Sunday, December 16, 2012

West Side Ladders

Ladders are interesting structures.  They are impermanent, portable, meant to fold up and hide, and still support the full weight of a grown man or woman along with his or her tools.
Their existence suggests the presence of other tools.  They suggest an unfinished project.
Something about this right here is very appealing.  A ghostly picnic?
I watch a lot of Star Trek.  In the "Next Generation" series, there is a metal beam similar to the one laying on the ground here.  Anytime there is an explosion in which parts of a space ship or space station start collapsing, the very same metal beam comes crashing down, either narrowly missing a cast member or trapping one under burning wreckage.  It must have been a pretty pricy beam for the production team to use the same prop over and over.

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