this photographic account of train hopping by an artist fills me with a deep yearning for the days before career(s), dogs & cat that I am responsible for, student and car loans, and a House Full of Things I Like.Which is ok. I remember yearning sometimes for the opposite back then.
AUGH, these are so lovely. I want to go outside.
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ReplyDeleteWhere is this place? I remember having seen it before but I can't recall if I saw it in a movie or for real...
ReplyDeleteI loooove Swampdonkey's photos. Big fan.
ReplyDeleteI WANT TO BE A HOBO ON A TRAIN
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ReplyDeleteSomeone I just met told me how he's been sailing around the world and only owns just a few clothes and hasn't owned a real bed in at least 3 years... I wanted to be him.
ReplyDeletewhoa! i thought for a hot second that was you. (even though i only kinda know what you look like) then i saw the text and i gotta agree. i miss being broke, i sure like having money. weird.
ReplyDeletei liked reading your words in the post after viewing the images, my thoughts were very similar, when time stood still or at least when we did not rush it.
ReplyDeleteOk but are you reading T.S. Spivet yet? Because you should be.
ReplyDelete@rosanna various places. if you check out the flickr page the photographer gives a caption for most of them...
ReplyDeletethat first photo could be of you. you could frame it and imagine you were there.
ReplyDeleteit reminds me of the polaroid kidd....who makes me wish i had actually went through with my fantasy to be a train-hopping crust punk kid. alas it was not meant to be.
I have always daydreamed of a wandering life hopping trains. Never knowing what the next day will bring. In another life I hope...
ReplyDeletethese are great, thanks for introducing me to this artist.
ReplyDeletelast weekend, we had to take a detour to NC because of a rock slide on i-40. the detour takes you through all of these lovely little mountain towns in the smokies... the french broad river ran next to us the entire way, and a railroad track followed the river on the other side. we were talking in the car about how amazing it would be to hop a train and see the sights... love this post.
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