Dress code is business homeless

Barcelona is a really nice city. Maybe better than Paris. Hard to say because the weather is so much better in Barcelona. Being near the coast is a nice bonus as well. It doesn't match the Parisian variety and quantity of incredible buildings but it does have Gaudi. 

Gaudi was alive during the late 1800's and early 1900's. He was basically an architect that rethought gothic techniques and popularized modernism. Walking throughout the city one can see a number of Gaudi buildings. 

The buildings aren't like any I've ever seen. It's almost like they are too crazy to be taken seriously. It's as if a child designed the castle, asking for an inordinate amount of towers, candy lining the roof tops and then having it built. 

La sagrada familia is still being built over 75 years since Gaudi's death. He died in 1926 after being run over by a tram. Apparently he dressed very shabbily and somewhat like a homeless person so that when he was run over, no one recognized him as "Gods architect". It wasn't until a couple days after that he was recognized but at that point he had succumbed to his injuries and died at the age of 73. 

Walking back to the apartment we are staying at after a long day of walking and sight-seeing, we saw a man in the corner of the apartment building laying down on a mattress with a sleeping bag reading a book with his Armani reading spectacles and dressed in a suit. He was dressed quite formally (business homeless). It made me wonder if he was like Gaudi. A genius, dressed like a bum. He must see the world quite differently than anyone else, living his life the way he does. It allows him to see perspectives and beauty in things we take for granted. Maybe he was reading some philosophical works of masters long gone. Maybe he was reading up on the latest in nanotechnology. 

Given that a Gaudi comes a long once a millennium, it's likely that he's average (and special) just like everyone else. It's fun to wonder though. 

I tried dressing like a genius would. I'm not sure if it's working. Mostly this is just a place on my head that I just can't seem to reach. The arm length to head circumference is working against me at this point. Maybe I could become an evil genius - the large head size would give me a great evil nickname! El McBraino! A name that would pay homage to my heritage and my melon.