Pagoda Lake Reflection in Stained Glass Chapel

Pale dawn light slips across the polished floor of a Palembang chapel, illuminating a surreal mirror surface where a towering pagoda and its still lake reflection dominate the center. Thick, vibrant jungle vines have visibly overgrown the left half of the room in a single season, their emerald tendrils curling around stone pillars and draping heavy leaves across the stained glass windows. The glass casts fractured colors of blue and gold onto the wet, mossy floor where the vines take root. Soft lamplight settles into the corners, against the cool, watery blue of the reflected sky. one drop of condensation clings to a vine leaf, hanging precariously over the edge of the artificial lake.