This isn't just a story about a man exploring an abandoned house, this is a story about living with the loss of loved ones. This is a story about consumption and compulsion and coping mechanisms.
This is a love story.
Immediately upon cracking open the door, I am overwhelmed. A repulsive stench is thick in the hot air and more powerful than anything my olfactory system has ever encountered. My eyes instantly begin to tear up, I cough into my elbow, and retreat.
I stand outside under a drooping willow tree, trying not to think about the pungent odor, but rather what I saw inside. A thick carpet of everything imaginable is a lopsided and unstable foundation to giant mountains of everything else. Intrigued, and already reeking of the pukey must, I take a few deep breaths, and re-open the door...
http://jermalism.blogspot.com/2011/10/abandonment-issues-bobcaygeon-house-of.html
Man and wife by jerm IX, on Flickr
Mt. Clothing by jerm IX, on Flickr
Mt. Garbage by jerm IX, on Flickr
traversing by jerm IX, on Flickr
the boy's room by jerm IX, on Flickr
things by jerm IX, on Flickr
laundry day by jerm IX, on Flickr
deer john by jerm IX, on Flickr
The Last Supper by jerm IX, on Flickr
This is a love story.
Immediately upon cracking open the door, I am overwhelmed. A repulsive stench is thick in the hot air and more powerful than anything my olfactory system has ever encountered. My eyes instantly begin to tear up, I cough into my elbow, and retreat.
I stand outside under a drooping willow tree, trying not to think about the pungent odor, but rather what I saw inside. A thick carpet of everything imaginable is a lopsided and unstable foundation to giant mountains of everything else. Intrigued, and already reeking of the pukey must, I take a few deep breaths, and re-open the door...
http://jermalism.blogspot.com/2011/10/abandonment-issues-bobcaygeon-house-of.html
Man and wife by jerm IX, on Flickr
Mt. Clothing by jerm IX, on Flickr
Mt. Garbage by jerm IX, on Flickr
traversing by jerm IX, on Flickr
the boy's room by jerm IX, on Flickr
things by jerm IX, on Flickr
laundry day by jerm IX, on Flickr
deer john by jerm IX, on Flickr
The Last Supper by jerm IX, on Flickr