AUGUST 2019 THIS week's PICTURE

Wall and porch of a house, WV : photo by Malcolm Aslett

In short, a reminder of the bitty nature of human experience.

Brick and stonework fitting together is a visually attractive sight. It's nice to see these bits of hard and colourful material put into a pleasing order. It's like man taming nature, only not. And when I casually took these photos I never expected there to be so many gaps on the right hand side. So it goes. And so much detail of the world is certainly a record but how much of the detail is useful? Does it matter that certain bricks have been left out and that we don't know the precise nature or colour of certain gaps? And if not, then how much detail is unnecessary detail? How much is recorded only to satisfy the oddly obsessive nature of human beings?

Below is added a detail of a detail, showing a piece of the electric meter. A series of numbers and identification labels are present. They will mean nothing to most of us and will be seen by few. They are still retained here, like archeological scraps whose full meaning will be lost at some future time but cover the surface of our world.

I have a joiner of the front of the house I might put up next week that has a completely different setup. TMI. Remember that line popular in moves of a previous decade? Too much information. NEC: Not enough comprehension.

 

 

 

 

 

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