illinois and mississippi

[enzorukin]

this will be all over, from chicago to holly springs. i don’t usually do posts like this but these photos have been sitting un-seen in my space phone and i thought i should share them with whoever happens to be watching

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[igorxa]

I want to go to there! That's it, Sunday I'm going to Holly Springs. Wanna go back?

[enzorukin]

yeah, that would be awesome. i can do all the scary things, like go inside the abandoned building and graceland too.

[enzorukin]

I'm actually pretty scared of abandoned places myself, both for irrational things like creaky ghosts and (more so) for things like getting caught and arrested, or falling through floors. This place seemed strangely accessible, though. It's on a busy street, and I guess it being broad daylight and the fact that I'm a non-threatening girl made me bold enough to at least go up a flight of stairs. And unlike Memphis this town was too small to have many, if any homeless people.

I saw that hobbit house! It's truly incredible. I can't imagine putting so much work into something. There is something so amazing about tiny things. I actually heard Wes Anderson on NPR talking about these rooms (he was inspired by them while making Mr. Fox) and why people are so fascinated by miniatures. I can't explain it, but it's something about seeing an idealized place, all still and untouchable. It's heartbreaking somehow, seeing it but not being able to be inside, you know?

[enzorukin]

I'd love to have one of his pieces, even if it wasn't a photograph, and even if it was ugly. it's neat that your family knows him. i hear he's not much into meeting people these days, which is a shame. it's funny, when i first saw his stuff (at the brooks) i was like, "what is this shit?" i hated it. none of the photos had any people in them, so it looked like someone had just gone around memphis indiscriminantly with a point-and-shoot. of course now i feel much differently.

we ended up having a pool party instead of going back to holly springs. no way in hell i'm going to go to graceland too by myself, and i will absolutely leave if he brings out a fucking gun.