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Cells of Life by Charles Jencks www.jupiterartland.org/
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Reading about this cell at the KGB prison in Vilnius caused me catch my breath, and emotion to prick at the eyes. The floor of the cell was filled with water, cold water. The prisoner was then made to stand on the circular plinth in the middle and not move. This went on for hours, and if they fell in to the freezing water they were forced to get back on the plinth once more. Man's inhumanity to man knows no bounds.
As I was walking around Ames Park last month after Hurricane Matthew had torn through, I was grabbing some final shots as a young woman walked by, leisurely strolling along talking on her cell phone. I thought how much things have changed since I was her age.
There was a time that walking around a place like this for me would have been peaceful, and contemplative. If I were young again, it would be in solitude if I wanted it, or perhaps not, if I wished someone was there enjoying it with me. I would have been focused on the beauty around me, and if I was with someone else, I might be focused on that person. Looking at the girl walking by on her cell phone made me aware of the fact that so many young people no longer have a clue of what it's like to walk in solitude. They are constantly in touch with others, and never seem to be fully engaging in their surroundings. Aside from missing out on the beauty around them they're not paying attention to, they don't seem to know how to be by themselves. It makes me wonder how they will fare many years from now, when they are old and lose a spouse, or don't have children at home, or friends nearby. How will they cope when they are finally alone with themselves? When there is no constant voice or text to keep them looking at a screen, or if they can't SEE the screen so well anymore, will they suddenly not know what to do with themselves? Will solitude disturb them? Will they be self-sufficient enough to stand alone without technology? Will the day really ever come when that could happen?
As I walked along, I realized that although I had a cell phone in my pocket, I didn't care to be on it at that moment. I was totally engrossed in the place, and the day, and the beauty and horror of it, as things had been torn down, and in between the beauty was some ugliness, but that IS, after all, life, isn't it? It troubled me less than seeing the girl walking through, almost oblivious to the changes and the things that were still the same. Cell phone solitude is not my kind of solitude. I rather hope it never will be.
A protester passes out information about the cell tour and illegal U.S. detentions.
Type of action: May 2008 Guantanamo Cell Tour
Date: May 2008
Place: Miami, Florida, USA
Star log, entry 21, year 2038: The Urag Cell blocks Are small but not dirty or smelly, which is a relief.
The green toilet has me wondering though...
The cell doors are Ludgonious's design
Paris, France
Summer 2017
Everywhere you look there is the glow of cell phones. Everywhere. Watching boats pass under bridges only to see a sea of LED screens lit up in the evening. Visiting Moulin Rouge for the first time in years, i was really tickled by this new appreciation we have developed. When you stand back and watch, it just seems ridiculous and then my hand slowly reaches for my own cell phone to snap an image! HA! Such a time to be alive. :)
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This is a view from one of the 'luxury' or comfortable prison cells within the walls of the infamous Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin. Built in 1796 when Ireland was under British rule Kilmainham Gaol replaced an old dungeon style internment institution. Conditions were extremely bad and amongst the many murderers and conmen there were prisoners as young as 8 years old, interred hard labour for stealing food. Following the Easter rebellion against British rule in 1916 a number of Irish rebels were interred in Kilmainham before being executed in the stone breakers yard of the prison. The prison closed some years later then fell into decay and disrepair before being rescued and refurbished by volunteers in the 1960's. Kilmaniham Gaol is now in the care of the State and is a tourist attraction. A number of movies were made there including Michael Collins, In The Name of The father and The Italian Job, amongst others.
Protesters pass out information about the cell tour and illegal U.S. detentions to passer bys.
Type of action: May 2008 Guantanamo Cell Tour
Date: May 2008
Place: Miami, Florida, USA
Queen-Macro Monday
Only a week after the Queen emerges from her cell, she will take several flights to mate.
A protester passes out information about the cell tour and illegal U.S. detentions to a group of people.
Type of action: May 2008 Guantanamo Cell Tour
Date: May 2008
Place: Miami, Florida, USA
Almost everyone in London seemed to have a cell phone of one kind or other. It was therefore quite surprising to observe so many venerable old style phone booths still around. Other than making for handy rain shelters, can't imagine how they are cost justified. They are rather attractive reminders of the past, however.
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A tan sólo 3km del Mar Mediterráneo, en un lugar llamado el Pla de Mar se encuentran las Bodegas Avgvstvs Forvm, una pequeña bodega que destaca por muchos motivos, siendo el principal la cata de los 4 vinagres que comercializa, toda una sorpresa para nuestros sentidos
The entrance to a row of cells in the Ohio State Reformatory, in Mansfield.
These steel cell blocks, stacked 6 levels high, have been 'home' to more than 150,000 inmates. From the prison's opening in 1886 to it's closure in 1990, over 200 of those inmates never made it out.
The massive building is now open to the public, but you can easily find yourself alone in one of the many dark and decaying cells.
“I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.”
Plutarch
Sometimes two perch on the pier end cell phone tower. This one was being aggressively harassed by a gull, snapping at it as it dived past.
Outside wall of a police station, the exterior structures possibly marking the position of the cells, though this is not something of which I have any personal knowledge :-)
Plymouth, Devon, England
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Protesters pose for a photo op.
Type of action: May 2008 Guantanamo Cell Tour
Date: May 2008
Place: Miami, Florida, USA