Green water feature at the Barbican Centre with stepped red-brown brick platforms, grey and brown Brutalist buildings on both sides, and a pale blue sky with light cloud above. I went to the Barbican expecting calm. Serene walkways. Brutalist geometry softened by quiet contemplation. A place to wander slowly and feel a little removed from London. What I found was interesting, absorbing, and occasionally unsettling - not in a bad way, just in a way...