I, too, am fascinated by doorways. I always take two cameras when I travel: one for the silly traveling snapshots (girl clasping boy's hand, standing on bridge; boy waving in front of large marble fountain, etc.) and the other for doorways. My favorites are the ones I took in New Orleans. Now that much more poignant. Have they ever inspired a poem in you?
I prefer to think of doorways as symbols of transition (although of course arguments can be made for other possibilities). Whereas, I have not devoted the rhetoric of a poem solely to this conceit it has figured in several of my pieces. Thanks for commenting and asking the question.
These are gorgeous photos. I want one framed.
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2 - Colonial Casa, Merida Mexico (©Jack Dysart)
3 - Xelha Mayan Ruins Quintana Roo Mexico (Photo by Bill Bell)
4 - Doorways of the old Kasbah Mosque in Morocco
5 - Banteay Srei Temple (967 AD)
ANGKOR WAT, Cambodia
1 & 6-8 - Calabria, Southern Italy
I, too, am fascinated by doorways. I always take two cameras when I travel: one for the silly traveling snapshots (girl clasping boy's hand, standing on bridge; boy waving in front of large marble fountain, etc.) and the other for doorways. My favorites are the ones I took in New Orleans. Now that much more poignant. Have they ever inspired a poem in you?
ReplyDeleteI prefer to think of doorways as symbols of transition (although of course arguments can be made for other possibilities). Whereas, I have not devoted the rhetoric of a poem solely to this conceit it has figured in several of my pieces. Thanks for commenting and asking the question.
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