Friday, April 19, 2013

For The Love Of Doors

I dedicate this post to my delightful UK blogging friend and writer, Valerie at A Mixed Bag, who shares a similar fascination with doors.

X ya, Valerie!

Before posting this, I went online and Googled the symbolism of doors because I have always envisioned my fears as doors and mustering the courage to walk through them. So I was curious to see if doors held some esoteric meaning.

And here is what I found out:

Doors

Hope; opportunity; opening; passage from one state or world to another; entrance to new life; initiation.

It can be an entrance or an exit. A door can represent a new challenge or opportunity. It can represent a closing of the past, or a passage to a new future.

I love doors. I love looking at them, touching them, and am curious to know what's on the other side of them. I also like to notice what type of door handle and locks they have, or if the door has a window or if it’s just one sold piece of wood or metal.

Sometimes I’ll walk around the city and go door looking. And it’s interesting how a door to a home will often give me a sense about the people who live inside, because the front door is the first thing you see when walking into a house. It’s almost like an introduction to its inhabitants.

Some doors seem open and welcoming, while others seem closed off and kind of cold; almost giving you a feeling of DO NOT ENTER.

I am especially attracted to older doors, because they contain the life history of those who walked through them prior.

I know this sounds silly, but to me doors contain a personality.

Here are some photographs I took over the past two months of various doors.

I tried to get a bit of variety, to show you how vastly different they can be.

Please enjoy…