Between Reality and Poetry

Comparing what is said, what is speculated, what is criticised, what is suffered...Actually, everybody is living the catastrophe through their own eyes. If you have a look to the reality, near the fires, it may look like that http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russian_wildfires.html. But if you live in Moscow, my friends and I saw some amazing things that explain the frivolous attitude of the moscovites (even in a catastrophic situation): people wearing a mask in an air-conditioned car, senior people having a beer outside the metro asking you for a lighter, stopped cars spitting gaz emissions with children playing behind, people having dinner on terrasse...

Still, worth having a look to that very nice video - a love hymn to the smoked city of Moscow.

Silent Hill

Moscovite Resident Evil

That's terrible. Villages are burning all around Moscow, forests are devastated, Moscow is drown in a wave of smoke that creates a dull video-game environment. 2012 will occur in 2011? And of course, Russian people try to handle with jokes (playing with fairy tales or with one of the most famous TV news host). As usual.

(Photos: Dirrty Frank, gorilla in the mist)

Melting Moscow