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Patricia Lay-Dorsey | all galleries >> my photo-a-day archives >> 2007 photo-a-day galleries >> photo-a-day October 2007 > Bring back memories?
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04-OCT-2007

Bring back memories?

Did you ever wonder where they got those yucky tiles that were used in all the old school halls? It's like there was some perverse tilemaker that only had contracts with schools. I see them every week and they still bring back feelings of anxiety about such things as remembering my locker combination, the possibility that the teacher might call on me for homework I hadn't done, and whether or not Alvin Y. really liked me like all the girls said he did. As I've said here before, it's amazing anyone survives childhood!

My thanks to all you wonderful folks who have responded to my request for your suggestions as to which photos I might submit to the 2007 Black and White Spider Awards competition. There's still lots of time to share your views. Just CLICK HERE to go to my new gallery called "Black & White Revisited" where 48 possibilities are posted. Thanks again for your help.

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Greg Harp12-Oct-2007 01:00
Superbly done Patricia.
Neal Nye05-Oct-2007 12:10
Geometry was not my best subject in high school, but I love the geometry of this picture. You couldn't have composed it more effectively!
daanstringer.com05-Oct-2007 08:51
like it!
Ann...05-Oct-2007 06:29
Wonderful use of light - The curves and soft lines of the person contrast so well with all the straight lines in the image. I can only read it as moving forward to the light - what that light is is something different for each one of us.
Adalberto Tiburzi05-Oct-2007 05:57
I see the Cross. I see the Golgotha.
Adal
Paco López05-Oct-2007 05:48
Excellent, Pat!!!!!!!!! Big vote!
JSWaters05-Oct-2007 05:41
Patricia, this is the stuff of all of our lives. We may try to hide it, but the fact is, we've all been there.... walking up those steps to the greater unknown. An act of courage, perhaps, or maybe an act of faith of some sort. Anything to get to a better future.
Jenene
Barbara Heide05-Oct-2007 04:17
oops ...I can see what you mean...there is also a very special smell going with it!
Barbara Heide05-Oct-2007 04:17
deep reflection...I ca
Guest 05-Oct-2007 02:24
I really love this. I also like Phil's thoughtful comment! V
Phil Douglis05-Oct-2007 01:48
Memories, yes. But there is more to this image than nostalgia. The burned out window at the head of the steps implies a blank future. What happens in these halls will affect the course of all who walk them -- and that blank window is the clean slate that all of us begin with. The symbolic student moves towards it, and you stop time, asking her (and us) to consider where she might be headed.
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