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Apr. 17th, 2003 09:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deliriumcrowWent to Prospect Park, and it was weird. Creepy, in ways I can't really describe. It didnt' feel like it used to, like there was no connection to what it had been. Not on the top, anyway. On the way there Remy saw a door set into one of the rock faces, and wanted to investigate. So we went to the usual enterance, which I think might date from teh park's earlier stages. It's crumbling to bits now, and was used in several of my photographs simply because it's really neat. And it goes to nothing but the remains of waht looks like it might be a foundation. At least, it's a very rectangular hole in the ground, the size of a small room. walked through mud that tried to steal Remy's shoe. I love combat boots. :) Eventually we found it, near some more ex'stairs, in an area we'd never been to before. Someone had built a small brick room, about three feet high and roofed with slabs of slate, into the shale cliff. I don't know why. There was lots of neat junk there, bits of old porcelain dishes, some white glass, other old stuff. And then walked some more. there were several abandoned camps, and one that looks like it's a fairly regualr spot for the homeless. I've seen them there before, and they seem to be prety cool. It had been recently used, as evidenced by some of the firewood, which was recently burned, adn a pile of new stuff. Obviously new, as it was very green.
I'm going back tomorrow to photograph one of the abandoned camps. Several pairs of shoes, an old army bag, sleeping bags, decaying matresses, some clothing, a span of chicken wire that looks like it had served as a base for a wall, pots and pans, an oriental rug, and some stuffed animals. Two had their heads torn off, and there wa a white teddy bear lying in the dirt, and that's one of the things I must shoot. It was infinitely sad. I always wonder about such places--what made them leave so much stuff behind? What happened to them? Where did they go? Are they ok, wherever they are?
And there was this huge iron thing, and I dont' know what it was for. It was just big. Oh yes, and the car hood. How do these things end up in a park? I really want to know this. I'm confused.
The crows dont' stay there this year. Which is odd, as from what I've read, crows tend to stay in the same nests every year. They do, from what I understand, travel from season to season, but at a given time of year, they will return. They were there this time last year, but now, none. Some stopped there, but then moved on to some other place. I heard they were trying to get them to leave Prospect, which makes no sense to me, as they didn't really bother anyone there. They didn't park over people's cars, or lawns, and they weren't in a part that was commonly used anyway. They arrived at dusk, made some noise, and fell asleep. Yes, I watched them extensively last year. I think that may have contributed to the oddness of the place, but I don't think that was all of it. It was ooky.
I'm going back tomorrow to photograph one of the abandoned camps. Several pairs of shoes, an old army bag, sleeping bags, decaying matresses, some clothing, a span of chicken wire that looks like it had served as a base for a wall, pots and pans, an oriental rug, and some stuffed animals. Two had their heads torn off, and there wa a white teddy bear lying in the dirt, and that's one of the things I must shoot. It was infinitely sad. I always wonder about such places--what made them leave so much stuff behind? What happened to them? Where did they go? Are they ok, wherever they are?
And there was this huge iron thing, and I dont' know what it was for. It was just big. Oh yes, and the car hood. How do these things end up in a park? I really want to know this. I'm confused.
The crows dont' stay there this year. Which is odd, as from what I've read, crows tend to stay in the same nests every year. They do, from what I understand, travel from season to season, but at a given time of year, they will return. They were there this time last year, but now, none. Some stopped there, but then moved on to some other place. I heard they were trying to get them to leave Prospect, which makes no sense to me, as they didn't really bother anyone there. They didn't park over people's cars, or lawns, and they weren't in a part that was commonly used anyway. They arrived at dusk, made some noise, and fell asleep. Yes, I watched them extensively last year. I think that may have contributed to the oddness of the place, but I don't think that was all of it. It was ooky.
