This image was taken on Guadalupe Street in Austin, TX, one of the most eclectic and traversed "College streets" in America. It borders the thriving UT campus on one side and on the other, a seemingly urban renassaince of art, music, and food that captures the heart and feel of both student and city life in Austin.
As a student, while the virbant city life can be such an exhilarating experience so much of the time, all too often the hustle and bustle of a burgeoning culture can be a dissonant noise and a source of stress.
On this particular day, I was walking back from dinner with some friends when I noticed this particular cloud formation billowing out of the Austin skyline. It was so antithetical of the sense of locality that permeates so much of Austin and yet also extremely synonomous with its blossoming vitality.
I love Austin... and all that comes with it. I think this photo captures what I love most about it, without even showing much of Austin at all. In all of its quirks and misgivings, Austin also has about itself a certain cultural vibrance; a colorful pulse that drives its people to live, learn, and love further and farther than ever before.
