Sunday, November 18, 2012

Scale: Large Scale vs. Small Scale

I'm not sure if I can make the point here, but so many things in Hong Kong illustrate the extremes.  Either huge....or microscopic.  Here is just one illustration.  We walked through the Goldfish Market, a short street which is a succession of small shops selling mostly aquarium fish, turtles and other unknown aquatic creatures. Teeny tiny fish which could be scooped out in some unknown quantities, itty bitty turtles as big as your thumbnail, plastic bags hanging from ceiling hooks holding swimming larvae which I assume grow into something resembling fish.  Because there are so many people crammed into small spaces, aquariums are big business and we watched as the locals bought the little fish to take home to their tiny apartments to lend some feng shui.  I couldn't capture these tiny beings very well in pictures, but hopefully the following will convey the sense of scale in Hong Kong.
Large Scale:  The size of the lobby at the Harbour Grand Hotel. That black and white small rectangle to the right of the center is a bellboy.
The Reception Desk at the Harbour Grand.  Large scale.
Small Scale:  Tomato plants at the Flower Market
Teeny tiny tomatoes.
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