Following on from earlier post, Ephemeral I, here is a second image to meet the ephemeral theme.
Like the first shot, this image is taken in a house that has not been lived in for around 30 years. Abandoned, desolate and now almost just a shell, this suitcase can be found lying on a bedroom floor.
It is as if a lifetime’s possessions can be simply packed up into a trunk, the journey continues. No one will really notice whence we are gone, life moves on. Life is fleeting, take what opportunities you can.
The text book definition of ephemeral is “lasting for a very short time”, with such synonyms as “fleeting, transient, passing, short-lived, cursory, temporary, momentary, brief…” . To my mind all of these can be used for our time on this planet and I think this image of a suitcase in a long abandoned house is so appropriate for the theme.
But what do you think?
Meticulous Mick 
My sister had a case like that when she was a kid that she would use to have a “tea party” or “picnic” with her toys in the garden. I think the case must have been my dads once. She kept all sorts of stuff in that case and always left her Paddington Bear in charge of it as if it were his luggage 🙂
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You see, they can tell many a story…….thank you Sarah, great tale…MM
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Absolutely 😀 I thought you’d like a story! I’m sure it will bring back memories for quite a few of your followers.
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I *love* ruins and abandoned places. The stories they hold! The mysteries! The beauty of use and age and wear and tear. Lovely, my friend. 🙂
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Thank you Kathryn and I agree wholeheartedly on the abandoned places. So many untold stories…..
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Like others I am intrigued by the story behind the objects John. How fleeting our lives really are, fits in so well with the theme.
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Not quite so obtuse then, Happy Easter lee, MM 🐣
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>> lasting for a very short time
More and more, I feel that everything lasts a very short time 😉
I am curious… what made you going into that abandoned house? Did it smell? How long you stayed? There is a story somewhere…
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Oh! I wish I could share with you the picture I took of an abandoned open suitcase in the woods! (Maybe I’ll just have to finally write that particular post, though it is an Autumn one…)
I agree with Laura!
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Working on the set from this scene as we speak….
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There’s something very poignant about the abandoned suitcase in its derelict setting. Maybe it’s the suggestion of promised travel and escape thwarted. Great evocative photo.
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Thank you Laura and I agree fully – it is as though it leaves a whole series of questions behind. I have another photo but I want to work on it with the suitcase in the context of the room, paint peeling etc. light coming in a window………Happy easter and thank you for the comment, greatly appreciated. MM 🍀
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