One of the problems of glorifying the past is that you edify social institutions that have long become archaic and meaningless . Take roman catholicism’s bedroom relationship with the aristocracy of yore. That relationship is on ample display wherever I’ve been in Austria, so far, with religious shrines and monuments lavishly decorated by, who else, but the aristocracy of yore. I guess something’s gonna have to give while over here, I’m gonna have to get used to it, because Europe seems to be heavily entrenched in the business of edifying the old in castes of gold and marble. These pics are of Vienna’s most famous cathedral, StephansDom, and the Zentral Friedhof, one of Europe’s biggest cemeteries, where 
a lot of famous classical musicians are buried.
I was in a weird mood when I sat down to write how I felt while in the cemetery. You’ve been warned.
