Ciara, you have written a beautiful and vivid description of this image. I do wonder however, if the vectors being used in the painting, drawing your eye from the foreground, to the middle ground and back to the foreground, could also be interpreted as commenting on how the development of these cities and the ever changing world you referenced, is insignificant to people in small communities on the land. These people in the foreground are far removed from the city being developed and seem uninterested or unaffected by its presence, still going about their daily business.