The subject of this week’s photo challenge is patterns. In a new post specifically created for this challenge, share a picture which means PATTERN to you!
The exterior of a house in Sierra Leone, West Africa. My heart is drawn to the pattern of neglect, the pattern of deterioration.
Michele D'Acosta 
Love this! And love the reasoning behind it.
Fantastic Michelle.
Jennifer, so glad you loved this! Might I suggest that we use this image as a starting point for our collaboration? Blessings to you. Michele
Perfect Michelle!
Wonderful! So glad I dug this image out of the archive. Thank you for inspiring me to do just that 🙂
This is a great take on the challenge. I love your photo of the neglected house. There is a pattern to neglect; you are so right. 🙂
Really appreciate your kind words. What’s so wonderful about this WordPress challenge is that without the prompt I wouldn’t have seen the pattern in neglect.
Yes, Michele, you are so right. It’s nice to have those prompts to help us to see things we might not otherwise have seen. I think the photo challenges have helped me to take better photographs over the last couple of years, because now I’m seeing things I might not have ever noticed before. 🙂
Great post for the challenge, Michele!
Thanks Amy. Very nice of you to say so!
Beautiful. Some days I feel just like that.
Thank you for your kind appreciation. I know just what you mean…
Like this very much, the color and the texture are simply amazing!
Doris, so glad you found much to like about this picture. There’s something very moving about this picture and you certainly picked up on it.
Poetic stories live vibrantly in the image of neglect within the patterns, neighbouring tales to different focal aspects. Certainly stands out.
Sean, thank you. Your words are music!
Different and so fitting.
Thank you, and thanks for visiting 🙂
What an amazing photo Michele! I only noticed on closer inspection that there is a face in the wooden boards looking out just above the smaller graffiti. It’s the face of a child. It’s like a photo within a photo. Much love to you
Lady Ish 🙂
Wow, Lady Ish (I hope you don’t me calling you by this name!) You see on multiple levels and I love that you can see the photo within a photo. Who else but you would notice that?! Much love to you.
I love that you call me Lady Ish, it’s endearing and funny on so many levels! 🙂 Much love to you too beautiful Michele.
Oh I’m so relieved! I have a passion for nicknames but have to remember that not everybody else does 🙂 In my mind, Lady Ish is really Lady Isis!! Which is how your vibration feels to me. Much love and lovely day.
Well that just stopped me dead in my tracks! Lady Isis – funny you should pick that up. I’ll explain some day 🙂 You have a lovely day too.
Ah ha…I had a feeling it might. Out of the blue, a bird landed on my shoulder and whispered your true name 🙂
Wasn’t a little hawk was it?;)
Such a thoughtful, and hauntingly beautiful, response to this week’s challenge.
Thank you your kind words mean a lot to me.
Reminds me of a very personal situation with my own home.
( http://buildingalifeofhope.com/2013/03/18/upstairs-downstairs) Often a concrete example of neglect is the physical representation of neglect and oppression of another.
I love what you said about “neglect is the physical representation of neglect and oppression of another.” So true and so sad. Thank you for making me aware of your post about the situation with your home. I wish you all the very best.
Very cool photo. I too am fascinated by the sight of an aging building. I imagine to myself the stories it could tell…
Thank you for your appreciation. Growing up in England I have a fascination with aging building. What stories are you imagining?
what a great picture, really captures your sentiment here and has a certain quality that draws you to it. I wish I had some images to share with you, Michele, sorry! Loving your work 🙂 Kind regards, Baldy 🙂
Hi Baldy 🙂 Thank you so much. I took this picture almost a year ago and have looked at the photograph from time to time and wondered how I might incorporate it into my work. When I saw the (neglect) prompt for the weekly photo challenge, I looked at the picture again and saw it in a different light. Like millions of citizens in Sierra Leone, I imagine the owners of this house have experienced great tragedy as a result of their country’s 10 year civil war. And long after the foreign media have lost interest in this tiny country of six million people, I wanted to somehow capture the aftermath of the war. This picture is one of many that I took… that goes some way to telling this story. Thank you for your interest in my work. Maybe you’ll take some pictures now. I do hope so…!
That is such a powerful picture!
Thank you. I appreciate your words.
A wonderful picture that captures a terrible problem. Neglect reaches into every corner of our lives, starting too often with those most important to us: God, family, and friends. What an excellent reminder not to let neglect go far, because it’s so costly to repair, if repairable.
janet
Janet, thank you for your insight and pleased you liked the picture. Yes, I agree with your observations. In the pursuit of progress (and the next big thing) how often do we ignore our personal and global responsibilities.
It’s wonderful the way we all see things differently. You see the patterns of neglect and I see the pattern of the boards as they may have originally been and how they could be again with a little love and alot of hard work. Great picture.
I’m glad you liked the picture. Very interesting to hear your point of view. Yes, I agree this could be a great renovation project 🙂 In my response to one of the other comments I speak about the reason for the neglect. This was uppermost in my mind when I wrote the description for the photograph.
I went back and read the previous comments and I think you really have told a story with the picture. I look forward to seeing more
Thank you. I really appreciate all the comments that have been made here. Makes blogging so worthwhile not only to receive such generous feedback but to engage in a dialogue which contains so many different perspectives. It’s wonderful of you to say that this picture tells a story. I hope to share more stories in the very near future. Thank you again and have a wonderful day. Michele
[ Smiles ] A perfect example of negligence!
That is so profound, the pattern of neglect… wow.
nice pic.
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Old buildings such as this have so many stories to tell.
Beautiful! I love that photo. Thanks for sharing and for dropping by.
i am in love with old buildings!!! beautiful photo!!
Yes, old buildings… I cannot leave them alone!! Your photographs are extraordinary so your compliment means a lot to me.
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What an extraordinary photo….you can feel the nature of the lives affected by this house and what that might be! Hmmm. 🙂
“My heart is drawn to the pattern of neglect, the pattern of deterioration…”
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Auch mein Herz wird angezogen von dem Muster der Vernachlässigung, dem Muster der Verschlechterung …
An original and thoughtful take on the theme. And a compelling image.
Thank you. Seeing is in the eye of the beholder.
Nice
Thanks so much!
Wow, Michele, this is an incredibly beautiful picture. Love the blue shades.
Great photo! While I can see the patterns, that is not what draws me in. As a poet, it makes me want to write its story.
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Hi Michele! Despite the obvious signs of wear and tear, I’m seeing real beauty in the house. The wooden plates brought together speaks of intricate details drawn to perfection. I’m sure the house also has a lot of silent and unwritten stories to relate.
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