8.2.12

To You, To Me

I took these pictures in Achrafieh. The building is just down the street from where I once lived. That seems like a lifetime ago.

See the face at the base of this baroque-looking over-the-door ornamentation? What does it say to you? Is that a look of serenity? Haughtiness? Contemplation, introspection, placidity, indifference? Is this a wise, knowing face? Or is it the face of innocence, youthful ignorant bliss?

For years the world has gone by, literally under the nose of this funny little face. I can't help wondering what I'd look like if I'd been up above a door for as many years, what sort of expression I'd have on my face.

And what would it be like to go through this door every day? A lifetime of coming and going, arriving and departing, alone or with friends and family. What effect would it have to pass beneath that face over and over again?

3 comments:

  1. Such fancy, lovely details in the buildings architectural ornamentation, Mary Ann!
    I'm back from visiting the Jaipur Daily Photo blogger and his wedding in northern India

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    1. I've enjoyed your travel/wedding photos. Amazing! And I'm terribly envious.

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  2. Looks very GRAND, like a Royal House....Very elegant and stylish!

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