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Reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.


Here is something of an experimental photograph today. I saw this beat up old car pull up at the lights this morning, bumper held together by packing tape, and whipped out the camera, got down low for an interesting angle, and took one snap, then it was gone.

As a model of the flawless photograph, I concede that it is somewhat lacking, but I like it’s potential as a ‘beginning’, ‘middle’ or indeed ‘end’ of a far more thrilling story.

So, the thing I like about this image is how it seems to me an invitation to the viewer to 'fill in the gaps' of its deficits rather than an attempt to tell a complete story.

So I look at in think: ‘how did we get to this point?’

Is that too wanky?

If so, I’m blaming a severe lack of sleep, the lethargy that follows days of being angry about things beyond your immediate control, and far too much thinking about the work of David Lynch than is conducive to good mental health.

Comments

Anonymous said…
That reminds me of my previous car (RIP). I was zooming along when I suddenly noticed the front driver's side light fittings (indicator and headlight) waving around in the breeze. Fortunately my passenger had some elastoplast so we made a temporary repair. The garage said it wasn't worth repairing, so all they did was change the elastoplast for duct tape. Car kept going for 3 or 4 years after that, with just occasional changes of tape.
Anonymous said…
Repaired with tape? *lol*
USelaine said…
An egg cannot break its dome.
perhaps the driver smashed into a postal van. As it was a work car, the postal worker was unperturbed and instead they traded address over package taping mutual pleasures??? Good times.
Kris McCracken said…
Jackie, let me guess: this was in Romania?

April, I've seen a car with bandaids holding things together.

Uselaine, it depends on what is in the egg though, doesn't it?

Loz (or is it Dinny?), if it was a postal worker, they'd claim compo!

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