Day 1,370: sagging, skeletal, pylon

The sagging wires held aloft by charmless, skeletal pylons along which the electricity from such installations gets to the people who use it, by contrast, are for the most part truly unlovely.

The case for an environmentalism that builds

Artwork of the day 
Pylons (study for The City)
Fernand Leger
Original Title: Les pylônes (étude pour La Ville)
Style: Naïve Art (Primitivism)
Genre: cityscape
Location: Musee National Fernand Leger, Biot, France
Dimensions: 31.8 x 41.5 cm

Word of the day 
sagging: lower or less strong
skeletal: of or like a skeleton (= frame of bones)
pylon: a tall metal structure to which wires carryingelectricity are fixed so that they are safely heldhigh above the ground

Quote of the day