2024-12-22T20:52:14-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/138428053/a-melancholic-tour-of-sad-topographies Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-10-07T18:32:00-04:00 >2015-10-23T21:03:18-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vy/vye36hp2mt9d4ab2.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Humans have sculpted the landscape in their image ever since the age of the anthropocene began &ndash; but aside from our delusions of grandeur (Mt. Rushmore) or engineering marvels (Panama Canal), our sadder, more pathetic selves have also made their mark on the Earth.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://instagram.com/sadtopographies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sad Topographies</a>, a selection of spitefully named geographical features culled from Google Maps screengrabs, gathers the instances where we couldn&rsquo;t help but project our miseries onto an unassuming Earth. The collection includes such melancholic gems as Mt. Despair, Crazy Woman Creek, and Mistake Island.</p><p>Let's take a despondent tour, starting with a walk down Sad Road...</p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/uploads/6b/6bklzsclmgcn39gh.png"></p><p>Continuing woefully through Hopeless Pass...</p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/uploads/pn/pnc5pvhpzd4joyky.png"></p><p>&nbsp;Before questioning our life choices by Point No Point...</p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/uploads/fb/fbq3pcpfudmrex8i.png"></p><p>Followed by shamefully relieving ourselves "Where the devil urinates"...</p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/uploads/1n/1n1rltg5g43mrajr.png"></p><p>In the terrifying shadow of Bloody Dick Peak...</p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/uploads/5k/5kbc6z0nyzpk7oon.png"></p><p>As we consider shuffling off our mortal coil along Shades of Death Road...</p><p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/uploads/f8/f8i4xouuwb9bhe9m.png"></p><p>Until asking ourselves why we even try anymore as the sun sets out...</p>