Exactly, Da Beat has no qualms whatsoever to sever reality in that way. It ain't journalism. He could also do a horizontal flip on the clouds. On the other hand, the picture is about an unsettling feeling. You know, the same sort of detachment from reality you get when seeing highly detailed model railway images. Everything adds up consciously, but there is always something unsettling about not quite judging the size correctly. If you stand in front of a large print (for some gravitas) of this slightly out-of-balance image and get a bit nauseated, I guess that's actually a reasonable effect, no?
You are forcing the viewers of the nominal large print to risk health on the altar of creative wilfulness; is that fair or even, dare I say it, politically correct?
On a different note, I discovered today - from a chance conversation - that there now exists a ferry from Alcudia to Toulon, offering a great alternative to getting to France that saves the horrors of finding the right road on exiting the ferry at Barcelona. No matter how many times I did that trip, that single section always confused me with its multi-lane roundabout immediately at the exit from the ferry terminal. It was hardly any the easier getting back to that terminal going in the Mallorca direction: a tiny notice inside a tunnel was all I could find. The yachting port, however, was signalled very clearly! Class distinction, obviously.
Alcudia is just a few minute's drive across the local bay! Save all the hassle of driving across the island at night to get to Palma for the overnight ferry.
Toulon would completely change my usual route north, and could open up all manner of exciting new prospects. Just need this apartment to sell before I grow too old.
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