Perceived Morsels

By: tmcnerney

Jul 14 2008

Tags: barbed wire, boundaries, cedar post, civilization, weathered

Category: Countryside, Reflections

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Occasionally the form of an object will just embody an idea perfectly. This cedar fence post, complete with its hook of rusted barbed wire and frayed, faded nylon rope, seemed to do just that.  In one image, the weathered icon of the boundary line between nature and civilization continues to stand.  And yet, in the upper left corner, civilization triumphs:  high tension lines soar above the posted, rooted to the soil.

In our area countless posts like this still bound the land, forming sentinels of aging reminders of a time past when livestock grazed the land.  Now, sadly, the pastured herds are dwindling… the urbanites encroaching. I first used this photograph in a post about the laid stone walls in upstate New York and refocused on the image in April 2008 in Walking the fence line.

Yet, the weathered boundaries remain.