Doors: The both/and of being
By Eric M
26 May 2009
How often do we look at a door and really recognize it's significance?
A door is both/and. Meaning it is two opposing ideas at once.
A door is inclusive, keeping those whom we care about away from others. And it is also exclusive, it keeps others out.
A door is protection from dangers great and small. It also prevents others from helping us when the dangers are on the inside of the door.
A door is a boundary, it tells others where to stop and where they can get lost.
Doors also provide mystery to otherwise simple life. Behind each door is an enigma just waiting to be solved.
A door protects things in our absence and becomes our bane when we, the owner become locked out.
Doors are everything and nothing all at once.
5 responses
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Katerina Podolskaya said (26 May 2009):
love it)
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Laurie Taylor said (27 May 2009):
i wanted to start collecting doors to make a barrier wall in my basement. i constantly want to kick myself for not doing it. a wall of doors would speak volumes as to where they came from and what they represent.
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Mei Teng Wong said (27 May 2009):
I love the first photo! Great writeup as well.
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eithne mythen gave props (6 Sep 2009):
Love doors, and windows, love this essay..I wrote one somewhat similar on windows..
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Marie-Suzanne Nunes gave props (8 Oct 2009):
Well done, good story. Voted.
