Deanna Repose Oaks

I would say it is ironic for the brick wall to be the heavy in the auto-generated gallery, but it is so fitting irony doesn't work. That day I was sitting in my parked car, thinking too much, observing the world around me, well, it really made me realize how much I was just banging my head against a wall and not really, truly doing anything to get anywhere with anything. I even took photos to prove it: I was the person trying to gain status enough to walk through the Elysian fields. I was the old, decrepit, antiquated pole - useful, but just barely. I was the lamppost sitting there reflecting light, but not lit myself. I was the person sitting pretty in front of the rock wall instead of climbing it. I was the person who needs to hire someone else to figure out what happened in my own car. I was the person who can't take a clear photo. I was the person hitting her head against a brick wall. Notice I used the word "was" throughout the above paragraph. It isn't lost on me that I … [Read More...] about Parked Car Retrospective