The Alley After Rain — 1014 Piece Art Puzzle

The rain has just stopped but the cobblestones haven't decided to dry yet. Lamplight pools in every crack and hollow, turning the narrow street into something more like a mirror than a road. Somewhere further down, a door is open. The light from inside is warmer than the street.

1014 pieces of wet stone and amber glow — the layered facades of old buildings pressing close, reflections doubling the lanterns into something almost too much, and the particular quiet that only arrives after rain in a city that was already mostly asleep. Every puddle, every shutter, every hanging sign rewards the looking.

Some streets are best walked in pieces.