Stoicism and Endurance

This tall old brick chimney on corner of Clark and 2^nd in Vancouver is a personal landmark for me. I pass it daily on my way to and from work admiring its monolithic stature. It rises dramatically from an industrial landscape marking a nondescript corner and providing texture and pattern to an otherwise grey and unremarkable neighborhood. I like its age. It throws back to an old Vancouver when people built tall structures out of real brick and mortar. Its stoic sense of endurance gives me a sense of security.