copyright © Olsen 2016

copyright © Olsen 2016
Interconnected and living within complex thinking.
A life of dynamic systems,
filtering an advanced migration of monitored surveillance.
The psych of the universe governing over our world.

copyright © Olsen 2016
Panmure Villa now known as Armistead House,
once used as a convalescent home for small children.

It changed and reformed into a large formidable house,
a fortunate children’s home for discarded childhood.

Could laughter echo, was there space for love?
Time passes and society convert’s, a children’s home no longer in use.

Even the child development center was not a lasting retreat,
Now the building lies dormant with a trace of what stood.

A property developer has a changing vision,
will children still dwell?

no-longer the villa, a house, the home or center,
and a new invested dream will develop and sell.
copyright © Olsen 2016

Walking through the streets of Dundee through residential areas, housing estates, industrial sprawl, city and the places in-between. I feel the past, present and future collide. Shifting between what the land had been, what it is now and the possibilities of what it could become.
I follow the line of the tram onto the Perth Road and I am surprised by what cultures influence such a small stretch of street. I find Turkish, Italian and Oriental restaurants. I can drink coffee from South America or buy traditional Scottish fare. As I walk, I count the countries shaping the street and I think of the community, now worldwide. I wonder what transformation the community has made over time? How different a tram journey along this street would have been.