Brain clinic

So, I took a trip to Las Vegas last month. (I posted a blog about my adventures in getting home a few weeks back.) However, I finally downloaded some of my pics from the trip and I was reminded of this amazing building we saw leaving an outlet mall.



So I'm not sure if you can see very clearing from this photo, but the building looks warped. Almost like it's melting. In fact, I made my friend drive past just so we could take a closer look. Once next to it, we saw the sign that explained what the building was going to be...a brain clinic specializing in dementia and alzheimer's.

Now, I will be the first to admit that I think this building is bad-ass. I don't envy the contractor that had to build it because I'm sure it wasn't easy. But I think it looks awesome. However, I found it to be rather insulting once I saw what it was for. Don't get me wrong, I understand the metaphor. I get how those mental diseases warp the patients minds and that the building represents this change. When my friends and I first saw the building, we nearly thought it was something that needed to be torn down after a fire. It's rather confusing to look at. So why would you construct a building that looks confusing and scary for a group of people that already have a brain imparement? It seems slightly cruel.

On the up side, the back of the building where (I believe) the entrance is located looks like a normal clinic. In fact the rest of the building looks quite normal. Perhaps that is part of the metaphor. Everything looks ok, but part of the whole is warped...perhaps? Either way, I think it's pretty cool.