Friday 15 July 2011

The Leg

I was walking along the South Bank in London, just by City Hall, past groups of people sitting around enjoying the sunshine, listening to music in the outdoor auditorium, hurrying off to do some shopping, eating their lunchtime sandwiches,  and so on - when all of a sudden this leg rose slowly and silently from behind a pile of stacked up slabs.

Various ideas rose in my head along the lines of ... "Hey, is that a real leg?" 

And "It's naked - is its owner wearing any clothes?"

And ... well.

If you look closely you'll see it's actually 2 legs. They belonged to a woman doing yoga on a low wall.   Wearing clothes.  And nobody, apart from me, was taking any notice of her.

Just a typical moment in London.
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19 comments:

  1. Jill15 July 2011 at 23:05

    Very funny! I am pretty sure I would have been thinking along similar lines as you!

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  2. -E-15 July 2011 at 23:23

    i think they're just doing the london thing of looking whilst appearing not to look.

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  3. Sara at Come Away With Me16 July 2011 at 00:23

    That's quite an unexpected sight all of a sudden!

    (and the word verification is "nonsee"...interesting.

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  4. cosmos16 July 2011 at 00:54

    Hi Jenny,
    I would've done a double take.
    It's interesting to know it's a typical moment in London.

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  5. lina16 July 2011 at 02:50

    Interesting place to do yoga. For me, at least.

    And yeah, I bet they are all looking without being too obvious doing it. XD

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  6. Librarian16 July 2011 at 07:32

    Were it not for the position of her toes, I would have thought, too, that it is an artifical leg. It looks just so perfectly toned and with perfect skin, plus one really never knows what ideas modern art comes up with.

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  7. snowwhite16 July 2011 at 14:08

    Jenny, I won't be able to do yoga with naked legs like this in public. So, I envied her a little. What an interesting place London is! If it were In Japan, many people must have looked at her.
    Have a great weekend!

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  8. Rachel Cotterill16 July 2011 at 15:37

    People in London are so good at NOT seeing things! So I'm glad you noticed :)

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  9. Carole Poirot 16 July 2011 at 16:18

    Funny place for yoga practice...then again, it's London, nobody cares what you do/look like etc. :-) Have a lovely weekend. PS: Thanks for your sweet comment xo

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  10. Isabel Doyle17 July 2011 at 10:08

    the world is an odd place

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  11. stardust17 July 2011 at 13:49

    Without your explanation, Genny, I wouldn't have noticed they were two legs together. Almost unheard of here in Japan, but a typical moment in London... isn’t it interesting?

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  12. Sarah17 July 2011 at 17:48

    Great photo! It amazes me what people will walk past without a second glance!

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  13. jabblog17 July 2011 at 19:11

    How funny! I thought maybe it was a performance artist. Londoners aren't fazed by anything;-)

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  14. jabblog17 July 2011 at 19:17

    The Hampton Court show is wonderful and one day is nowhere near long enough to appreciate all the beauty and imagination. I love your photos - a delightful selection:-)

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  15. theconstantwalker17 July 2011 at 20:07

    A lovely image...you are so observant.

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  16. Belle18 July 2011 at 00:03

    This reminds me of Vancouver, BC. You could do practically anything in that city and everyone would just walk by and not even notice.

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  17. Sy18 July 2011 at 10:51

    great post Jenny, I love that about London! All those colourful characters and small oddities that together they make up something much bigger, some kind of beautiful... You see this alot in South London especially!

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  18. Zhoen19 July 2011 at 00:36

    You saw through her SEP field.

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  19. Barbara19 July 2011 at 14:36

    That was an unusual photo opportunity.

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