Open the Door
Last Monday I told you about my love affair with sandals. Sigh.
True confession - I also have a thing for doors. Doors fire my imagination right up. I wonder what's going on behind them when they're closed.
Open doors always look so inviting that I want to venture inside to see what's there.
Shuttered doors keep a double secret. Do they hide a beautiful door or a plain one? Are they hiding a treasure or a monstrosity?
Sometimes I wonder why the owners of some doors make them look this way. I have an image of the owner of this house.
I also like doors that call themselves gates because they're not all there. They keep us out, but let us see inside - "Nanny, nanny, boo, boo, you can't come in."
Doors represent opportunity - when opportunity knocks. And choices - "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
How about you? Do you like doors? Do doors fire up your imagination?
Maybe Jim Morrison had a thing for doors, too :)
Can you write a story or paragraph about one of these doors? Or use one in your WIP?
Happy Monday!
Tried to fix the wonky spacing. Failed. :(
True confession - I also have a thing for doors. Doors fire my imagination right up. I wonder what's going on behind them when they're closed.
Open doors always look so inviting that I want to venture inside to see what's there.
Shuttered doors keep a double secret. Do they hide a beautiful door or a plain one? Are they hiding a treasure or a monstrosity?
I also like doors that call themselves gates because they're not all there. They keep us out, but let us see inside - "Nanny, nanny, boo, boo, you can't come in."
Doors represent opportunity - when opportunity knocks. And choices - "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
How about you? Do you like doors? Do doors fire up your imagination?
Maybe Jim Morrison had a thing for doors, too :)
Can you write a story or paragraph about one of these doors? Or use one in your WIP?
Happy Monday!
Tried to fix the wonky spacing. Failed. :(
Comments
And thanks for the idea about using a door in a scene. I think I may have just hit upon something.
Happy Monday.
Slamdunk - I love gates, too.
Joanne - I love both your door series and the porch series.
Linda K - I like the Rolling Stones, too, LOL!
LR - Same here :)
Rula - Very good. Now that your imagination is going, sit down and put it to work!
A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens. —JOHN UPDIKE
Great pictures and those sandals are fantastic!
Tracy Jo - I'll go check the link and my email in a bit. Thanks.
J.L. - Same. Must be the writer thing.
Elspeth - Of course!
Laura - It's an open and shut case :)
Does make me wonder what my front door says about me.
Great post Carol!
Alex - Alone?
Laney - Great! I think we never know what will inspire us until it does. Thanks for commenting :)
Helen - LOL...I wonder what people think of mine sometimes, too.
Lydia - No, I've never read Secret Garden. I'll check it out. Thanks!
Talli - Door photos would be fantastic!
Clarissa - The last door is on an old farmhouse not too far from where I live.
Holly - They do set the tone.
L.G. - Totally agree about Santa Fe!
Angela - I love when doors invite me in :)
Talei - Oh, I'd love to have my pick of doorknobs. Most here are basically the same - and not many are outstanding.
Liza - I'm sure your photos will be much better than mine are here. And I'm wanting a better camera, but maybe next year.
Donna
Donna - Talei blogged about something similar happening with books. Why do we do things like that - LOL!
I'm a big door fan as well. I like the idea that you can go in or out, see something fresh or leave something no longer desirable. Love the symbolism.
Also, my other favorites are bridges. Any kind of bridge. Makes me feel like I can rise above anything. :)
Tami