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usebagon
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14 years ago

I like the the juxtaposition of the two objects, especially how they can oppose each other in their symbolic meanings

usebagon
Guest
14 years ago

I like the the juxtaposition of the two objects, especially how they can oppose each other in their symbolic meanings

Elizabeth
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Elizabeth
14 years ago

utterly perfect

Elizabeth
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Elizabeth
14 years ago

utterly perfect

Tj
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Tj
14 years ago

No idea on the whereabouts, but I am curious, what are the symbolic meanings represented here.

Tj
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Tj
14 years ago

No idea on the whereabouts, but I am curious, what are the symbolic meanings represented here.

Lisa
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Lisa
14 years ago

ahh hahahahahahhahaha! that’s the funniest thing I’ve read all night!

Lisa
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Lisa
14 years ago

ahh hahahahahahhahaha! that’s the funniest thing I’ve read all night!

Kitty
Guest
14 years ago

This reminds me of a Sting song, can’t remember the name of the song, but the lyrics are haunting, “Birds on the roof of my mother’s house, I try to chase them away, birds on the roof of my mother’s house, fly on my own roof someday.”

Staff
Member
14 years ago

To me, the cross looked like a symbol atop a grave and crows are also symbolic of death. The way the cross seemed to loom over the crow struck me as the way humans (or at least me) tend to denaturalize death and over emphasize its terrors. So that death takes on a horrible aspect nstead of just a natural part of life that comes when it comes.

And those song lyrics seem oddly appropriate.

Staff
Member
14 years ago

To me, the cross looked like a symbol atop a grave and crows are also symbolic of death. The way the cross seemed to loom over the crow struck me as the way humans (or at least me) tend to denaturalize death and over emphasize its terrors. So that death takes on a horrible aspect nstead of just a natural part of life that comes when it comes.

And those song lyrics seem oddly appropriate.

e.
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e.
14 years ago

Has a western gothic feel about it. Dark and moody. Death and the traveler.

e.
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e.
14 years ago

Has a western gothic feel about it. Dark and moody. Death and the traveler.

Kitty
Guest
14 years ago

I can’t believe I botched those lyrics because I probably listened to this one a thousand times.
The song is “The Lazarus Heart” and the lyrics go like this:
“Birds on the roof of my mother’s house, no stones to chase them away, birds on the roof of my mother’s house, sit on my own roof someday.”

Kitty
Guest
14 years ago

I can’t believe I botched those lyrics because I probably listened to this one a thousand times.
The song is “The Lazarus Heart” and the lyrics go like this:
“Birds on the roof of my mother’s house, no stones to chase them away, birds on the roof of my mother’s house, sit on my own roof someday.”

Chip
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Chip
14 years ago

Are you sure that it isn’t a movie still from “The Omen”?

Chip
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Chip
14 years ago

Are you sure that it isn’t a movie still from “The Omen”?

kristabel
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14 years ago

I love this photo, Kym!

kristabel
Guest
14 years ago

I love this photo, Kym!

Toni
Guest
14 years ago

You are too funny, Kym! I hope you figure out where you were when you took this photo. It’s a great shot. Excellent observation, great composition and subject.

Toni
Guest
14 years ago

You are too funny, Kym! I hope you figure out where you were when you took this photo. It’s a great shot. Excellent observation, great composition and subject.

Lisa
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Lisa
14 years ago

no luck with the location? it’s still funny that you have photo amnesia 🙂

Lisa
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Lisa
14 years ago

no luck with the location? it’s still funny that you have photo amnesia 🙂

MJEAN
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MJEAN
14 years ago

Kym,
Shall I disclose the location of the photo? I’m surprised that one of the locals hasn’t identified it by now.

MJEAN
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MJEAN
14 years ago

Kym,
Shall I disclose the location of the photo? I’m surprised that one of the locals hasn’t identified it by now.

Staff
Member
14 years ago

I know where it is but Mom is the only one so far who has identified the place. Go ahead, tell ’em.

Staff
Member
14 years ago

I know where it is but Mom is the only one so far who has identified the place. Go ahead, tell ’em.

John
Guest
14 years ago

Good photograph…I like the negative space

John
Guest
14 years ago

Good photograph…I like the negative space

olmanriver
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olmanriver
14 years ago

clearly this photo was inspired by one of bergmans flicks… is the next scene a line of exhausted and unbathed MJ clippers trudging disconsolately, laden with clipper paraphanalia, driven like cattle up thomas road by shorthaired growers in baseball caps driving F-350s?
good coffee this AM

olmanriver
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olmanriver
14 years ago

clearly this photo was inspired by one of bergmans flicks… is the next scene a line of exhausted and unbathed MJ clippers trudging disconsolately, laden with clipper paraphanalia, driven like cattle up thomas road by shorthaired growers in baseball caps driving F-350s?
good coffee this AM

O. Rivierra
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O. Rivierra
14 years ago

now that i have sobered up from the coffee, i wish to say that that grower stereotype probably fits salmon creek the least of many neighborhoods, no wish you paint your hood with such a brush, my movie mind was rambling at the mouth.

O. Rivierra
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O. Rivierra
14 years ago

now that i have sobered up from the coffee, i wish to say that that grower stereotype probably fits salmon creek the least of many neighborhoods, no wish you paint your hood with such a brush, my movie mind was rambling at the mouth.

Carson Park Ranger
Guest
14 years ago

The photo reminds me of the excellent HBO series Carnivàle. One almost expects a dust storm to blow in from the east.

Carson Park Ranger
Guest
14 years ago

The photo reminds me of the excellent HBO series Carnivàle. One almost expects a dust storm to blow in from the east.

MJEAN
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MJEAN
14 years ago

With all the possible scenarios posted for the location of this photo, I almost hesitate to share the answer to Kym’s question. The answer is much more mundane than those suggested, but, here goes.

I’m not sure who is presently housed in this building but it is located next to the Garberville Postoffice. At one time, it was the building used by, I believe, the Assembly of God Church – thus the cross. I don’t have an answer for why the crow was there.

MJEAN
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MJEAN
14 years ago

With all the possible scenarios posted for the location of this photo, I almost hesitate to share the answer to Kym’s question. The answer is much more mundane than those suggested, but, here goes.

I’m not sure who is presently housed in this building but it is located next to the Garberville Postoffice. At one time, it was the building used by, I believe, the Assembly of God Church – thus the cross. I don’t have an answer for why the crow was there.

Staff
Member
14 years ago

I know why the crow was there Tang Soo Do was getting out and the crow was hoping for crumbs from snacking kids!

Staff
Member
14 years ago

I know why the crow was there Tang Soo Do was getting out and the crow was hoping for crumbs from snacking kids!

MJEAN
Guest
MJEAN
14 years ago

Hmm… good title for a book, “The Crooked Cross and the Hungry Crow.”

MJEAN
Guest
MJEAN
14 years ago

Hmm… good title for a book, “The Crooked Cross and the Hungry Crow.”

noise bursts
Guest
14 years ago

This is amazingly heavy.

noise bursts
Guest
14 years ago

This is amazingly heavy.