Kihikihi, NZ.
This and the previous two posts show older buildings which are still active hubs of their communities and localities. I am drawn to them when I pass through smaller places on my travels, as much as what they signify than what they look like (although the variety of style and size is impressive and interesting in itself). I imagine them in their heydays when they would have served as the epicentres of goings on – municipal meetings, clubs of all persuasions ,worship,dances, art and crafts exhibitions, the people that passed through the room, music ,food served to all, and both important and trivial events .Their importance may have dissipated in recent times ,with the rush of life ,urbanisation and advances in technology not requiring one to be physically present to participate, but to me they give places “soul”. I take photographs just in case they fall ,or are pulled, down…
‘The beach makes no inquiries,demands no reactions.It fills your head with space and sounds and feelings. The sensations of an empty hot beach are as soulful as you can find this side of the grave. There is no end to this peace.Just as Blake said,to see the world in a grain of sand,to pick up shells and see an infinity in your hand’.
ebb then flood 