Tuesday, February 07, 2006

from tucson: exits

Doors. So many posters I have seen! Posters of doors. Doors of Madison. Doors of Tuscany. Doors of Yale.

Doors as openings. Doors to historic houses. Adobe buildings of an older Tucson. Doors freeing you to paint them, admire them, photograph them.


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Expressing color. Why do doors into homes with a weaker sun over them (in Wisconsin, for example) shun color? Brown doors up north. Colorful doors down south.

Doors to friendship, doors to new interiors, doors to cafés where they serve strawberry lemonade. With a raspberry bar. Eaten outside under a strong sun.

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And don't forget about wrought iron gates and fences. Decorative: oh! that is so lovely. Or plain: I plan to paint every last bar of it, the owner tells me.

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Doors. Favorite ones:



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Doors for visual effect, doors that are functional. Barricades. Gates. Other gates. Boundary gates. So let’s extend a helping hand, across the Rio Grande… Let them out, let them in. Let’s see your card, step this way please.

Gates of entry. Of passage. The flight to St Paul-Minneapolis will be boarding from Gate 10. Weather in Minneapolis? The captain pauses for effect. A balmy 22 degrees.

Closure to the 78 degrees of Arizona. The cabin door is closed, turn off your cell phones. Thank you for flying with us.

Thank you, thank you. Thank you, hosts and friends and hummingbirds and suns setting and warm sunlight the next morning, waking me up even before the dog barks.

6 comments:

  1. Lovely photos. They make me long for the color and beauty of the southwest.

    And welcome back!

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  2. You know, I miss the strawberry lemonade too. I used to drink it all the time when I lived in Tempe. Big chuck of strawberry would always get stuck in my straw.

    Oh man, I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I kind of miss Arizona.

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  3. What absolutely beautiful pictures. The colors are fantastic.

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  4. I like the door on the bottom right the best, and I like the door on the bottom left the best for a girl.

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  5. Thanks, all. Tonya, you need a visit to AZ.

    Chuck: If it were my adobe abode, I'd go with the girlie door, but photo-wise, I am so with you. That's why I put it at the end of the line up -- best for last.

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  6. I have to agree with Sarah. The colors are so saturated. Gorgeous photos.

    What kind of camera do you use, out of curiosity?

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