But first...
Dulltown, UK: Today's weather will be like a small plant in a pot on the window sill, moody, fidgeting, and waiting, but still thirsty and dry.
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Yes, this is a photograph of...
Well...
I think it's a side window, down a narrow street, of a building in Dulltown centre. Maybe around the corner there is a shop of some kind, which this window is part of, but I didn't look - I was more interested in the thing itself, and it's oddities.
It's a very messy composition, isn't it, dear reader?
It was the messiness that attracted my eye.
Shall we talk about it, going down from the top, or up from the bottom?
Up from the bottom, I think.
The glass has something painted on it. This is, apparently, what you do if there is construction going on inside, and you don't want the public, and possibly tool thieves, looking in. What is it that they use to do it? Is it really whitewash? Do the workers buy a gallon of whitewash specially for such purposes? Or, do they keep a small quantity of whitewash, and a brush, in the place, just for such occasions?
Above that is clear glass, with some printed stripes on it, but high enough for people to not see in, except for a view of some strip lights on a ceiling, receding away in straight lines. It is very good for the composition of the piece, because they are the only inclusion of depth in the whole thing.
Next up. Ah, that must have been where the name of the shop, or whatever it was, was. All the letters have gone, but their screw-heads remain. And what a very nice dark blue the background is. Hm, it looks like a biggish word, with some smaller stuff underneath. Shall we try to guess what it might have said, dear reader - you know, like forensic detectives trying to solve a tricky case?
'No.' is a very good reply to that question.
And, at the top.
Well, look, this isn't a permanent thing anyway - it's just a piece of printed plastic nailed up there. It seems to depict a stylish, but hauntingly spacious, living room, which has some furniture, a stack of shelves, a potted plant, a doll and some child's bricks, and a TV. The style of this, oh, and the colour, looks a bit 1960s to me.
Well, what an odd collection! What an odd juxtaposition!
But with plenty of colour, and texture, and puzzlement.
Yes, as a photograph, not bad at all!
You could even look for 'meaning' in it - if you wanted to.
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