I kicked against the pricks on this one — I don’t like broken! I like whole, beautiful, pristine, functioning. All that good stuff.
But as I went through the photos, it was borne in upon me how often I have in fact photographed things broken — incomplete — in need of repair. Or even broken and NOT in need of repair. For instance, ancient statues like this one:
Or mere shards that were pottery or busts or who knows what:
Then there’s this image. You might call it “breaking the code”:
And then this obvious one, certainly not beautiful, but hopeful, at any rate:
“Broken” doesn’t have to equal “bad”. In fact, sometimes it’s only when we are broken open that the light can finally shine in. 🙂
You’re right. I certainly love the Leonard Cohen song —-
What an eclectic selection! I like!!
Thanks for visiting and commenting, Julia!
Nice to see you online, my friend! xoxo
Your comment is what gave me the (delayed) push finally to get a new post up on T2T. Thank you.