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After listening to a great video conversation between writers and photography inquirers, Susan Sontag and John Berger, I had to go for a walk. I wrote a bit in my journal too.
There's a couple of dead looking homes near a well-used graffiti spot in Oakville. I went to check them out thinking they'd be accessible but they were boarded up from all angles. At first, I didn't realize there was more than one, but a longish shared driveway took me to the others. It was weird and the house at the very back had 1 light on? I didn't go near it. It seemed like an odd place to live, if someone was indeed home, given that the driveway is blocked off.
I took some photos but I don't feel like they're share worthy.
On a side note, there were a lot of rabbits around which was cool. I'd say Peter Rabbit is a good fictional reference of an urban explorer... but he's more like Robin Hood. And I don't think explorers give much stuff away.
Thought of by OpenHouse
I think the reason I scoped out this house is because I wanted to tell a story. People say all stories begin at the end. An end, to be clearer. Traditionally, death is the ultimate symbolic end. Many Shakespearean tragedies end in death, while the comedies end in marriage. This is a different kind of end; a transformation kind of one? I feel abandonedness is a quality of conclusion and therefore an invitation for storytellers.
I went out searching for a story but I don't know if I found one.
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Listening to: Jam Band by WLMRT
Thinking about: how much I love spellcheck
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Well, let's see the pics!
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Posted by randomesquephoto
Well, let's see the pics!
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Here's two. I'd like to wait and see if any of these houses open up. Seems kind of wrong to only have blurry outdoor pics to show.
If anyone else has pictures or stories from this/these place(s). I'd love if you could share. (Show me up!). I like looking at other peoples art and there're a lot of really talented people on this site.
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Posted by OpenHouse
Here's two. I'd like to wait and see if any of these houses open up. Seems kind of wrong to only have blurry outdoor pics to show.
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Might help if you shot them in the daylight...
Just when I thought I was out... they pulled me back in.
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Posted by blackhawk
Might help if you shot them in the daylight...
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You're absolutely right.
It's wicked to master natural lighting. But, the whole time I wished I had some sort of back-light. At school we learn how to light tiny stop motion sets. You're, making me think. Wouldn't it be so cool to have that much control over lighting an abandoned house? Maybe somewhere remote where you wouldn't make a big scene. Different coloured lights, combos of high and low key lighting. It would be so much fun :]
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Posted by OpenHouse
Here's two. I'd like to wait and see if any of these houses open up. Seems kind of wrong to only have blurry outdoor pics to show.
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If anyone else has pictures or stories from this/these place(s). I'd love if you could share. (Show me up!). I like looking at other peoples art and there're a lot of really talented people on this site.
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Thanks got posting pics! Even outside in the dark. Better than not taking any!
Now, how about you step it up for yourself, and get out and take some inside! And during the day!
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