When Is a Door Not a Door?
Alright, I cannot be the only person that enjoys looking at architecture. And I don’t mean famous pieces like the Eiffel Tower or the Taj Mahal, but the mundane things like doors (…and staircases, but that’s a blog post for another day). [Also, I told you upfront that this blog was going to be about anything and everything!]
I don’t know what it is about doors, but I’m a sucker for a pretty or a unique or a just plain weird door. I think my fascination with them really popped up when I was in Europe in May 2018. In ten days, I flew into Dublin, crossed the Irish Sea to Wales on a boat, crossed Wales on a bus, traveled south from Stratford-upon-Avon to London, took the Chunnel from London to Paris, and then flew home to the U.S.
Architecture in Europe is so wildly different than in the U.S. For starters, everything is older in Europe. Most buildings here in America are only a couple hundred years old. You’re lucky if a building can date back to the 1700s. But in Europe, buildings are hundreds of years old. (And don’t even get me started on places in Greece, Rome, the Middle East, and the Far East.)
I don’t know exactly what it is about doors, though. I know they can symbolize many things: new opportunities, journeys, insights. I find them poetic. I think a door can say a lot about the building itself and what’s inside. It’s similar to how the eyes are the windows to the soul. (Also, doors can be beautiful backdrops for photos.)
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In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
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Look through the photos below at some of the doors I have found interesting and beautiful over the past couple of years. All but one are from my Europe trip.
Do you have a favorite door that you’ve discovered? Do you even notice doors when you’re out and about or on vacation? Let me know in the comments below!
See you next Wednesday!
Salam!
—LEX
