Fish Eyes

The strangest thing happened to me today. I was trying to locate an image of this great spider sculpture in Barcelona. My random search was inspired by a few images I had seen of public sculptures displayed throughout the city. Having never been there, these images stuck.

During my search I found an interesting blog by photographer Mike Baker. Apparently he'd taken some photos in Barcelona. Intrigued with his content I began to read. I noticed an image of a cappuccino cup foregrounding a chocolate-laden spoon.

A link from what turned out to be a "hot chocolate" entry led me to a small collection of photos. A photo of a white door against a blue building face caught my attention, its punctum the worn bottom edge of the door.

Upon returning to the blog entry, I noticed the previous entry described Baker's jaunt with Pixies tickets.

what makes this such an interesting coincidence is that I've been thinking of a Pixies album (Trompe Le Monde) for a few months now, and actually noticed in a record shop recently. In college I used the track "Subbacultcha" for the intro to my radio show (the theme rooted in subculture). Loved the lyrics, loved everything about the track. The words that stuck out were "eyeliner" and "luna." There was another track that I played over and over - "Alec Eiffel." And on the cover, fish eyes in salt.

I wonder why he likes the Pixies. From this point forward I'll always associate this picture with fish eyes in salt.