I named this blog, "A writer's life, through the lens" with the intention of sharing both writings and photographs. I'm sharing a photograph today which I have hesitated to send out to the masses, because my initial critique of this photograph is that it is so simple and basic. Who could possibly be interested in it? True, it is plain. But I shared this with some photoholic friends of mine and received good reviews. So I started thinking, what about this image is so compelling to me, and why do I discover similar images on my camera once in a while, between hundreds of nature, street, animal or people shots?
Easily, I have connection to this photo because I was in a place I love, during a break from work and life; it was a small vacation. Secondly I am drawn to old buildings, beautiful or not. I do enjoy the majesty and the detail of century-old brick. Perhaps the writer and the photographer in me agree on this: pattern and repetition is pleasing to the eye, and in some cases, to the ear. And finally, maybe drifty artist-types periodically crave the solidity of a place like this. There is all the symbolism of course, of "being grounded" and "having a place to land", all of those maybe-true-but-still-too-crazy-sounding new age-ish terms.
I think it's a very interesting building. Let's leave it at that.
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