
It's been your dreams from years. 
You're walking in a dream:
It feels so like the movies,
Still it also feels so unreal. 
And, as in all good dreams, you also feel you don't belong there.

Not a new yorker. Everyone can see this.
The irritating feeling of being out of place. 
Then why am I also feeling so at home?
I fit in. 
Isn't this obvious?
I want to stay here. 
Then why am I missing home so much?

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"Did you like it?
Would you live there? " - 

"Loved it. 
But I think I couldn't live there. Not now. 
It's a cage. 
A cage of freedom. 
You feel free, but you are in a cage. 
The fact is that you get addicted to the city.. once in, you don't know how on earth it would be possible to live anywhere else. 
It's a cage. Once in, even if the doors are open, you don't want to get out".



© Estate of Laura Poggi

© Estate of Laura Poggi

© Estate of Laura Poggi