Blog 11

Memory of a Place: Try to imagine a place from your past. Do you have pictures of this place? Describe this place as you remember it. What might a photograph look like of this place if you were to go back and photograph it? What would it look like in the past? What would it look like to you today? Where are you standing in this place? What other items are in this place? What colors do you see? Are there other people or are you alone? Make a “written photograph” of this place using words/description. 

The place I am imagining is my street in my hometown of Washington, Michigan.  It is a pretty wide street with white cement, with black tar oozing from the cracks.  In front of a drive way a black hockey net rests with holes in the mesh.  All around are kids ranging in ages 8-13.  Everyone is on rollerblades, wearing hockey gloves, holding a stick, and wearing no helmets.  The competition is intense but everyone is having a great time.  There is only one goalie even though there are two nets who is wearing only a goalie mask, catching glove, and blocker to shield himself.  It summer and there are bright vibrant colors of grass on the side, and a bright blue sky above.  Today the streets are empty, as all the kids have grown, and dispersed on their pathways in life. There are no more daily hockey games or even kids that fill the street.