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1 2 3   UER Forum > Archived UE Main > What's your motivation? (Viewed 1837 times) Poll Question: Motivation Total Votes: 124 1. Photographic 31 25 % 2. Historic 27 21.77 % 3. Adrenaline 12 9.68 % 4. Curiosity 54 43.55 % what  Location: Texas Gender: Male RE - Rural Exploration  |  What's your motivation? < on 11/3/2005 7:09 PM >   I've seen this mentioned in passing a few times but not as the main point of the discussion. So in the interest of better understanding for all of us - what is your motivation? Photographic? Historical? Adrenaline? (Getting into somewhere without getting caught) Or just insatiable curiosity? Dark Shadow  Noble Donor Location: London Ontario Gender: Male M.E.C.C.A Member  |  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 1 on 11/3/2005 7:24 PM >   Definetly historical for me. The history that you can see with the naked eye and trying to see what the past generations went though. Somedays I wish that I could go back intime to see the places that we explore today to see how they operated. In some ways that's what we do now right?! DS. ~If electricity comes from electrons, does that mean that morality comes from morons?~ IanK1968  Location: Scarborough, Ontario Gender: Male  |  |  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 2 on 11/3/2005 7:31 PM >   It's definitely historic for me too. I love thinking about what might have done on in a place 50 or 100 years ago. I like to see how places where made 100 years ago too. Today is tomorrows yesterday Logan  Location: Ra-Cha-Cha, NY Gender: Male We miss you Jerry  |  |  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 3 on 11/3/2005 7:33 PM >   I dont think the options are very fair. For me I think it is a little of all of them. I love getting the pictures. I love getting into somewhere I'm not supposed to be without getting caught. It is really cool getting into an area and reading paperwork or anything about the last occupants. I like the Rochester Subway because of its historic value and because I want to see it before it gets filled in with dirt. And whenever I see a building I am always curious as to what lays inside. So I vote all of the above. Cogito Ergo Sum Dark Shadow  Noble Donor Location: London Ontario Gender: Male M.E.C.C.A Member  |  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 4 on 11/3/2005 7:39 PM >   Posted by Logan I dont think the options are very fair. Where I see it is that there have been many times that I leave my camera turned off or at home when my buddies and I go out. The fact of just seeing the past as it is feels like enough to me. I like to walk into an old house and smell the past of old paper or clothes or the wood work running up/down the stairs...It's awesome!! DS. ~If electricity comes from electrons, does that mean that morality comes from morons?~ Beryl  Not as fluffy as Av! Location: Germany Gender: Male Uncle Beryl  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 5 on 11/3/2005 8:17 PM >   Exploring. Curiosity means I expect something, which I don't. I go because I feel like going and knowing. Licentious acrimonious puer æternus. Libertine. this_guy  Location: Chicago suburbs Gender: Male  |  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 6 on 11/3/2005 8:26 PM >   Existential. It's hard to describe, but basically I think exploring an abandoned building for some people is a way of facing the issue of death, forcing them to change their perspective on life. It's easy to define your life by all the wrong things like the house you live in, the factory or office where you work, or the mall where you shop. Explorers see how none of these things can be ultimately fulfilling because they're all so easily overtaken by nature. What really matters in my previous examples are your family that you live with, co-workers that you share the office or factory with, and friends you shop with. Other than that, there's the element of adventure, some sites are definitely historically interesting, and it's hard to pass up all the photo opportunities. "Every sound shall end in silence, but the silence never dies." - from Samuel Miller Hagemen, found written on the wall of an abandoned building what  Location: Texas Gender: Male RE - Rural Exploration  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 7 on 11/3/2005 8:51 PM >   interesting response this_guy. well put. Decoy  Location: Leslieville Gender: Male Oh I have slipped the bonds of earth...  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 8 on 11/3/2005 9:01 PM >   Artistic. Photography falls under this, but I've also done video and paintings in, around, of, and inspired by abandonments. I'm also developing some installation ideas and some performance art pieces as well. Urban Exploration is a great site of action and a wonderful place to stand for an artist. You can go with an activist slant and speak out against gentrification and city "beautification". You can approach it as an outsider and consider it a site of conflict and change which deserves to be observed and commented on. Or you can go for the pure aesthetics and affectual value of the experience. [last edit 11/3/2005 9:02 PM by Decoy - edited 1 times] It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pitty To be lookin' at the board, not lookin' at the city. Dark Shadow  Noble Donor Location: London Ontario Gender: Male M.E.C.C.A Member  |  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 9 on 11/3/2005 9:24 PM >   Posted by Beryl Exploring. Curiosity means I expect something, which I don't. I go because I feel like going and knowing. Way to be different again Beryl! ~sheesh~ Do you understand what a POLL is sir. It's where you add the answer that you want to hear and the people are suppose to answer to one of them! ~lmao~ ~If electricity comes from electrons, does that mean that morality comes from morons?~ Beryl  Not as fluffy as Av! Location: Germany Gender: Male Uncle Beryl  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 10 on 11/3/2005 9:44 PM >   Posted by Dark Shadow CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM <whine> Blah blah Licentious acrimonious puer æternus. Libertine. mute  Location: Ottawa, ON Gender: Male  |  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 11 on 11/3/2005 9:51 PM >   Posted by Logan So I vote all of the above. Same - all of the above, and then some. I can't even pick from the four, it's an equal mix of each. the "then some"? First, meeting new people with similar lifestyles, though this is an indirect consequence of UE, not the reason to UE itself. Second, seeing your city (/province/country) as a whole, not just the parts you are isolated to day-to-day by your economic/social/physical limitations. This could be tied into history and curiosity, though in general, it's not just point B that is always important, it's getting from point A to B. It's those drives through the countryside, it's talking to locals for directions or stories about famous abandonments, etc. Finally, like this_guy said, the existential aspect of being isolated to your individual experience in life, no matter what is built up or breaks down. Axle  Location: Milton, ON Gender: Male Sieg oder Tod  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 12 on 11/3/2005 10:48 PM >   All of the above also. Celer at Audax Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! HillbillyHorus  Location: Charlottesville Virginia Gender: Male Im in ur government, killin ur d00dz  |  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 13 on 11/3/2005 10:48 PM >   I think it's mostly curiosity, with a dash of historic and adrenaline thrown in. Especially with drains, it's all about (for me) wondering "What's at the end of that tunnel? Where does it go? What's in it?", so definately curiosity. The only reason I didn't say "Photography" is because I have no scanner or camera with flash. You can't fall off a mountain. Wiccan  Location: Hamilton Ontario Gender: Female  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 14 on 11/4/2005 12:40 AM >   A little of all I'd say, but I think there's nothing cooler to check out than a decrepit old farmhouse. They're usually very old with interesting architecture and lots of antique-y stuff to see, for example the old piano and 100 year old newspapers and Bibles we last came across. Gets you thinking about who lived there and what the house used to look like. eR1c  Location: Nor-Cal Gender: Male  |  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 15 on 11/4/2005 3:58 AM >   my motivation is actually all of the listed choices as well as documentation. I find that many abandoned sites not only disappear physically but also their memory seems to fade very quickly. My passion for sketching had a lot to do w/ leading me to abandoned sites also. I like to draw the places I visit and people I meet... all from life. click to view WICKED1  Location: Hamilton, Ontario Gender: Female  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 16 on 11/4/2005 4:58 AM >   I must admit that it's the adrenaline that gets me the most. That excited feeling you get when you decide on a place, scope it out, then finally get in. I never know what to expect. I too think it's that "being where you're not supposed to be" aspect. I love taking the pictures as well but all the while, my heart is beating like crazy! "It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any." -Mae West GrayFox  Location: Allston MA Gender: Male A Star of CCTV  |  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 17 on 11/4/2005 5:28 AM >   some of it is the history....but when i go to places i just get this feeling like this is what i should be doing.....almost a feeling of contentment jukebox fuckup  Location: killadelphia Gender: Female  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 18 on 11/4/2005 5:30 AM >   it all turns me on... i think the adrenaline slightly above all “Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite." Explorer Zero   |  |  Re: What's your motivation? <Reply # 19 on 11/4/2005 11:58 AM >   This poll really should have included an "all the above" choice its difficult for me to pick just one so I went with my primal most satiating reason and find I am as usual in the minority. (I dont need to climb a 200ft crane like Noah Vale and coffinail to get my fix of adrenaline these days, that would be an overdosage for me!) UER Forum > Archived UE Main > What's your motivation? (Viewed 1837 times) 1 2 3   All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 125 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 741800742 pages have been generated.