"Scala" Painted Stairs by Horst Gläsker

Last year we posted about a couple who penned excerpts of their grandparents love letters on their stairs. Inside your own home is one thing but Horst Gläsker raises the bar by combining emotional words with bright colors on a public German stairway.

We spotted these photos of artist and professor Horst Gläsker's "Scala" on Hue. He painted 112 steps, all conveying a different emotion or behavior associated with relationships. Examples include "to forgive", "to cuddle", "to offer resistance","to seduce", "to get the tinglies", "panic", "to flourish", and of course "love".

Should we ever be so lucky as to walk down this German street, there is no way we could resist the lure of strolling up these colorful stairs.

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Can we hire the guy to do an American version? because it's high time the Exorcist stairs got a facelift and started working towards a better reputation!

posted by k02 on October 14th 2009 at 5:52pm
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This is amazing!

posted by arroyo on October 14th 2009 at 6:04pm
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This is a boost of rainbow happiness, especially on a dreary day! I can only imagine how it'd glow during a night of quiet snowfall....

posted by sarrazak on October 14th 2009 at 6:39pm
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Stunning and heartfelt.
I had an immediate emotion reaction upon seeing these and I have no idea what those words mean.

posted by pinkpianos on October 14th 2009 at 7:02pm
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@k02

they better not! that was my old hangout in the 90s with the goth kids.

posted by mntngr on October 14th 2009 at 9:30pm
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@mntngr -- maybe you should do a Goth version! In Latin, of course, using key words from ye olde exorcism rite.

posted by rosenatti on October 14th 2009 at 11:00pm
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exorcist stairs?

posted by paintitbright on October 15th 2009 at 3:16am
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@paintitbright exorcist stairs= huge staircase in georgetown, washington dc made famous by the movie the exorcist. I used to run these stairs often- I agree it would be pretty sweet if they were rainbow!

posted by caminante on October 15th 2009 at 7:26am
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I love this stair! I wish it was in Los Angeles - it would make me happy every time I saw it. Unfortunately, we're pretty lacking in public stairs of any kind, much less cool ones like these.

posted by Emily the Cat on October 15th 2009 at 10:08am
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"To get the tinglies" I love it!

posted by StudioStarter on October 15th 2009 at 12:09pm
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ahhh, i can totally imagine walking past these and doing a double take, then retracing my steps backwards. what a wonderful little surprise!

kelly
http://tearinguphouses.blogspot.com

posted by k51279 on October 15th 2009 at 1:38pm
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Magical.

posted by mirandabee on October 15th 2009 at 2:16pm
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@mntngr: you were probably one of the folks I glared at if you didn't get out of my way fast enough.

@caminante: and you might've been one of the folks joining me in glaring-mode.

Heh.

posted by k02 on October 20th 2009 at 5:23pm
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