ArmstrongDecay

For this assignment we had to take a photo of something that was decayed or decaying. I misunderstood and thought that it also had to be a landscape. But I'm glad I did because this is a photo of something that had decayed both connotatively and denotatively. This is a picture of the Harmar Village footbridge/old train tracks. The city of Marietta has recently closed this footbridge to the public, virtually cutting off Harmar Village from the city of Marietta; effecting tourism and businesses. I have walked this bridge dozens of times and I feel as though it has been a large part of my college experience. Now that it is closed it is decaying both literally and figuratively, at least to me.

The other object in this picture is the sternwheel boat called the Becky Thatcher, named after the Mark Twain character, Tom Sawyer's girlfriend. Before it closed a few years ago it was a restaraunt and bar. It was also a large part of my college life. My friends and I spent many a night on that boat. But now, just like the bridge, it sits motionless and unused, rotting away. To help keep its memory alive my friends and I will sneak onto it, climb to the top, and jump off into the cool water of the Ohio/Muskingum River.

Done