as i was peeling layers of wallpaper off this wall last sunday it struck me as profound . each layer, superficially replacing the last, revealed something new - different care taken to install each, perhaps different families having occupied the space during these different periods marked by the varying patterns . i wondered what stories were buried inbetween these layers and what happened to them when i scraped them loose and let them fall to a pile on the floor. there's something very therapeutic about digging/scraping and exposing what's hidden underneath.
Monday, November 1, 2010
layers
as i was peeling layers of wallpaper off this wall last sunday it struck me as profound . each layer, superficially replacing the last, revealed something new - different care taken to install each, perhaps different families having occupied the space during these different periods marked by the varying patterns . i wondered what stories were buried inbetween these layers and what happened to them when i scraped them loose and let them fall to a pile on the floor. there's something very therapeutic about digging/scraping and exposing what's hidden underneath.
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i agree. however, sometimes it can simply just be a wall. is this the blue wall? It looks like blue paint.
I can tell you what was on my layer, circa 1995.
this wall isn't in my apt - it's in eli's house - but dad, i would be very interested in knowing what are on the walls in the 1995 layer of 94th.....
you would certainly be interested in knowing that, lol !!
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