daydreams

The dead of winter is a tough time to try and build a tinderbox of anything new and exciting. It makes a hard environment for fostering any sparks of inspiration, for keeping any embers of ideas alive and glowing. January is that frozen-over period, one that is muted, dulled from damp and the damndest amount of gray to ever be allowed in a single state. So how do we light a match? From where do we siphon out even a sliver of light in order to keep our own selves lit up? We daydream. Specifically, of faraway lands, the ones that swirl with mystique, and effortlessly beam with beauty. Longtime Commuter contributor Brenda Autry traveled abroad this Winter break, and along the way, she expertly captured the magic of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna from behind her lens. She brings a little of that magic dust back to us through these dreamy still frames taking up the page, laid out for all our daydreaming-into-infinity pleasure.

▼ Looking through the entrance of Fisherman's Bastian on the Buda side of Budapest.