A couple of days ago I reblogged Searching to See‘s incredible posting “What Once Was Here.” Their pictures lived on and wriggled their way into my psyche, so I asked if they would be open to me composing some paragraphs responding to the images. What follows is the result of that…
images – Emily and Alex Hughes
texts – N Filbert
- What’s left hanging, a dangling or loosened shadow, often ends determining. A note you left with simple instruction opened on unprepared mystery. Unable to handle and afraid of the dark, tiny conduits tunneling everywhere. The twine wobbly and knotted, but the lines of the threshold so clear. When things are left hanging, though exciting and ominous, possibilities frighten. The key to what once was here is risk.
Polysemic Stupor 
this rhapsody … my new favorite. absolutely beautiful work – photography & of course, the language.
Hi there! Looks great. I saw you made a couple more edits. I’ll try to blog this too later when kids are in bed! Oh and thanks soooo much for the award! 🙂
yay – thanks to you!
thank you – they indeed make some fantastic images