Spotted during a (too rare) exercise excursion in the form of a brisk walk about the perimeter of campus (~ 2 miles, that). Apparently not so rapid a pace as to preclude spotting the odd scene for which my eye and lens hunger.
The exiled scrap trapped in this tableau may well be a modern fossil: I wonder if, in this Age of ubiquitous obsession with all things electronic media, any consciousness exists any longer for the simpler, passé modes of communication via actual paper-based signage? As the masses even when strolling outdoors stare now virtually uninterrupted by the gravity of their mobile devices' seductive glow, who would notice, or even comprehend, a flier stapled to a telephone pole?
In this image we can linger over a reminder of simpler times, and ponder the mystery of that last message. The flow of the staples themselves across this image seems to suggest that even they are moving on.
Staples, #0897-2011-20D
© 2011 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.
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Details: March 31, 2011; Canon 20D; f/8 @ 1/400 sec; ± 0 EV; ISO 400; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
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